Hello.

Attached are some of my great grandfather’s WW2 artifacts. I would be most appreciative if anyone could help me identify some specifics about them.

Thank you in advance!

Edit: I shouldn’t have to say this but, since some of y’all are jumping to conclusions I have to.
I AM NOT A NAZI.
I simply like collecting artifacts from all eras of history. Please stop calling me a Nazi. My great grandpa fought for the Allies. Not the Axis.

Edit2: Holy shit, some of you are mentally challenged. Downvoting me for just asking about some old trinkets and a fucking flag. Get a fucking grip. To those that helped me, thank you very much! I really appreciate it!

Serbian soldier of the 3rd line guarding the bridge under the shelter made of an old bed in the village of Dobrun, Bosnia. Sometime after 1918. Photo by Risto Šuković.

Courtesy of the National Library of Serbia, Great War Collection ([https://velikirat.nb.rs\](https://velikirat.nb.rs))

I know we don’t share video links here, so if I’m breaking any rules please feel free to pull the post!

But, I’m genuinely curious if others had any thoughts on the new documentary the WSJ published last week on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. It was a pretty striking moment in US war history— obvious shades of Saigon there, but this feels like a pretty historically disorganized retrograde.

It’s free to watch and under an hour: https://youtu.be/8wwzv_B9x-k?si=XyThPR8qKCOaUGoi

I am currently writing a Wikipedia article about the Royal Artillery during World War I. In the process, I noticed a discrepancy in the figures regarding ammunition production. For example, while the "Ministry of Munitions" states that approximately 5.4 million shells were produced for the QF 13-pounder field gun, "Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914–1920" lists approximately 4.8 million empty shells and approximately 2.3 million filled shells. However, if you add the ammunition for the 13-pounder 6 cwt and 9 cwt, the total comes to 6.7 million shells. Can anyone explain how this discrepancy arose?

Hi! I am starting a research project about the effect that the presence of American military groups had on the people of West Asia, If anyone has any recommendations, preferably from West Asian creators/writers please let me know!!

One that comes to mind was Nelson at The Battle of Trafalgar: He deliberately "Crossed The T" with his fleet which was a huge risk back then; the enemy fleet when positioned perpendicular to the front of your line can bring most of their guns to bear, whereas you can't do much except take it.

What other examples are there? Maybe some that aren't commonly known?

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hey guys,does anyone know a web page or source of information about this grenade,i know that it was first ever practical stun grenade created and utilized by the SAS but there is no photo of it and no source of information about who manufactured it. does anyone know anything about this device?

Found this while gardening bullet? Any ideas?

the sand end beach installments (concrete blocks, pillbox, etc) make sense to prevent tanks from landing

Yet ten minutes away, Cullen beach has broader access and no reinforcements for water invasion

The areas both covered by aerodromes at the time

What specifically made Sand End the anticipated potential target of a ww2 German invasion if that had occurred?

Not looking for guesses, but if the available defensive plans expose why

I have a US 3rd armored division thematic list for april-march of 1945 and while looking for boxes i found a us winter uniform box of soldiers and was wondering if those uniforms would be had actualy been used by US troops in this tyme period

Hello everyone!

I am hoping to get a 2nd opinion on a few M1917 bayonet scabbards I came across in a museum I worked at. Does anyone know which manufacturer made this type of scabbard with this type of insignia/stamp (the ordnance shell/bomb and flame)?

Here are some identifying markers.

On the throat of the scabbard is the Ordnance shell/bomb and Flame with U.S. stamped in the center of it. Below that insignia is M-1917. Underneath the lip of the throat is "B-N /1" (I put the / in the name to indicate the 1 is underneath the B-N) . Some of these scabbards have a white or black number painted on their throat. Also, before I left work that day, I decided to look at a few more of the scabbards. I just found that some of them have "B-N / 2" stamped on the lip. So I don't know what the numbers mean.

I have been able to identify the manufacturers of other M1917 scabbards, because they had their manufacturer stamp on them. However, this one is proving troublesome. Some auction sights have stated it is made by Beckwith Manufacturing Company (but I found that auction sites can not be the most reliable). One bayonet book I looked through shows a diagram of this scabbard and insignia. It states that 1945 production Beckwith was contracted to modify the M3 Scabbard to fit the M1917 bayonet, thus the modified version of the M1917 scabbard was born. However, another book stated that Beckwith scabbards are stamped with B.M. CO. Thought that may have been AFTER world war 2 and may have been used in Vietnam.

Also, someone on "R/ Bayonets" pointed me to the website " www . usmilitaryknives . com / bayo_points_7.htm*"* . This provided some information about the M1917 Scabbard, but the person who wrote the article is also trying so solve some mysteries of M1917.

So I am getting some conflicting information. I appreciate the help!

Мне нужны были данные о том какие образцы одежды использовались в 1983 - 2000 году в советской армии во всех отделениях данные у меня про эти формы уже есть но если у вас есть данные о том еще какие формы использовались буду рад если вы скажете название или фото покажете полной формы от головного убора до рубашки до брюк и сапог. Нужны данные только по сухопутным войскам. Очень буду рад если сделаете добавку к этим данным.

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Bonjour à tous,

Je recherche des informations sur Monsieur Kalousis, mon arrière‑grand‑père. Il était sergent‑chef parachutiste, brevet n° 27 761, ancien du 3ᵉ BCCP pendant la guerre d’Indochine. Il a participé aux combats de la Route Coloniale 4 en octobre 1950, où son unité a été anéantie, et il a été fait prisonnier par le Viet Minh. Il a survécu à la captivité et a ensuite été membre de la section UNP 56 (Morbihan). Son décès a été mentionné dans un bulletin de liaison en 2006, ce qui montre qu’il était très respecté parmi les anciens paras.

Je cherche aujourd’hui tout ce qui pourrait exister sur lui :

des photos, des documents, des témoignages, des archives, ou même des personnes qui auraient servi avec lui, connu son unité, ou entendu parler de lui.

Toute information, même minime, serait précieuse pour mieux comprendre son parcours et sa vie.

Merci beaucoup pour votre aide.