There was some concern that adding a heavier gun to the IS-2 would reduce its mobility compared to the IS-1, so thorough set off-road trials began #OTD in 1943. It turned out that the concerns were unfounded and the speed and reliability did not change. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

My husband’s uncle was one of the Dachau liberators. Here’s his story: toomuchbrudders.com/2026/02/12/d... #FamilyHistory #WW2

#OTD 6 Oct 1943. #WW2 Naples. Newly-arrived Life reporter Margaret Bourke White has been assigned a driver / Man Friday: Jess Padgett, 21 years old, from Des Moines. Almost as silent as Harpo Marx, he will stick with her the entire mission.
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(Tribulation: severe trouble, affliction, or suffering, often caused by oppression or persecution.).

Worse than #Covid-19, #WW2 #Germany

The time is near, and the #rapture is close. Give your #life to #Jesus wile you still have time!

#Jesus is our #Lord and #Savior

Study of these vehicles showed that the quality of the cast armour was very poor and the design overall from the suspension to the observation devices far behind the curve. A guide on fighting these tanks was composed nevertheless. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Two Renault R 35 tanks were among the vehicles stolen by the Red Army from the Germans in a raid #OTD in 1939. Poland bought 50 of these tanks from France before the war, but was unable to use them effectively. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

#OTD 6 Oct 1943, #WW2. LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke White, covers the clearing of ships in Naples port Bombed by the Allies, blown up by the retreating Germans, in a week it was operational.

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#OTD 6 /10 /'43. #WW2 Italy. Eichmann’s subordinate, Theodor Dannecker, arrives in Rome with Waffen-SS personnel to organize the deportation of Jews. The Jewish community had already paid 50 kg of gold to prevent the deportation of 200 Jewish family heads.
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The first Panzer IV/70 (V) tank destroyers were issued #OTD in 1944. The overloaded and unreliable vehicle required a skilled driver to operate, but these were hard to come by since Germany lost its training grounds in France by this time. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

7 October 1944

The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

A German human torpedo inspected by an Allied serviceman on the Anzio beachhead in April, 1944.

#History #WW2

No Ground Left to Give

As the Pacific War moved closer to Japan, strategic choices narrowed.

In KARDS, J2M Raiden reacts to mounting pressure, Ferocious Assault trades future capacity for an immediate answer, and Last Ditch Force pushes that logic to its extreme.

#KARDS #WW2

#OnThisDay in 1939, the Hawker Tornado Type R prototype made its first flight, it was powered by the 1,760-hp Vulture II engine.

Read our Hawker Tornado profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #WW2 #WorldWar2

A German tank crew take in their surroundings - Eastern Front 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #1940s #easternfront #tank
#panzer #sovietunion #history

#OTD in 1945 orders were given to stop production of the SU-76M. Nearly 14 thousand were built, making it the second most common AFV in the Red Army behind the T-34/T-34-85. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

October 1944: Vehicles cross a bridge over the Moselotte at Zainvilliers (Vosges), France, sabotaged (not fully-successfully) by the Germans.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France

‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb.

On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floati…

#BombDisposal #WW2 #UK #Exmouth #Plymouth #Ordnance #Luftwaffe #History #LongRead

#OTD in 1939 a raiding party was organized by the Red Army. This party stole a number of vehicles from a vehicle yard in German-occupied Poland, including a Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.C tank. Analysis revealed a lot of information about German tank building. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII