Got it: New Zealand soldiers taking a break near rear of armored personnel carrier . . .

It's a Chev indeed.

Soldier of British 8th Army rests against battered crossroads crucifix . . .

reality check ?
 

The pic of the MW Bedford is a reality check for us . It is covered in grime and oil stains and it has that 'used' look to it that we as restorers don't want. Sure, the cars looked nice when issued, but how long did that last . Having said that, the vehicle behind looks to be well kept !

Mike

I have to disagree Hanno. It appears that it's got a US style pickup body ...or something like it, you can see the rear corner outline silhouetted . The Aussie ute bodies are 'fatter' at the back... with narrow rear guards. Those Fords were used by the South African army and many others I would think. A generic vehicle of U.S. origin , assembled all over the world !

Just my opinion

Mike

Mike,

How could I argue with one of Australia´s experts? Googled some images to convince myself, concluded you must be right. Thanks for being eagle-eyed!

Hanno

On the Life web site i have been putting all manner of military titles in the search box for instance Army division,brigade,company etc and all the usual vehicle types it seems to work but i still draw blanks every so often i find most results come from useing American terms rather than european, try putting in names of battles that produces some items
cheers
Les

Les,

Try adding "1940s" to your search query, it helps narrowing down the number of found pictures which is limited to 200 for each search. Also, excluding words by using "-", e.g. "-truck", helps.

H.

Thanks Hanno
This really is a strange site to navigate, you mention 1940 well this comes upoften in the links click on it and you get nowt then it has been mentioned put in the life photographers, now that sounds a good idea untill you do it and the site seems reluctant to regonise its own people once again nothing i think i located about 8 to 10 names and 4 worked same with the links that appear when a photo is enlarged only about 10% work still i managed to save about 200 items of interest but still not much from the 20.000.000
cheers
Les

Had to come back on this one guys, just spent last hour plus trying to locate photos in the search, used as many well known american names, places, battles and theatre of operations etc and well you have guessed it it cant regonise any thing. even the photos and dates on the home page dont work. My opinion is they have no idea how to load the site and with Goggle involved its hard to believe or they are pulling plonkers estimating 20.000.000 photos on the site what do you think

Les I used the 1940, 41, 42 etc behind things like Army & New Guinea or Normandy and got heaps of photos often up to the 200 limit.

Another thing to remember is you can get a real large image by clicking on the link at the bottom of the large photo that shows up when you click on the thumb nail.

Thanks Cliff, tried em with army and dates got one i have given up now i waste to much time going nowhere with it how on earth can a huge American set up like this not reconise its own icons ie Hoover Dam or Alaskan Highway beggers belief
thanks
Les

One of the things that worries me is that if Google is so obviously deficient here, what does that say about its' abilities in general ?

Why also, the 200 hits restriction ? The most powerful search engine in the world and it's less useful for shooting off at tangents than the IWM or the Canadian archives (to name but two)

A missed opportunity, I feel. :doh:

Rich

The Martians have arrived! :eek:

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...961da4_landing

British made "Wasp" flame thrower mounted to a armored personnel carrier.
Location: France
Date taken: August 25, 1944

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...57a0f9_landing

British and South African Army engineers stopping for lunch at a chow wagon during their efforts to clear a way through the rubble of the devastated town of Cassino, site of hard fighting between Allies & Germans and heavy Allied bombardment.
Location: Cassino, Italy
Date taken: May 1944

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...6a936e_landing

British and South African Army engineers using bulldozer to clear a road through the utterly devastated town of Cassino, site of hard fighting between Allies & Germans and very heavy Allied bombing.
Location: Cassino, Italy
Date taken: May 1944
Photographer: Carl Mydans

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...d53cf5_landing

Here are a couple more, featuring LVTs w/Jeep Ambulances, Churchill, Shermans and Cromwell.

No idea what the original captions were, they were sent to me by someone else.

- Hanno

Plus two pictures of Ram Kangaroos.

- Hanno

... I think the second RAM pic has been shown on a Concord Publication (published by Dragon)

One more CMP

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...%3Den%26sa%3DN

Otters?

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...%3Den%26sa%3DG

More...

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...fd80977c63f1d7

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...life%26hl%3Den

Ortona Photos.
 

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...5511a9d6b00df4

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...a4229d6b072f4#

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...0607ee888e7fb5

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...e5ca1ed63c315f

Engineers in Italy.
 

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...%26start%3D160

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...7fd0cc33ad8ea2

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...c6ca861c676b47

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...8b2d8317727d3a

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...161ee7aeb08641

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...c02ef81acc77fd

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...eddf057a39a214

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...9e3e517ed6988d

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...2cb559c472073f

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...97d8cd56075c64

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...bae4df0c38e475

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...11e3bc5b1c8f04

Artillery in Italy.
 

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...5f17ea9be2734c

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...d0c9802cff1b31

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...54afd8741715c0

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...7eef14dba448cb

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...7aa6f3158f8e1c

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...2839ecbc8d41ac

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...9185b08fc93819

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...913d88ee33ae20

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...e84ba9535e52c7

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...43279d9f0ca8b3

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...2827d83e6f15a3

Interesting photo Hanno, but what are they digging up or burying?
Rick

Looks to me as a Sherman sort of undercarriage. look at the 2 flanges of the 3 piece final drive housing.

pot hole
 

must have been a fair pothole to lose a tank in, last pic above.

Carrier near Caen, and Humber A/C in Italy.

Rick,

Like Maurice said, it must be a Sherman of some sort.

Not sure if they are using it to fill a crater or are trying to get it out!

Here's another picture of the same scene.

- Hanno

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...1c8f04_landing

LIFE mag colur pics
 

Moderator´s note: merged with this existing Life Magazine thread



One Careful Owner
Check out: Gilbert Island pics .... courtesy of Robbo of the Dodge forum ...

http://forum.ww2dodge.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4491



The photo of the grey jeep should tickle the fancy of "Navy Grey" admirers.

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