#Bocagate

[ant249]

miniongate is real guys

[theworldatwar]

US soldiers use the high, thick bocage as cover as they try to engage the enemy - Normandy, June 1944

[meriol-lehmann]

route d'autun, marmagne

[unchartedpotential]

Checking for snipers in the Bocage, Normandy, 1944

(Enchanced -> Color Restoration -> ReEnchanced -> Filtered to Polish Color)

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[1558/10977] Bocage's akalat - Sheppardia bocagei

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old world flycatchers) Genus: Sheppardia (akalats)

Photo credit: Wayne Paes via Macaulay Library

[postcard-from-the-past]

Château de Lorrez-le-Bocage, Gâtinais region of France

French vintage postcard

[sereiabby]

Há tanta beleza e tristeza nesse olhar que achei fascinante!

De tão tua que és

Olhas me de repente

De um distante impreciso

Com um olhar ausente

Começas um sorriso

Olhos, olhos da cor de meus cuidados

Que podeis inflamar pedras frias

Animar cadáveres mirrados

- o mestre, Pessoa

[birdstudies]

October 26, 2023 - Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei) Found in parts of Angola, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, these Old World flycatchers live in forests and woodlands, often near rivers. They eat mostly insects, especially wasps, as well as spiders, dropping onto their prey from perches and following army ant swarms. Only one of their nests has been described, a cup of moss lined with black fibers in a hollow stump containing two eggs.

[retrogeographie]

Dijon, l'hopital du Bocage.

[meta-holott]

2011 Paris, a private hedgerow moment

[historyofguns]

The article "Hell in the Hedgerows: What U.S. Troops Faced in Normandy" by Tom Laemlein, published on The Armory Life, discusses the intense challenges faced by U.S. troops in the Normandy campaign during World War II. After successfully landing on the Normandy beaches, Allied forces encountered the Bocage country’s dense hedgerows, which had not been anticipated in planning. These natural and man-made escarpments created formidable defensive positions for German soldiers. German forces utilized numerous tactics, including the use of machine guns like the MG 42 and MG 34, mortars, anti-tank weapons such as the Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust, and snipers. U.S. troops had to adapt quickly, employing bulldozer tanks, hedge-cutters, and innovative tank-infantry team tactics to overcome these obstacles. This led to gradual gains that eventually opened the road to Paris, showcasing both the ingenuity and resilience of U.S. forces in their efforts to break through the German defenses.

[theworldatwar]

US soldiers engage German positions in the Bocage - Normandy, June 1944

[baheuldey]

Chemin, 2024, feutre sur papier, 29,7 x 21 cm

[nariix]

traindo Clarice

Hoje desejei ter super poderes  Voltar no tempo, anos atrás Desejei assoprar a vela de 14 anos Sorrindo para você

Hoje desejei estar deitada na nossa rede no chão, você com o seu Jorge amado Falando sobre sua política pura Desbocando bocage, traindo Clarice Jogando pedras em Vinicius,  Voando nas palavras de Drummond

Nostalgicamente, hoje, senti falta do abraço, do cheiro de alcaçuz  do cabelo emaranhado em meus dedos da minha risada com você

Hoje, desejei ver o jeito que seus olhos me olhavam Desejei que fosse o seu amor  me falando poemas silenciosos

Volto no tempo na mesma intensidade que o passado  troveja em mim Sigo indo mas sempre volto  É difícil quando o ponto de partida é o mesmo que o de chegada É difícil, pois fomos em dois mas voltei em um.

Nenhuma poesia, nenhum autor nenhuma música, nenhum cantor poderia fazer ressoar no mundo uma saudade tão intensa quando a nostálgica falta que eu sinto de quando tinha 14 anos  e sorria olhando para você

oct31, 2023 Nanda

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[1559/10977] Bocage's bushshrike - Chlorophoneus bocagei

Also known as: grey-green bushshrike

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Malaconotoidea Family: Malaconotidae (bushshrikes)

Photo credit: Nik Borrow via Macaulay Library

[postcard-from-the-past]

Château de Lorrez-le-Bocage, Gâtinais region of France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1909