Etiqueta: world war ii

Underwater Plane Graveyard 

El buzo Brandi Mueller fotografió este panteón de aviones de la segunda guerra mundial en el fondo del pacífico (en las islas Masrchall, Roi-Namur). Si de por sí ver barcos hundidos es una de las cosas mas increíbles de este deporte, encontrarte estos bomarderos norteamercianos es algo surreal.

La galería online del artista tiene un función de slideshow para ver esta serie cómodamente y a fullscreen (les recomiendo hacerlo). Además, las fotos están en muy buena calidad, por si también le gusta descargar este tipo de rarezas. De nada…

For 70 years, World War II planes have been resting in peace at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Although divers have enjoyed exploring the underwater graveyard since the 1960s, Brandi Mueller’s photos allow us to admire these treasures without a wetsuit.

The planes didn’t actually crash at this particular location near the Marshall Islands, though. They were discarded there after WWII because it was too expensive to transport them back to the United States from the Kwajalein Atoll, according to Mueller. The site includes Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, F4U Corsairs, TBF/TBM Avengers, Helldivers, B-25 Mitchells, Curtiss C-46 Commandos and F4F Wildcats, which sit in the sand about 130 feet below the surface.

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D-day

A man walks among tombstones as he visits the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville sur Mer, situated above Omaha Beach in Normandy, France March 29, 2014. The memorial pays tribute to the American Second Ranger Battalion who fought there on June 6, 1944 as part of the D-Day landings in World War II. 
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WW2 in photos

Uno de mis hobbies es coleccionar fotos de guerra, sobre todo de la 1a. y 2da. guerras mundiales. No es dificil entenderlo, muchas personas encuentran un fuerte “sense of drama” en ese tipo de imágenes. A mi modo de verlo, es imposible no encontrárselo, se trata del conflicto armado que mas muerte ha causado en la historia de la humanidad (más de 60 millones).
Aquí encontré un compendio con una buena aportación a lo que ya tengo…

World War II is the story of the 20th Century. The war officially lasted from 1939 until 1945, but the causes of the conflict and its horrible aftermath reverberated for decades in either direction. While feats of bravery and technological breakthroughs still inspire awe today, the majority of the war was dominated by unimaginable misery and destruction. In the late 1930s, the world’s population was approximately 2 billion. In less than a decade, the war between the nations of the Axis Powers and the Allies resulted in some 80 million deaths – killing off about 4 percent of the whole world.

This series of entries will last from June 19 until October 30, 2011, running every Sunday morning for 20 weeks. In these photo essays, I hope to explore the events of the war, the people involved at the front and back home, and the effects the war had on everyday lives. The entries will follow a roughly chronological sequence, with some broader themes (such as “The Home Front”) interspersed throughout. These images will give us glimpses into the real-life experiences of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, moments that shaped the world as it is today. I hope to be able to do justice to this important story in this large-photo narrative format and invite you to join me for the next 20 Sundays….

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WW2 in photos