#Normandy

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

Fascism. Authoritarianism. The question has always been, could it happen here? Because the answer has been NO does not mean that it will always be so. It is happening here.

Jim and Chuck 🏳️‍🌈 👬🐻🌪🌊🌎

fireman452a

Education in the US has problems. Not too surprising that MANY US citizens are confused by labels. i.e., Conversion Therapy has a VERY bad rap and rightly so. BUT Sexual

Jenny Grant

SilenceInPolish

1/#OTD 21st August '44Day 3 of the battle for Hill 262, #Maczuga."The scene was the grimmest we had ever encountered. The Poles had received no supplies for 3 days, they

RG Poulussen

rgpoulussen

Montgomery to Eisenhower, 13 July: "Am going to launch two very big attacks next week. Second Army will work up to the big operation on Tuesday 18 July [Goodwood] when

DigitalWarriorWinning

Mickeegee2020

I learned the hard way that even the best sources can be wrongIn the war against the DS the most potent weapons are:MisinformationDisinformationDiversionand MisdirectionOften leaks that come from good sources

Tom Egan

tomjmegan

D+2, Normandy, France, June 1944. Elements of 6 British Airborne hold a key small farmstead IVO river crossing on a small tributary of the Orne River. 21st Pz Div forces

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

So in Normandy, the British have Regiments of Sherman, Cromwell, and Churchill tanks.*And like where does the DINKY LIL' STUART FIT IN????Well...It's a doozy. /1*Well Canadians jus' get Armd Regts

Adam Berry

Agrbez

Here's another not often seen photograph (although published in my second book) of another D-Day Pathfinder, this time PFC Anthony J DeMayo of E Company, 505th PIR. PFC DeMayo jumped

Łukasz Maślanka

ukasz_maslanka

The veteran French diplomat @MrjDuclos believes that the contacts established by France during its two-year dialogue with Russia may be useful to mediate between the Kremlin and the Biden administration.

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

As you traipse through the undergrowth in Normandy you spot a discarded enemy weapon there, it looks pretty cool - so do you pick it up and use it?Yup, time

Pull Ya Mask Up Shorty

AlysssaJae

Things younger than Mitch McConnell: A Thread Two ply toilet tissue invented in 1942, earlier versions contained splinters The frisbee which was invented in 1947 Microwave Ovens were first introduced

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

M10 and M10 17 Pounder supporting CHURCHILLS in NormandyA British perspective anchored around Tank Brigades.tldr: unsung hero /1#WW2 #SWW #History Few people care for M10s in Normandy.They fall into a

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CAFinUS

She was doubted.She was restricted.She was confronted.She didn’t stop.Does she look like she’d stop?Major Charity Adams and the Six Triple Eight were “the best WAC unit ever sent into a

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

This question comes up quite often amongst amphibious aficionados. The correct answer is that we won't ever know, naturally. The other correct answer is no, they wouldn't have made much

Sean Claxton

seanboy_50

#OTD 76 years ago US forces entered St Lô (a tad behind schedule but still, good effort...). A little photo thread...All aerials taken on 25th of July 1944. #WW2 #WW2HistoryThe

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

If you've been gripped by my series of threads on the Royal Navy Landing Craft Assault that conveyed the US Rangers to Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, it's worth looking

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