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Our Forgotten Wars
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Spanish soldiers. Morocco ,1957.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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News from home. 1958.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Spanish recoilless rifle, Morocco, 1957.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Spanish marines landing off the coast of the Western Sahara desert during the Ifni war. Many were still equipped with weapons and gear(notice the helmets) given by Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War. The war would last 8 months and Spain would retain its western territory until the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Mercenaries from 5th commando in Katanga. 5th Commando was formed with former SA and Rhodesian soldiers, commanded by Mike Hoare.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Swedish UN soldiers armed with sub-machine guns on one of the access roads to the city of Niemba in November 1961.
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Belgian paratroopers at Stanleyville aerodrome shortly after an operation.
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Members of 5 Commando and a Daimler Ferret in the Congo during the Congo Crisis
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Fairey Fireflies aboard H.M.S. Theseus during the Korean War
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Infantry soldiers from the Colombian Volunteer Battalion unload from trucks at the 4th Battalion Command Post.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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A Colombian Naval Frigate before departing for Korea, November 1, 1951.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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French naval elements patrol the Bassac River near Can Tho. Each boat is armed with an Oerlikon 20mm cannon. (1952)
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Major Zoran Radosavljević, 204th Interceptor Wing of the Yugoslavian Air Force, shot down by NATO fighters on March 26th of 1999. 
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Croatian HOS members pose with a destroyed Serbian tank.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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A man carries both his M53 Sarac and three loaves of bread, Sarajevo 1994.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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Slovenian soldier paints the new insignia of the Slovenian Army on the front armor of a T-55.
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ourforgottenwars-blog · 5 years ago
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An HVO rocket artillery truck opens fire during Operation Storm, 1995.
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