rednemesisdog MILITARY WW2 Pictures 4

Military Odyssey is a three day event held over the August Bank Holiday weekend. It is a multi-period extravaganza, with many attractions including displays, battles and demonstrations. Eras represented included Stone Age, World War Two, Napoleonic War, American Civil War, World War One, and English Civil War to name but a few.


The house built of scaffolding and plasterboard for the 29th Division's display	The 29th's display, which was a mixture of troops from the 'C' and 'A' Company groups	29th boys taking a look inside their .30 cal machinegun	Part of the motorpool for the 29th Division	The second halftrack as part of the 29th display


Butch Messing about with the B.A.R at the 29th House	The Russian 2nd Guards Division recruitment centre	Unfortunately there isn't any demand for the 'Pillaging and looting' display team!	A very tooled up WW2 Jeep in the vehicle park	Part of the British Display with a Bren Gun Carrier on the right


British WW2 jeep in the very atmospheric British display	A huge, newly-restored searchlight as part of the home front display	The Projector Infantry Anti-Tank, a British weapon	view of the battlefield from the Brit Artillery positions	Another Jeep parked at the British encampment


The replica Tiger Tank leads the German convoy out to the battle	Followed closely by a Hetzer self-propelled gun	The Tiger is built on the chassis of a Russian T55 tank	At the weekend it was crewed by members of The Axis Forces Re-enactment Association	AFRA's display had the tiger as it's centrepiece


The original WW2 Hetzer in convoy	And later parked up in the German Motorpool	A Sdkfz 251 German Halftrack in convoy	This type was later replicated by the Czechs after the war	Leading to a lot of examples in preservation


Two more halftracks with motorcycle combis behind	This Sdkfz 222 armoured car is built on the chassis of a Range Rover!	German infantrymen marched alongside the convoy	Men of the Second Battle Group marching	This 'Demag' halftrack is much rarer than the larger examples


Another nice view of the Tiger	With it's usual crowd of people!	Moore shopping for bargains	And later trying to figure out how it all fits together	It took a long time...


A close up of some of the YANKS display	Kitted up members of the Long Range Desert Group and SAS display	With fully desert-converted vehicles	And Bovington Tank Museum's 'Valentine' Tank	One of the type used frequently in the desert war

Click on the picture, on the right, to view the YANKS LHG Home Page
Click on the right for the RND military home page	HERE
Click on the right for Non-WW2 Re-enactment and Living History Pictures	HERE
Click on the right for Recon Photos of YANKS at the 2003 Hands on History Event	HERE
To view pictures from Twinwoods and Little Gransden Airshow events in 2003	HERE
To View the Crich 'Countdown to D-day' Event	HERE