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Jul 19

The Guns of Navarone

Posted by ArmedGeek on Monday, July 19, 2010 in Movies

All the odds were against them. They were betrayed. Their supplies and armaments destroyed. The element of surprise had disappeared. And yet, these brave men risked their lives to save a nation. Success was measured only by destroying the Guns of Navarone…they succeeded.

The Guns of Navarone is one of my favorite WWII movies. While a bit less known than The Great Escape or Patton it is every bit as good a movie.
I’m not a big fan of Gregory Peck. No matter what he’s in, he always comes off as a total prick. That works to his advantage in this film though. If you’ve not seen it, I highly recommend it.

Update: WAMK has a caption contest up!

Nov 23

Astonishing Aerial Photographs from WWII

Posted by ArmedGeek on Monday, November 23, 2009 in History, War

peiper over at Barking Moonbat EWS found some absolutely kickass aerial photos from WWII.

I grabbed this one because I’m a big fan of the movie A Bridge Too Far. As well as a fan of the huge iron balls it took to attempt Operation Market Garden.

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Dotted around the fields of Holland, these gliders clustered together formed just a small part of Operation Market Garden in September 1944 -- the largest airborne operation ever carried out

Click the image to see the full resolution image.

I’m going to make you go over to Barking Moonbat EWS to see the rest of these.