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V-11 engines with their output reduced to 520 hp were much more reliable than standard V-2s. Permission to install these engines into IS-2 tanks was given #OTD in 1944, but they were only put into mass production in time for the IS-3. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Reminder that Guy Gibson of #Dambusters fame passed below this danish bridge in 1940

www.airmen.dk/bro.htm

#WW2 #RAF

New Video: "RARE Color Footage: German PARATROOPERS in Normandy 1944: Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6 at Carentan"

Check it out!!

#History #WWII #WW2 #paratrooper #dday #normandy #ww2history #worldwar2 #montecassino

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMV...

A US, Douglas built B-17F-50-DL Flying Fortress of the 410th Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, over the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft factory - Marienburg, East Prussia, 9th Oct 1943. CREDIT: ron_eisele #worldwar2 #prussia #ww2 #usaaf #usairforce #flyingfortress

The plan for Q4 1942 production of KV-1S tanks was finalized #OTD in 1942. Each KV-1S tank cost 295,000 rubles to build, half as much as the KV-1 that it replaced, in addition to being faster and more reliable than its predecessor. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

After reviewing captured German guides on fighting the T-34, a report was composed #OTD in 1941 on how to improve the tank's protection. Some features recommended in this report were implemented, others were tested and found to not make much difference. #tanks #History #WW2 #WWII

Just poured all day. Cal and I went to D for clams. I had oysters. Nice. Father was up to see Bud and she spoke so kindly to him. God bless him for it. Bud home tonight at 9:30 #history #wwii #ww2 #otd #onthisday

8 July 1945: A column of Valentine Mark Vs on parade in Algiers, led by "Lorraine" (🇫🇷434 023).

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #Algeria #Tank #Armor

Sometimes the way forward has to be built.

What matters is having the will to build it.

This week’s Field Notes looks at Danuta and the crew who did exactly that.

#KARDS #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #HistoryGaming #StrategyGames

Today I learned: a happy (bear) soldier in #ww2!

#Wojtek, the soldier bear from the #Polish Army https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/wojtek-the-soldier-bear-from-the-polish-army

#history #animals #bear

#OTD 10 Oct 1943 #WW2 Naples. Massimo Salvadori is now in Naples. He passes by the prison where he was held after his arrest in 1931 - and where the conditions had been terrible. Now, he is heartened to hear of people's insurrections in the Four Days of Naples.

p. 169, tinyurl.com/yc4nvxya

#OTD 10 Oct '43. #WW2 Tuscany, Italy. Local fascist 'N' is billeting Germans in property belonging to Antonio & Iris Origo, including their garage and workshop. Iris warns the local villagers it's no longer safe to hide young men at their house. 'War in Val D'Orcia' p.93 tinyurl.com/yppzzaza

2. Agnes joined the Auxilliary Territorial Service (ATS). Rank Private. Service No. W/270539.
She died on 21st October 1946 aged 21. She is buried at Wombwell, Cemetery.
Because her death occurred more than a year after the official end of WW2 we do not know how she died. #ATS #WW2 #yorkshire

1. Women From Yorkshire WW2: Auxilliary Territorial:
We remember Private Agnes Ethel Woffinden.
Agnes Ethel Woffinden was born in 1925, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of George Woffinden and Margaret Barraclough of Wombwell, Yorkshire. #ATS #WW2 #yorkshire

Fabulous visit to @trentparkhouse.bsky.social of Secrets yesterday 🏛
Wonderful to see developers allowing such #heritage projects on their sites and to know that there is such interest in new #WW2 #museums 😊
Highly recommend a visit if military #history is your thing 🪖
#secrets #espionage #listening

You never know what you might spot when you look up! #Bexhill #WW2

#OTD in 1942
(war games)
Cover of The New Yorker, October 10, 1942
Perry Barlow
#TheNewYorkerCover #PerryBarlow #WW2