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Guards Heavy Tank Regiments began forming #OTD in 1942. They were armed with either KV-1S or Churchill heavy tanks, numbering 21 tanks (4 companies of 5 tanks each plus one tank in the headquarters). #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Wife. Courier. Spy. She joined the Resistance to beat the Germans, but they're closing in, and she’s running out of time.

"What an incredible story!"

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Vickers-Carden-Loyd Army Transport Tractor with crew hauling a Vickers-Armstrongs 40 mm (L.50) AA/AT gun on a mobile platform. The same gun could be mounted in the VCL Light Artillery Tractor. In the 1930s this was a capable dual purpose gun. #ww2 #tank #history

Due to a shortage of V-2 diesel engines, T-34 tanks were temporarily authorized to be built with M-17 gasoline engines. #OTD in 1941 the People's Commissariat of Tank production ordered factories building T-34 tanks to refurbish used M-17 engines supplied by the air force. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Members of New Zealand's 28th Battalion (known as the Maori Battalion) who had fought in Greece perform a Haka for the King of Greece at Helwan, Egypt, in June, 1941.

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The war is relentless. The losses, unbearable.
B-17 pilot John Mackenzie finds solace in Stella—but can love endure when the skies are filled with fire?
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#OTD in 1941 a contract for 435 Valentine III tanks was signed with Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Only 305 tanks from this contract were ever delivered, plus an additional 82 chassis as bridgelayers. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

A British Churchill II tank on a training exercise - south coast, England, date unknown #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #churchill #tank #southcoast #england #history

The SU-100's 100 mm D-10S gun was powerful, but it was also long and heavy. To make the chassis shorter and balance it better, a rear casemate SPG on the chassis of the new T-44 medium tank was proposed #OTD in 1944. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

8 October 1944

Captain Bobbie E. Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

8 October 1943

Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.

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8 October 1941

During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

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Step 60/140: Hull complete! The 130 cm all-metal hull now weighs 4.8 kg. Glad to leave endless metal panels and hard-to-reach screws behind.

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#Kriegsmarine #WW2 #aircraftcarrier #cv

8 October 1939

Germany annexes western Poland.

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1939: The battleship Dunkerque.

1 & 2: Honor guard.
3 & 4: Forward main battery, 350mm quadruple turrets.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #navy #NavalHistory #Battleship

Another great review for Under Enemy Skies. 'I have read many books about WWII, no others match the brutal honesty surrounding war as this one does. Nor have any others described the French resistance so clearly. mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar #WW2