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17 September 2012 Last updated at 17:20 GMT The engineers' work led to "3,000 miles of passages beneath no-man's land" Unseen photos of Manchester's Edwardian sewer builders, who became known as the "First Moles" due to their WWI tunnel digging, have been found in the city.
Photos of Manchester's WWI 'unsung hero' tunnellers found
In April 1945, as Russian and German troops fought — savagely, street by street — for control of the German capital, it became increasingly clear that the Allies would win the war in Europe. Not long after the two-week battle for Berlin ended, 33-year-old LIFE photographer William Vandivert was on the scene, photographing the city’s devastated landscape — and the eerie, almost unfathomable scene inside the bunker where Adolf Hitler spent the last months of his life; where he and Eva Braun were married; and where, just before war’s end, the two killed themselves.
Rare Photos: Hitler's Bunker, Captured by LIFE Photographer
One of the German cross channel guns, pictured in 1942 after concrete fortifications had been built around it The Chiefs of Staff weekly Resume of the Naval Military and Air Situation up 12 noon on the 22nd August, as reported to the War Cabinet: From the Naval Situation: para. 8. On the 22nd August when the East-bound Channel convoy was approaching the Dover Strait it came under long-range fire from heavy guns situated near Gris Nez. The bombardment continued for nearly 3 hours without success, 108 rounds being fired apparently in four gun salvoes.
22 August 1940: German guns shell Dover
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Я давно хотел сфотографировать Сталинград на фоне Волгограда, но меня сдерживала мысль о том, что я вряд ли смогу что-либо отыскать в городе, который во время войны был полностью разрушен. Со временем, изучая город издалека, стало понятно, что не все еще потеряно. И мне повезло, я познакомился с людьми, которым очень дорог свой город и его история. Я приехал в город-герой в конце февраля, и за три дня нам удалось найти и отснять то, что вы увидите ниже. Там, где была возможность определить место до сантиметров, мы сделали это, в остальных же случаях, точность зависит от привязки к другим объектам. Мне никогда еще не приходилось снимать столько зданий-фантомов, оставшихся лишь на старых фотографиях.Papa B : You have to hand it to the Brits when it comes to golf. This notice was posted in war-torn Britain in 1940 in a north-country golf club. German aircraft from Norway would fly on missions to northern England; because of the icy weather conditions, the barrels of their guns had a small dab of wax to protect them. As they crossed the coast, they would clear their guns by firing a few rounds at the golf courses.
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