Latest posts tagged with #Worldwar2 on Bluesky
Likely early 1940, the battleship Gneisenau heads to the Baltic Sea for artillery raining at the A.K.V.S. Center. Note the Kaiserliche Marine recognition circle atop Turret Anton.
#gneisenau #battleship #warship #ship #kriegsmarine #ww2 #worldwar2 #germany #navalhistory #history
A knocked out Soviet T34 tank in the city of Voronezh near the Don river, 280 miles south of Moscow - July 1942 #worldwar2 #ww2 #voronezh #moscow #sovietunion #ussr #t34 #tank #history
Today, I visited Thingstätte, an open-air amphitheatre built by the Nazis in the 1930s to forge a new national mythology and spread Nazi propaganda. Reading about German history is one thing, but to stand in the place where Joseph Goebbels once stood actually gave me chills. #WorldWar2 #History
New Video- Introduction to the Heavy Panzer Battalion equipped with Panzer III, Tiger Tank, and King Tiger.
Check it out!
#History #WWII #Tanks #WW2 #dday #normandy #caen #ww2history #worldwar2 #tank #panzer
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World War Two was the archetypal good war. And ask any liberal, FDR was the archetypal good president. But don't ask Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie -- The Almanac Singers.[1] They released Songs for John Doe[2] in 1941 and it's full of anti-draft, anti-war, anti-FDR […]
World War Two was the archetypal good war. And ask any liberal, FDR was the archetypal good president. But don't ask Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie -- The Almanac Singers.[1] They released Songs for John Doe[2] in 1941 and it's full of anti-draft, anti-war, anti-FDR […]
Likely in early 1940 on the Kiel Canal, the battleship Scharnhorst transits either to or form artillery training in the Baltic Sea.
#scharnnhorst #kielcanal #kriegsmarine #battleship #warship #ship #canal #ww2 #worldwar2 #navalhistory #history #germany
The US/Canadian First Special Service Force (a unit trained in mountain fighting), in action against German forces outside Radicosa, near Cassino - 4th Jan 1944, Italy. PHOTO : Robert Capa © International Center of Photography #ww2 #worldwar2 #radicosa #cassino #italy #specialforces #history
Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, 'WR-B', van No. 248 Squadron RAF, gestationeerd in North Coates, Lincolnshire, in vlucht boven de Noordzee in 1940.
#RoyalAirForce #WorldWar2 #Warbird
USAAF fighter Ace Richard West (14 victories) with his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk at Finschhafen Airfield - New Guinea 1942.CREDIT:world war 2 aviation #ww2 #worldwar2 #p40 #curtiss #warhawk #usaaf #papuanewguinea #newguinea #pilot #history
photo of Lillian Rolfe. She is a white woman with dark hair.
photo of Violette Szabo. She is a white woman with darkish hair.
Very early #OnThisDay, 6 Apr 1944, Lillian Rolfe and Violette Szabo separately arrive in occupied France to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SEO). Rolfe is a wireless operator, Szabo is a courier.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️
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The Mardasson Monument in Bastogne Belgium. A monument to the Battle of the Bulge and a time when Americans fought fascists
#travel #wandering #worldwar2 #belgium
#photography
#OTD #TDIH #April6, 1996: #DOTD: #RIP #GreerGarson.
#Actresses #Singers #Theatre #Film #Hollywood #Vaudeville #Stage #Theater #Theatre #GoldenAgeOfTV #GoldenAgeOfRadio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #WorldWarII #WWII #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #TVSky #ComedySky
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#OnThisDay in 1942, flying from Garbutt Field in Australia, the 22nd Bombardment Group used the Martin B-26 Marauder in combat for the first time when they attacked Japanese positions at Rabaul, New Britain.
Read our B-26 profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/american-air... #WW2 #WorldWar2
Een Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I van No. 35 Squadron RAF wordt klaargemaakt voor het starten van de motoren, terwijl een ander vliegtuig voorbij taxiet, op RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, Engeland.
#RoyalAirForce ##Warbirds #WorldWar2
#OTD #TDIH #April5: Happy #NationalGoForBrokeDay! #GoForBrokeDay #GoForBroke #442ndRegimentalCombatTeam #100thInfantryBattalion #Nisei #MostDecoratedUSMilitaryUnits #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondEuropeanWar #NationalDays @dafyddnd.bsky.social
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New Video about Official German Panzer Tactics & Panzer Crew Selection and Psychology, and Collapse of Panzer Tactical doctrine D-day & the Normandy Invasion
Check it out!
#History #WWII #Tanks #WW2 #dday #normandy #caen #ww2history #worldwar2 #tank #panzer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kTT...
A damaged Soviet SB 2M-100A aircraft with twin MG mount and fitted with the M-100 engine captured by German forces - Eastern Front, July 1941 #worldwar2 #ussr #ww2 #easternfront #sovietunion #aeroplane #airplane #aircraft #aviation
Hunting down a Nazi with AI.
The use of artificial intelligence in an investigation into the disappearance of an SS officer did not lead to the expected results.
#FrederickForsyth #Journalism #Books #Nazis #WorldWar2 #History #Film #AI #AnnieProulx
Woohoo - Silver in #TheWishingShelfBookAwards for my latest historical novel #WorldWar2 #Singapore #NewGuinea #AustralianArmyNursingService Thanks @vineleavespress.bsky.social for believing in Annie! @histnovsoc.bsky.social @romanticnovelists.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @bluebookclub.bsky.social
✂️🎞️How Family Trauma Repeats Itself
#DARKWINDS |4x07 "Nániikai" (We Came Back)
🪶📺📻FULL EPISODE: pod.fo/e/3d4e21
#darkwindsseason4 #DarkWindsS4 #IreneVaggan #GuntherVaggan #WorldWar2 #melodrama
#OnThisDay in 1944, forty Fairey Barracudas took part in Operation Tungsten. This is one of a number of operations with the aim of sinking the German battleship Tirpitz.
Read our Barracuda profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #WW2 #WorldWar2
An abandoned German StuG40 tank destroyer-location unknown,1944.The StuGIII and StuG40 essentially refers to the same vehicle,with the latter being a designation for the later models produced during WW2,most notably the StuGIII Ausf. G,which was produced in large quantities. #ww2 #worldwar2 #stug
Spitfire Mark VB, R6923 QJ-S, of No. 92 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill, Kent, enroute back to the airfield - May 1941. CREDIT : ron_eisele #ww2 #worldwar2 #spitfire #kent #bigginhill #england #raf #royalairforce
Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis?
What did our forebears do during the Nazi era? A subject long shrouded in silence in German families.
Now, the US National Archives has made millions of NSDAP membership cards available online.
#Germany #Nazis #NSDAP #WorldWar2 #WW2 #History
Pigeons became an important part of a bomber crew, and many aircrew were rescued as a result of their actions, including the eleven crew of a Catalina.
Find out about the use of pigeons by the RAF at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/pig... #WW2 #WorldWar2
US Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, US 1st Army, search German pow’s - Belgium, 3rd Jan 1945. Photo : US Army Archives #ww2 #worldwar2 #pow #captivity #usarmy #airborne #belgium
Forty-nine years ago today, the Eagle landed in UK cinemas... #TheEagleHasLanded #1970s #film #films #JohnSturges #JackHiggins #MichaelCaine #DonaldSutherland #JennyAgutter #JudyGeeson #RobertDuvall #WorldWarII #WorldWar2
A US B-17 Flying Fortress from the 398th BG returns home with significant nose damage - England, date unknown. Credit : IWM #ww2 #worldwar2 #flyingfortress #b17 #usaaf #england #history
During 1945 aboard Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer, a sailor uses handheld flags to signal escorting Zerströrer likely during fire support missions on the Eastern Front.
#scheer #panzerschiff #cruiser #kriegsmarine #ww2 #worldwar2 #war #signal #navalhistory #history #germany #heavycruiser #destroyer
