Pictures of bicycles in WW II
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Pictures of bicycles in WW II
If anyone here has an online subscription to The Atlantic, there's an interesting photo feature today of bicycles being used, one way or another, in World War II. I tried to upload a sample, but no dice--file was "not an approved image."
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/20...war-ii/678086/
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/20...war-ii/678086/
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There weren’t any pictures from what I understand was the most effective tactical use of bicycles in WW2 by the Japanese against the British in Malaya:
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2...le-blitzkrieg/
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2...le-blitzkrieg/
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^^^^^^
Those heavy bikes, the uniforms, the masks... Those guys had to be tough.
Those heavy bikes, the uniforms, the masks... Those guys had to be tough.
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In the years after WWII, the North Vietnamese/Viet Minh used bicycles very effectively, not as personnel transport, but loaded down with hundreds of pounds of supplies and pushed. They supplied their army at Dien Bien Phu that way in 1954, and they moved tons of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail that way in the 1960s and 1970s.
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BSA folding paratrooper bicycle
used by British and Canadian troops in conflicts during WWII including D-Day
https://bsamuseum.wordpress.com/1942...cle-para-bike/
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That was one of my favorites--great lighting and such a wonderfully swoopy bicycle
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In the years after WWII, the North Vietnamese/Viet Minh used bicycles very effectively, not as personnel transport, but loaded down with hundreds of pounds of supplies and pushed. They supplied their army at Dien Bien Phu that way in 1954, and they moved tons of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail that way in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Thanks for sharing! The Atlantic allows 2 free articles per month.
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The guy standing by the street sign looks like he has an Adidas logo on his sleeve.
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There weren’t any pictures from what I understand was the most effective tactical use of bicycles in WW2 by the Japanese against the British in Malaya:
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2...le-blitzkrieg/
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2...le-blitzkrieg/
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Time zone difference of 18 hours between Singapore and Hawaii.
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Thank you for the heads up on this otherwise I might not have attempted to view it. The pictures posted thus far are just the tip of the iceberg.
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I was presuming it's somewhere in UK, probably London.
But the sign says "Cedarbrook St" and "Greenwood St", can't find that anywhere.
And it looks like an American bike.
Did the USA ever have blackouts in 1943 ?
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The caption is "A Civil Defense air-raid warden stands beside a street sign during a blackout, circa 1943"
I was presuming it's somewhere in UK, probably London.
But the sign says "Cedarbrook St" and "Greenwood St", can't find that anywhere.
And it looks like an American bike.
Did the USA ever have blackouts in 1943 ?
I was presuming it's somewhere in UK, probably London.
But the sign says "Cedarbrook St" and "Greenwood St", can't find that anywhere.
And it looks like an American bike.
Did the USA ever have blackouts in 1943 ?
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The caption is "A Civil Defense air-raid warden stands beside a street sign during a blackout, circa 1943"
I was presuming it's somewhere in UK, probably London.
But the sign says "Cedarbrook St" and "Greenwood St", can't find that anywhere.
And it looks like an American bike.
Did the USA ever have blackouts in 1943 ?
I was presuming it's somewhere in UK, probably London.
But the sign says "Cedarbrook St" and "Greenwood St", can't find that anywhere.
And it looks like an American bike.
Did the USA ever have blackouts in 1943 ?
