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Thursday, October 27, 2011

WWII in Photos

The Atlantic's 20-part photographic retrospective of WWII. There are hundreds of fascinating pictures, many of them very rare. The photo below, for example, is of the split second when a Japanese bomb detonates on the deck of the USS Enterprise during the battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942. The photographer was killed by the explosion.

posted by Jar(egg)head at 13:36

2 Comments:

Blogger Fundy said...

You have got to be kidding. Take a look at "The Pacific Islands" pix #7

A Jap Bomber flying at maybe 10' above the water.

08:07  
Blogger Jar(egg)head said...

Yeah, that's crazy-low. If the pilot so much as sneezes they're doing the aquaforce cartwheel.

Not surprising, though; anyone who would bring a sword to a machinegun fight can't be the brightest combatant in the world.

13:47  

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