Military Museum of the Lend-Lease in Moscow Bashny.Net

Today we offer a virtual visit is not the most famous, but a truly unique military museum Lend-Lease in Moscow. The museum was created by enthusiasts. This room is literally packed with unique exhibits.




General view of the hall



Different things donated by veterans and their descendants to the museum. These things exchanged Soviet and American soldiers during the meeting on the Elbe



"Military" cigarettes that were included in the diet of American soldiers



The form, complete with marching military equipment, and the American Machine





Stalingrad Soldier with a gun Thompson



Jeep Willys Marshal Rokossovsky, donated to the museum grandson of military chief. The car is still on track



Cut bulletproof tires Willis



The cabin Willis ascetic



Willis kit on the wing for extreme cases



Outfit pilots who manned US aircraft



Liferaft for pilots



Folding English moped for paratroopers. Landed by parachute in the box and on the spot about 3 minutes



Canadian, American and British leather jackets



Outfit allies - the British, Soviet and American



Instructions









Food aid. Interestingly, in civilian aid often invested toys for children.





The unique tea Bank: Chiang Kai-shek, Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill





The soldier in the outfit of the 101st Air Assault Division of the United States during the Second World War. The prototype for this dummy became Staff Sergeant Joseph Beyrle - the only World War II soldiers who had to do some fighting in the American and Soviet armies. Americans landed in Normandy, but was taken prisoner, escaped from the third attempt and was the location of the Soviet troops, which had to do some fighting in the Soviet tank battalion.



The fate of Joseph Beyrle details can be read on Wikipedia. Interestingly, his son from 2008 to 2011. was the US ambassador to Russia.



Source: televisore.livejournal.com