‘Another story of the test that helped start America’s great new synthetic rubber industry. Time: months before Pearl Harbor’
B. F. Goodrich. *Look*, October 5, 1943
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#OTD in 1943. The crew of the Halifax "B" for Beer - telling their stories to the interrogation officer on their return from Frankfurt. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1940. A13 Cruiser Mark IV tanks being loaded onto railway trucks at an Egyptian quayside after being unloaded from ships. #WW2 #HISTORY

(November 1940, North Africa.) To be inspected. A section from 2 Armoured Car Company RAF. The short wheel-base Fordson armoured cars behind them are each equipped with a Boys anti-tank rifle, a Vickers machine gun, and a .30 light machine gun on a Scarff ring. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944, just west of Arnhem. Band of Brothers' Captain Winters at the "Crossroads". #WW2 #HISTORY

The Tiger Wars are here
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#OTD 5 Oct '43, #WW2 Algiers. Rumours that Army Chief of Staff Gen. Marshall will lead Operation Overlord. Where would that leave Eisenhower? His aide Harry Butcher wonders whether Ike would make a good Chief of Staff.
'either the best or the worst'.
'My Three Years', p.428 tinyurl.com/29mhv49y

Soviet trials of a Panther tank finished #OTD in 1943. The trials lasted for two months, but the tank ran for less than 14 hours in that time, as it constantly needed repairs. The Panther was catastrophically unreliable. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

#OTD 5 Oct '43. #WW2 Yesterday in Rabat, Harold Mcmillan witnessed the wealthy elite paying financial tributes to the Moroccan throne. He fantasises about a similar system in post-war Britain: supertax payers lined up with chequebooks.
Bring it on!

'War Diaries' p.249. tinyurl.com/bvv9zak9

#Europeans speak about “standing up to Americans” or even “going to war”😂
How Can You Go to War With a More Powerful Ally Who Designed You And Has Maintained Military #Bases in Your Country Since #WW2 ?
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#OTD 5 October 1943 #WW2, Near Salerno,, Italy. Joyce Lussu is reunited with her brother Max Salvatori. Both committed anti-fascists, their first joint action was to send a message to comrades in German-occupied Italy. The partisans mobilise.

'Freedom has no Frontier', p.144. tinyurl.com/mpnref9r

#OTD 5/10/'43. #WW2 Capaccio, Italy. For ten days, Anglo-Italian anti-fascist Joyce Lussu has been with the Allies, who treat her like a spy. Yesterday, she was told 'an English' colonel wanted to speak to her. An extraordinary meeting.

'Freedom has no Frontier', p.143. tinyurl.com/mpnref9r

5 October 1919 – 1995 Donald Pleasence, 75, English actor. #WW2 #RAF POW (1944-)

A Tale of Two Cities * The Caretaker * The Great Escape * Dr Crippen * The Hallelujah Trail * Cul-de-sac * Fantastic Voyage * You Only Live Twice * Will Penny * Soldier Blue * Henry VIII * Columbo * Halloween (1978-95)

#OTD in 1943 the Commanding General of the Army Service Forces declined an ambitious request to build 500 T23 tanks, 500 T25 tanks, 500 T26 tanks, and 500 T71 (M36) tank destroyers. In the end, 2324 GMC M36 alone were built. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

The most successful RAF night fighter pilot of the Second World War was Wing Commander Bransome Burbridge. During his career, he served with No. 85 Squadron and flew the Havoc and Mosquito, he was credited with shooting down 21 aircraft. #WW2 #WorldWar2