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South Korean railroad facility in the border area




South Korean soldiers at a check point in DMZ

Today I enjoyed a very special Christmas. I had a fantastic trip to North Korea today. Here are photos that I took in Kaesung ( 개성 ), the southernmost city in North Korea. Kaesung was a South Korean territory before the Korean War but was occupied by the Chinese troops in January 1951. So it took 57...

What do you think are the top 10 best war literary works of the 20th century, including both fiction and non-fiction works? My list is as follows. 1. 'Đặng Thùy Trâm's Diary' ( Nhật ký Đặng Thùy Trâm , 唐翠沉日記, Last Night I dreamed of Peace) by Đặng Thùy Trâm (唐翠沉) - The Vietnam War 2. 'Doctor Zhivago...

Rodric Braithwaite's book was very impressive and I recommend it.

Revellations wrote:

ⓕ Attack by the 6th Panzersturmgranadiere Regiment

No such unit existed during the battle for the Arnhem Bridge.

There might be an error in translating non-English material. The unit that I meant is Panzerkompanie Mielke of Panzerersatzregiment Bielefeld.

Regards

Kim Sung

Captain Gräbner's attack was just one of many attacks the 1st Airborne Division faced. http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9656/parachutehu0.jpg ⓐ Attack by the 21st SS Sturmgranadiere Regiment of the 10th SS Panzer Division ⓑ Captain Grabner's attack ⓒ Attack by the 10th SS Reconnaissance Battalion ...

Thanks for your detailed info, Scott.

Your website is really fantastic!

Does anybody have more details on this attack and Captain Gräbner? Which vehicle in the drawing below was Captain Gräbner in? The men in the schoolhouse had a good view of the vehicles as they approached. Two or three were allowed through before the order was given to open fire. Sapper Ronald Emery ...

I'm eagerly waiting for his book on Leningrad. Apart from his quality as a historian, he is a reader-friendly author which is very rare among western writers. His book reads like a novel.

You're welcome. You may call me Sung.

That's excellent information Kim. Can you translate the other writing on the picture with a red circle. Thanks, Mike. The writing on the picture with a red circle means 'commemoration of landing' 上陸記念 ( jourikukinen ). 上陸 ( jouriku ) means 'landing' and 記念 ( kinen ) 'commemoration'. Kim is my famil...

Hi~, this my first post in this forum. The recipient of this purse is a member of the Imperial Japanese marine His name is 坂本安一郎 (Sakamoto Yasuichirou). The letters on the right side is blurry so I can't translate it. But this guy seems to be a member of 陸戦隊 ( rikusentai , Japanese Special Naval Lan...