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Is this another of the Japanese
bicycles?
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Is this another of the
Japanese bicycles?
yes Japanese bike
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I remember during the Vietnam War the VC would booby trap bicycles by filling the hollow tubes with explosive and rigging the detonator to the bicycle wheel that after a certain number revolutions, the rider would get a surprise up through the seat.
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Not sure those skinnies would be very good in the sand
By the looks of the devastation could be Tarawa then again could be any of those Pacific Isl.
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Not sure those skinnies would be very good in the sand
Thing is...the Japs used them for troop transport lots. They had entire units move on bike. There was a story from the Pacific where a recce unit encountered a Jap unit moving along with bikes and could be heard miles away because they were running on just the rims. The tires had gone and they were on paved roads...the guys just went heads down and the Japanese went right past them.
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Japanese bicycle infantry ww2
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Singapore was it?? The Philippines?
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Singapore was it?? The Philippines?
don't know, no source info, but
The unexpectedly swift and devastating advance of the Japanese troops, using bicycles to invade Malaya and capture Singapore, went down in history under the name of “Bicycle Blitzkrieg
Japanese Style Bicycle Blitzkrieg - We Love Cycling magazine.
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