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Norwegens grösstes Schiff auf eine Mine gelaufen. Das grösste Schiff Norwegens, die 18 673 BRT, grosse 'Oslofjord', die von England geraubt war und sich auf dem Wege nach Amerika befand, ist nach einer New Yorker Meldung in der Nähe von Newcastle auf eine Mine gelaufen und gesunken. Die 'Oslofjord'.

U.S. Engineers study new German glass mine. Components of a German glass mine nicknamed oitment box by U.S. soldiers, with its cover, are displayed on a field near Musbach, Germany, where the mine was safely unearthed and dismantled by American Army engineerd. The centerpiece of the plastic-encased mine is completely made of glass, with the exception of the detonator (right). The glass bowl containing ...

Mine sweepers are unknown heroes of seawarfare. A German mine sweeping flotilla running full steam ahead to their battlegrounds in the Northsea.

stapel mijnen met bord "Mines" met emblemen van de 51st Highland Division en tacsign 51 (= 276 Field Company, Royal Engineers), Breedeweg, april 1945. Gemerkt 11. Copyright Arn. Luijben.Foto is behandeld wegens schimmel linksonder.

Germans and Americans occupy same coal mine. German miners load coal into trucks on the underground railway on the American side of the mine at Alsdorf, Germany, half of which is occupied by the Germans and half by the Americans, who also control the power switches. The mine, which is under continuous shellfire, runs right into the German lines. German miners working on the American side of the mine ...

Sweeping german mines from the Corfu channel. Petty Officers dragging ashore one of the German GY mines swept in the Corfu Channel. Normally mines are not handled in this way but these men are experts.

German glass and plastic mines found on western front. This German plastic mine with glass pressure plate and center bowl containing explosive was discovered by U.S. troops in the Musbach area, Germany. Built of non-metallic materials except for the detonator, to avoid detection by ordinary mine detectors, these mines are none the loss spotted and dismantled. They are slighly larger than Toller mi ...

Germans and Americans occupy same coal mine. Corporal Edward George Willhelm of Los Angeles, California, whose father's family came from Germany, checks on a German telephone conversation while Private Harvey N. Koch of Brooklyn, New York, makes notes at the switchboard on the American side of the mine at Alsdorf, Germany, half of which is occupied by the Germans and half by the Americans. Both these ...

U.S. Marines and Navy Seabees build mine detonator. A mine detonator built on an M-4 General Sherman tank by U.S. Marines and Navy Seabees flails its way successfully through Japanese mine-field and booby-trapped roads. This anti-mine device built from scrap was designed, fabricated and tested by men of the two services. It consists of two revolving drums to which are attached heavy chain flails, a ...