C&H Cultuur & Historie
Van Soemerië tot Moskovië en van de Gouden Eeuw tot de Slag bij de Somme. Je vindt het in dit forum.
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
Jammer dat de foto's op de eerste pagina's van het topic het niet meer doen 
And I am a weapon of massive consumption
And it's not my fault it's how I'm programmed to function
And it's not my fault it's how I'm programmed to function
Wat ik altijd bizar en indrukwekkend heb gevonden zijn de foto's van de eerste ''wave'' op Omaha beach. Wetende wat daar is gebeurd, en als je zelf op het strand staat of in een van de vele weerstandsnesten. Naar die foto's kan ik echt minutenlang naar kijken.
Er zijn helaas maar 10 foto's van de 106 foto's overgebleven. Eeuwig zonde.
http://www.magnumphotos.c(...)lt&ALID=29YL535ZXX00
Het verhaal van Capa op Omaha beach:
Capa was known to say, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." On D-Day, he came close once again. With Capa standing in the very stern, his landing craft mistakenly came ashore at the section of Omaha Beach dubbed "Easy Red." Then the ramp went down.
"The flat bottom of our barge hit the earth of France," Capa remembered in his book Slightly Out of Focus. "The boatswain lowered the steel-covered barge front, and there, between the grotesque designs of steel obstacles sticking out of the water, was a thin line of land covered with smoke — our Europe, the 'Easy Red' beach.
"My beautiful France looked sordid and uninviting, and a German machine gun, spitting bullets around the barge, fully spoiled my return. The men from my barge waded in the water. Waist-deep, with rifles ready to shoot, with the invasion obstacles and the smoking beach in the background gangplank to take my first real picture of the invasion. The boatswain, who was in an understandable hurry to get the hell out of there, mistook my picture-taking attitude for explicable hesitation, and helped me make up my mind with a well-aimed kick in the rear. The water was cold, and the beach still more than a hundred yards away. The bullets tore holes in the water around me, and I made for the nearest steel obstacle. A soldier got there at the same time, and for a few minutes we shared its cover. He took the waterproofing off his rifle and began to shoot without much aiming at the smoke-hidden beach. The sound of his rifle gave him enough courage to move forward, and he left the obstacle to me. It was a foot larger now, and I felt safe enough to take pictures of the other guys hiding just like I was."
Capa was squeezing off photographs as he headed for a disabled American tank. He remembered feeling "a new kind of fear shaking my body from toe to hair, and twisting my face." With great difficulty his trembling hands reloaded his camera. All the while he repeated a sentence that he had picked up during the Spanish Civil War: "Es una cosa muy seria" ("This is a very serious business").
After what seemed an eternity, Capa turned away from the beach killing zone and spotted an incoming LCI (landing craft, infantry). He headed for it. "I did not think and I didn't decide it," he later wrote. "I just stood up and ran toward the boat. I knew that I was running away. I tried to turn but couldn't face the beach and told myself, 'I am just going to dry my hands on that boat.'"
With his cameras held high to keep them from getting waterlogged, Capa was pulled aboard the LCI and was soon out of harm's way. He had used three rolls of film and exposed 106 frames. After reaching England, he sped by train to London and delivered his precious film for developing.
A darkroom technician was almost as anxious to see the invasion images as Capa himself. In his haste, the technician dried the film too quickly. The excess heat melted the emulsion on all but 10 of the frames. Those that remained were blurred, surreal shots, which succinctly conveyed the chaos and confusion of the day.
Er zijn helaas maar 10 foto's van de 106 foto's overgebleven. Eeuwig zonde.
http://www.magnumphotos.c(...)lt&ALID=29YL535ZXX00
Het verhaal van Capa op Omaha beach:
Capa was known to say, "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." On D-Day, he came close once again. With Capa standing in the very stern, his landing craft mistakenly came ashore at the section of Omaha Beach dubbed "Easy Red." Then the ramp went down.
"The flat bottom of our barge hit the earth of France," Capa remembered in his book Slightly Out of Focus. "The boatswain lowered the steel-covered barge front, and there, between the grotesque designs of steel obstacles sticking out of the water, was a thin line of land covered with smoke — our Europe, the 'Easy Red' beach.
"My beautiful France looked sordid and uninviting, and a German machine gun, spitting bullets around the barge, fully spoiled my return. The men from my barge waded in the water. Waist-deep, with rifles ready to shoot, with the invasion obstacles and the smoking beach in the background gangplank to take my first real picture of the invasion. The boatswain, who was in an understandable hurry to get the hell out of there, mistook my picture-taking attitude for explicable hesitation, and helped me make up my mind with a well-aimed kick in the rear. The water was cold, and the beach still more than a hundred yards away. The bullets tore holes in the water around me, and I made for the nearest steel obstacle. A soldier got there at the same time, and for a few minutes we shared its cover. He took the waterproofing off his rifle and began to shoot without much aiming at the smoke-hidden beach. The sound of his rifle gave him enough courage to move forward, and he left the obstacle to me. It was a foot larger now, and I felt safe enough to take pictures of the other guys hiding just like I was."
Capa was squeezing off photographs as he headed for a disabled American tank. He remembered feeling "a new kind of fear shaking my body from toe to hair, and twisting my face." With great difficulty his trembling hands reloaded his camera. All the while he repeated a sentence that he had picked up during the Spanish Civil War: "Es una cosa muy seria" ("This is a very serious business").
After what seemed an eternity, Capa turned away from the beach killing zone and spotted an incoming LCI (landing craft, infantry). He headed for it. "I did not think and I didn't decide it," he later wrote. "I just stood up and ran toward the boat. I knew that I was running away. I tried to turn but couldn't face the beach and told myself, 'I am just going to dry my hands on that boat.'"
With his cameras held high to keep them from getting waterlogged, Capa was pulled aboard the LCI and was soon out of harm's way. He had used three rolls of film and exposed 106 frames. After reaching England, he sped by train to London and delivered his precious film for developing.
A darkroom technician was almost as anxious to see the invasion images as Capa himself. In his haste, the technician dried the film too quickly. The excess heat melted the emulsion on all but 10 of the frames. Those that remained were blurred, surreal shots, which succinctly conveyed the chaos and confusion of the day.
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
Een aflevering van Andere Tijden over Nederlanders en Nacht und Nebel.
http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1411539
http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1411539
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
Ik zit maar naar deze foto te kijken.. ik herken er geen WOII bommenwerper in maar wel een (moderne) Hercules. Ik heb het vast fout -- kan iemand mij corrigeren?
Is die uit die collectie over Market Garden? Daar zitten aan het eind ook wat recente foto's tussen.
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
Hoi,
Wie was, toen Duitsland Polen binnenviel, de Britse minister van oorlog?
Wie was, toen Duitsland Polen binnenviel, de Britse minister van oorlog?
Niets is sterker dan dat ene woord
Technisch gezien niemand.quote:Op dinsdag 5 augustus 2014 18:38 schreef PIETR het volgende:
Hoi,
Wie was, toen Duitsland Polen binnenviel, de Britse minister van oorlog?
Start 'aanval' 1 september, oprichting war ministry 3 september.
'Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt'
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
Ik kwam er ook niet aan uit.quote:
[..]
Technisch gezien niemand.
Start 'aanval' 1 september, oprichting war ministry 3 september.
Na de Duitsers vervloekt te hebben omdat hij wakker werd gemaakt met het bericht dat Duitsland Polen was binnengevallen, kreeg de Britse minister van Oorlog een tweede "tegenvaller" te verwerken. Welke?
Niets is sterker dan dat ene woord
Zullen ze misschien de minister van defensie bedoelen?quote:Op woensdag 6 augustus 2014 00:02 schreef PIETR het volgende:
[..]
Ik kwam er ook niet aan uit.
Na de Duitsers vervloekt te hebben omdat hij wakker werd gemaakt met het bericht dat Duitsland Polen was binnengevallen, kreeg de Britse minister van Oorlog een tweede "tegenvaller" te verwerken. Welke?
'Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt'
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
Hm, zou kunnen. Dat zou dan Harold Alexander moeten zijn?quote:
[..]
Zullen ze misschien de minister van defensie bedoelen?
Antwoorden:
A. Zijn barbier was niet komen opdagen, hij moest zichzelf dus scheren.
B. Zijn butler had zijn favoriete kostuum niet opgehaald bij de wasserij.
C. Zijn secretaresse had zich ziek gemeld vanwege liefdesverdriet.
D. Zijn vrouw was vergeten om het bad vol te laten lopen met warm water.
Niets is sterker dan dat ene woord
C...quote:
[..]
Hm, zou kunnen. Dat zou dan Harold Alexander moeten zijn?
Antwoorden:
A. Zijn barbier was niet komen opdagen, hij moest zichzelf dus scheren.
B. Zijn butler had zijn favoriete kostuum niet opgehaald bij de wasserij.
C. Zijn secretaresse had zich ziek gemeld vanwege liefdesverdriet.
D. Zijn vrouw was vergeten om het bad vol te laten lopen met warm water.
'Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt'
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
quote:
Hoi,
Wie was, toen Duitsland Polen binnenviel, de Britse minister van oorlog?
Incorrect, de secretary of state for war was Leslie Hore-Belisha tot 5 januari 1940.quote:
[..]
Technisch gezien niemand.
Start 'aanval' 1 september, oprichting war ministry 3 september.
"Academics, people who know the word for coal in seventeen languages but gape and stammer when asked to lay a fire."
Staatssecretaris is dat. Geen minister.quote:
'Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt'
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
In het VK is de staatssecretaris de hoogste positie en ministers zijn lager.quote:
[..]
Staatssecretaris is dat. Geen minister.
"Academics, people who know the word for coal in seventeen languages but gape and stammer when asked to lay a fire."
Een 'ministry' is niks anders dan een kabinet. Dit was het war ministry dat op 3 september werd gereconstitueerd van de toenmalige bestaande Chamberlain regering:quote:
[..]
Technisch gezien niemand.
Start 'aanval' 1 september, oprichting war ministry 3 september.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain_war_ministry
"Academics, people who know the word for coal in seventeen languages but gape and stammer when asked to lay a fire."
Dank voor de uitlegquote:
[..]
Een 'ministry' is niks anders dan een kabinet. Dit was het war ministry dat op 3 september werd gereconstitueerd van de toenmalige bestaande Chamberlain regering:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain_war_ministry
'Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt'
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
'Ieder nadeel heb zijn voordeel'
We zullen je nooit, nooit vergeten
1947-2016
Film over de berging van een Seehund klasse onderzeeboot op het strand van Egmond aan Zee.
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
Wauw, die foto's..quote:
Een collectie Kodachrome foto's:
http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914
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Met dank aan m.k.
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." - "Mad Jack" Churchill DSO MC
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