A test TOG turret was shot up #OTD in 1941 to determine the best methods of joining thick armour with bolts. None proved satisfactory, as even a nonpenetrating hit from 2-pounder shot could destroy the bolts. The plates also cracked under 6-pdr fire. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Soldiers from the US 7th Army pour through a breach in the Siegfried Line on their way to Karlsruhe, Germany - 27th March 1945 #siegfriedline #worldwar2 #ww2 #karlsruhe #germany #usarmy #history #1940s

Ground crew loading bombs into the bay of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the 314th Bomber Wing, North Field, Guam, for a mission over Tokyo on April 13, 1945.

#History #WW2

#Germany and #Nepal won #WW2. #Japan was ceded to Nepal and Germany got the entire #Trump family. Trump is just doing what his upbringing taught him.

That's my revisionist history. And it's 100% backed up with my imagination so you can know it's the truth.

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B-17 pilot John Mackenzie faces loss with every mission, edging closer to the brink. Then he meets Stella. Can love pull him through, or will war tear them apart?

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#histfic #HistoricalRomance #WW2

Trials of the T-70 tank with a two-man turret finished #OTD in 1942. Results of the trials were used to develop an improved turret which was later used on the T-80 tank. #tanks #History #WW2 #WWII

"For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45" medal.

#USSR #SovietUnion #War #WW2 #Victory #Liberation #Germany #Stalin

1-2 October 1943: M5A1 Stuarts of the 4e Régiment de Spahis Marocains in Patrimonio, Corsica.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #Corsica #Corse #Tank #Armor #OnThisDay #OTD

The American T20 medium tank program split into several directions at its start, but a whole new variant was introduced #OTD in 1942: the T23E3 tank with an electric transmission, torsion bar suspension, and 76 mm gun. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Khan Tamerlane Curse Forced Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin to Reinstate Church during World

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#history #ww2 #war #stalin #worldwarII

Winter camouflage trials ended #OTD in 1941. The result was the famous "tire track" camo that blended together at long range, creating gray tones that blurred the tank's outline even when only white paint was available. #tanks #History #WW2 #WWII

2 October 1942: RMS Queen Mary accidentally rammed and sank her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland. #History #WW2

239 crewmen died when the Curacoa sank. #RIP #HMSCuracoa

2 October 1941: The German army launched Operation Typhoon, their strategic offensive intended to capture #Moscow. #History #WW2 #Russia

DoxDirect delivery today! And I think I have everything needed to play.
#wargaming
#spreadthelard
#WW2

Back again with another GI. Always love adding details like the German pistol that he has "liberated" while in Normandy.

#art #artsky #artistsonbluesky #artshare #digitalart #sketch #illustration #ww2

With Poppy Day approaching this poetry book resonates and gives the reader fact and verse

#Writing #poetrybook #WW2 #history #remembranceday

The American Cemetery in Cambridge is absolutely stunning in a poignant way. The time there was very thought-provoking & reflective.

#americancemetery #cambridge #ww2

I went looking for a battlefield and found a cemetery.

At Saint-Venant, I stood beside the canal, visited the memorial to 97 Royal Welch Fusiliers and walked among the graves of men killed during the desperate fighting of May 1940
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#WW2 #France #Dunkirk

#OTD in 1943
(pulling rank)
Cover of The New Yorker, October 2, 1943
Peter Arno
#TheNewYorkerCover #PeterArno #WW2 #pingpong #cardgames