Maps showing proposed line for British Forces preemptive strike ('Operation Matador') from #Malaya into #Thailand in order to protect #Singapore from the japanese attack Dec 7 1941

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Tom Anderson's #article series on the #history of #naval #warfare covers the #Pacific front of #WW2 and its major clashes between #Japan , the #UnitedStates and #Commonwealth where the #aircraftcarrier dethroned the #battleship. #PearlHarbor #Midway #Navy www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/naval-g...

7 Oct 1944 // HM Trawler Vidonia, in use as a fuel carrier, was at anchor off Utah Beach, Normandy, when she was run into by US Liberty Ship Jose Artigas. Badly holed, she broke up and sank with the loss of eight of her crew. The collision happened in bad weather. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1944 // Motor launches HDML 1118 and HDML 1119 of the Royal Indian Navy were at anchor off Maungdaw, Burma, when two RAF Spitfires attacked them with gunfire. 1118 was badly damaged and 1119 was sunk. Five men died in this tragic friendly fire incident. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

ML 339 was hit at 3:38am by a torpedo which destroyed her stern. The forward section caught fire and sank shortly afterwards. Three men were lost. About 20 minutes later the Caroline Moller was hit by a torpedo and sank, with 16 men lost from her crew of 35. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1943 // Submarine HMS Trooper, on patrol in the Aegean Sea, was lost with all hands (64 men) on or around this date. Her wreck was discovered in the Aegean north of Donoussa in 2024, with damage confirming that she had been sunk by a German mine. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

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#OTD in 1943. The jubilant crew of minesweeper HMS J-838 after their first shot "in anger" downed a German plane. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944, 13 Lancasters from 617 "Dambuster" Squadron disabled the lock gates at Kembs, with Tallboy bombs. Two crews did not return. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1940. A lone soldier at the beach. Uncertain times. #WW2 #HISTORY

(October 1944.) Para training. #WW2 #HISTORY

Before & after operation #MarketGarden. (#OTD in 1944, the Arnhem Rhine Bridge was bombed, to cut off German forces in "The Island". #WW2 #HISTORY)

Around this day in 1944, Aachen, Germany. The punch of a M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun. #WW2 #HISTORY

No such thing as overkill when it comes to Spitfire clips, right? 😊 (302 Polish Fighter Squadron. #WW2 #HISTORY)

#OTD in 1944, Weelde area, Holland. A 25-pounder gun shelling nearby Germans counter-attacking British positions. #WW2 #HISTORY

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