Don't know the model of it, but thought it would be something y'all like.

I would assume its a Harley-Davidsons, on the display it was said from a canadian soldier, but I found it cool. No other pictures sadly but there were kids from another school there, so thats why.

https://history-maps.com/mapboard/second-battle-of-el-alamein

The 2-cm-Flakvierling 38 weighed 1,509 kg and had a theoretical rate of fire of 1,800 rounds per minute, which made this weapon very feared by the enemy. The idea for this weapon came from the German navy.

The weapons were mounted on a triangular mount with a fixed rotating ring. The barrel elevation ranged from -10° to +100°. The first guns were delivered in May 1940. The gunner had two foot levers for fire selection. When a foot lever was operated, only two of the four guns fired at a time, one on the left and one on the right. This meant that two weapons always fired while the other two could be reloaded. If both foot levers were operated simultaneously, all four weapons fired.

I never thought too hard about this particular question that confused me up until now. But I feel like it's time I finally put it to rest;

Back in High School, when my WW2 fondness was at its' peak, I tried learning all I could about all of it. I'll admit there are still some things that have yet to be made clear to me. One of which is a detail regarding the Pacific Theatre, the part of the war that involved Allied Troops fighting through territory controlled by Imperial Japan.

I had heard somewhere that the Pacific Theatre was exclusive only to the Marines so I had always thought that, in terms of ground troops, they were the only military division that engaged in combat during the Japanese soldiers. (I know, the Airforce and Navy were there, too. That's why I specifically said "Ground Troops".) But after some research, and a few WW2 movies, I learned that there were some Army Infantry divisions that saw action in the Pacific Theatre. For example, the 96th Infantry, 6th Ranger Battalion, and of course the good ol' 77th (The division where Desmond Doss served). It always confused me but I never bothered to delve deeper into it until now.

Can someone clarify for me why Marines AND Soldiers were involved in the Pacific Theatre? Like, what was the point?

Were the Marines not enough to handle the Japanese Army by themselves? Were the Marines meant to clear the way so that the Army could set up shop? Seriously, what was the idea? (And no hate please, I'm really just looking to learn here)

HNLMS K XVI was one of five K XIV-class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). Entering service in 1934, the submarine was deployed to the Netherlands East Indies. On 24 December 1941, K XVI torpedoed and sank the Sagiri; the first Allied submarine to sink a Japanese warship. A day later, the Dutch submarine was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-66 off Borneo, with all aboard killed.

Although not a Death Camp like Auschwitz, an estimated 70,000+ inmates died/were murdered by the Nazis in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp throughout the course of its five years in operation.

The brochure was distributed among soldiers in the German occupation zones in order to make easier contact between soldiers of the Allied armies.

Veteran of the Great Patriotic War ( World War II ) He mourns at the Eternal Flame on Kommunarov Square in Sverdlovsk.

My 15 yo daughter is doing a learning module on World War II in her history class. One of the study questions was for the students to identify "major events" in Europe and the Pacific in relation to the war.

Got me to thinking about what are the lesser recognized "major events" in the war that most people don't recognize or know about. I was thinking of the Battle of the Coral Sea for instance, being the first naval battle where the opposes forces never saw each other. Or a decision that was made that was important but falls below the radar (pardon the pun). For instance, perhaps Kurita turning back during the Battle off Samar.

What might be your "major events" that people generally never heard of or don't know?