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The Daily Express, 20 oktober 1932 pagina 3 t/m 18 'Ex-MP spy arrested' '5-to-2 on Roosevelt. US democrats are confident of victory' 'Shells and Dutch and the fall of the sterling' '

U.S. Navy warship founds Okinawa positions. A blanket of smoke billows from the guns of a U.S. Navy warship as it hurls shells on Japanese positions on Okinawa. The Americans landed on the strategic Ryukyu (Leechee) island, 375miles (600 km.) from Japan, March 31, 1945. By June9, they had isilated elements of the Japanese forces on Oroku Peninsula and were attacking the last main defense line in the ...

War is over, killing goes on. Thick smoke pouring from damaged farm building, temporarily left by the owners, indicates another playingground of the nice little kiddies. Many buildings, woods and other valuable properties have been damaged by this reckless play. In Limburg boys found a canon in a small copse of wood, apparently overlooked when the battlefield was cleared. The gun was loaded, they fired ...

War is over, killing goes on. Photographer surprises some boys busied in making a small fire of dry bits of wood, into which they have thrown small shells. Knowing they will explode they are running away laughing. Games like these have brought enormous damage, caused several large explosions. Near Utrecht in highway bridge was blown up and several farms wrecked in addition to three people killed when ...

Nu het in mei 1940 van Nederland was afgesneden moest Indië op defensiegebied roeien met de weinige riemen die het had. Met man en macht werd aangepakt. Fabrieken waren niet in staat op grote schaal moderne wapens te produceren. Wel bezaten de marine en het KNIL munitiewerkplaatsen. Veel benodigdheden moesten echter uit het buitenland worden betrokken. In de zomer van 1942 werden tachtig militairen ...

Poolse troepen in Nederland. Polish troops enter devastated Moerdijk. Polish infantry troops march into the battle-torn Netherlands town of Moerdijk in pursuit of the German enemy. Moerdijk, important strategic point on the western bank of the Maas River, was liberated by the Allies November 10, 1944, after Polish infantry in fierce battles cleaned up the last German pockets of resistance held by suicide ...

War is over, killing goes on. At the concentration point the heap of material is constantly growing. There are lots of empty shells, but a good many live ones too. It will be trucked away and blown up by the army soon now. 1914 - 2011. Na verschillende baantjes als doka- en filmlaborant begon de amateurfotograaf Charles Breijer zijn relatief korte carrière als beroepsfotograaf in 1937 bij De Arbeiderspers. ...