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 Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 (Messerschmitt foundation) flight demonstration (8.33 Mb). |
 An American Medium Tank M3, commonly called the "General Lee" in Britain, on training exercises at Fort Knox, Kentucky in June, 1942. At the outset of World War II, the M3 was developed as an interim solution to replace the outdated M2, before the M4 Sherman could be mass-produced. A slightly different model was known as the General Grant. M3 Lees and Grants saw heavy action in the North African Campaign. |
 "The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on a Focke Wulf plant at Marienburg. Coming back, the Germans were up in full force and we lost at least 80 ships-800 men, many of them pals." 1943. US Nat. Archives - Image from here. |
An American Medium Tank M3, commonly called the "General Lee" in Britain, on training exercises at Fort Knox, Kentucky in June, 1942. At the outset of World War II, the M3 was developed as an interim solution to replace the outdated M2, before the M4 Sherman could be mass-produced. A slightly different model was known as the General Grant. M3 Lees and Grants saw heavy action in the North African Campaign.
Photo credit: Alfred T. Palmer, FSA-OWI.
