December 1954: The 8e Bataillon de Parachutistes Coloniaux (BPC) on patrol in the Aurès mountains.

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December 1944: A mounted column of Moroccan goumiers and an M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage of the 2e DB on the road to Aubure, Upper Rhine Department.

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Air France fleet changes from 1933 to 1936:

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DC-5 transport originally with Dutch airlines KLM but captured by the Japanese is shown in Japan for testing, Tachikawa Air Field, circa 1943

#OnThisDay 17 Dec 1939 French gold reserves carried aboard the battleship Dunkerque arrive in Halifax, Canada, for safekeeping. This is the second of three convoys bringing French gold across the Atlantic.

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Interesting theory that I haven't heard before, I've never seen a fully satisfactory explanation for this choice. My understanding is that other navies actually do use a similar red paint, which is lead-based to combat rust and corrosion, but most then add another grey layer over top.

Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.

Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.

Thanks for sharing! It's just nice to be able to share a personal passion and hopefully expose others to what I think is an interesting and under-discussed part of history (at least for us Anglophones!)

I believe- though I'm not an artillery expert- that those are the charges used to propel the projectile. They were divided into increments and depending on the desired range the crew might employ a reduced charge. Here's an excerpt from the M7 Priest technical manual:

#OnThisDay 14 Dec 1944 French 2nd Armored (2e DB) on the offensive in the Witternheim-Benfeld sector, south of Strasbourg. [5/5]

Evacuation of wounded by Dodge ambulance to army hospital in Ergersheim, Lower Rhine dept.

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#OnThisDay 14 Dec 1944 French 2nd Armored (2e DB) on the offensive in the Witternheim-Benfeld sector, south of Strasbourg. [4/5]

Riflemen and engineers advance cautiously on a forested road, 4th photo depicts impact of incoming German artillery.

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#OnThisDay 14 Dec 1944 French 2nd Armored (2e DB) on the offensive in the Witternheim-Benfeld sector, south of Strasbourg. [3/5]

105mm artillery support from M7 Priests of the 33e Batterie, XIe Groupe, 64e Régiment d'Artillerie de Division Blindée.

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#OnThisDay 14 Dec 1944 French 2nd Armored (2e DB) on the offensive in the Witternheim-Benfeld sector, south of Strasbourg. [2/5]

Mine clearance by engineers of the 13e Bataillon du Génie (BG).

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#OnThisDay 14 Dec 1944 French 2nd Armored (2e DB) on the offensive in the Witternheim-Benfeld sector, south of Strasbourg. [1/5]

1&2: M4A3 "Douaumont II", 3e Cie., 501e RCC. Commander+Driver WIA later this day.
3&4: 9e Cie., Rgt. de Marche du Tchad.

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