Operation Mercury photographs

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Operation Mercury photographs

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This site has a heap of original photos of the German 1941 invasion of Crete. Be warned, some of the content is extremely graphic and disturbing.

http://www.war-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16960

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Very cool, and yes disturbing. Made me stop to think about the "games" I play on my computer.

Those poor FJs look miserably hot in most of those photos.

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Valuable photos. They really prove that the old lie "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" is indeed a lie.

It's so easy to forget the horrors of war while playing wargames and moving those squares with symbols on them around the map...
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Surprising to see how old alot of the dead German para's were, mid 20's and quite a few from the same year groups. I'm sure that is no coincidence.

War is brutal.
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Interesting photos and disturbing as lethal combat always is ...

I love war games as an intellectual pursuit, but consider war to be on of the greatest unnatural disasters of which human's are afflicted.

I also spend a lot of time watching historical documentaries on Iraq, WWII, Vietnam, the Civil War, ... As terrible as it is, war is a fascinating topic as it has been a central activity by which our societies and lives have been shaped.

Well, maybe I am get too philosphical for a game forum ...
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ORIGINAL: MarkShot

Interesting photos and disturbing as lethal combat always is ...

I love war games as an intellectual pursuit, but consider war to be on of the greatest unnatural disasters of which human's are afflicted.

I also spend a lot of time watching historical documentaries on Iraq, WWII, Vietnam, the Civil War, ... As terrible as it is, war is a fascinating topic as it has been a central activity by which our societies and lives have been shaped.

Well, maybe I am get too philosphical for a game forum ...


Marvelous Photos. The dead soldiers disturbing, but the amount of destroyed equipment was very instructive.
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