Kinda goofy tonight. Nothing new, is it[illegible] Oaks brought Mauren back so I kept them to a chicken supper. Bud cut his forehead with the pliers. I wrote to W board. Phine and Maureen went for gas. #history #wwii #ww2 #otd #onthisday

A Soviet 203 mm Howitzer M1931 (B-4) field gun and crew near Moscow, Russia, on October 1, 1941.

#History #WW2

Factory #174 transitioned to producing T-34-85 tanks with improved armour #OTD in 1944. This was the last of Soviet factories to move to building tanks with new turrets with armour up to 90 mm thick. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

German soldiers chat to a couple of French ladies outside the Moulin Rouge - Paris, France, date unknown. In reality, this was probably a staged photograph used as propaganda in German media #worldwar2 #ww2 #moulinrouge #paris #france #1940s #propaganda #history

Spitfire Mk.IX αναμένοντας την επόμενη πτήση του στο AFW2025
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Spitfire Mk.IX waiting for its next flight during AFW2025
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#Σπιτφαιρ #359ΜΑΕΔΥ #ελικοφόρο #κλασσικοαεροσκάφος #ΠΑ #πολεμικήαεροπορία #HAF #hellenicairforce @HAFspokesperson #spitfire #warbird #WW2 #restoration

Driving trials of the IS-2 tank began #OTD in 1943. There was a fear that the new heavier main gun would significantly impact the tank's mobility and speed, but this fear proved unfounded. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

2 October 1944

German troops end the Warsaw Uprising

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

2 October 1942

Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

Believe it or not, the next sale is already here! Check out the Steam Autumn Sale today:
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#games #rts #WW2 #gatesofhellgame #gamedev #history #indiedev #strategygame #USA #tanks #ostfront #rtt #wargame #poland

1 October 1946: The International War Crimes Tribunal in #Nuremberg passed sentence on 22 Nazi leaders. #History #WW2

1-2 October 1943: Moroccan stretcher bearers, in the company of an Italian soldier, carry a wounded goumier from the 2e Groupe de Tabors Marocains. Saint Florent-Murato area, northern Corsica.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #Morocco #Italy #Corsica #OnThisDay #OTD

Three non-fiction plus my first Thomas Hardy novel.
… September's four reads included an excellent book by @shlead.bsky.social! toomuchbrudders.com/2026/09/30/o... #BookSky #Beatles #NowReading #BlogPost #WW2 #FolioSociety #BookRecommendation

After a Nazi-era roundup in Marseille is recognised as a crime against humanity, victims express relief.

Following a seven-year investigation spurred by victims’ campaigning, France’s National Anti-terrorism Prosecutor’s Office formally clas…

#WorldWar2 #Marseille #Nazis #VichyRegime #History #WW2

#OTD 1/10/'43 #WW2 Naples falls to the Allies. Richard Tregaskis looks for people with stories to tell, then drives 70km to file his copy, and returns to Naples. He checks into the modest Hotel Turistico. Tonight: a mattress with sheets! Luxury

'Invasion', p.151, tinyurl.com/z5fafj68

Colored in one of my sketches. Probably will do a few more to keep practicing this camo pattern.

#art #artsky #artistonbluesky #sketch #sketchart #digitalart #originalart #clipstudiopaint #ww2 #artshare

"Bexhill County School Boys dig trenches in their playfield. (Photo by H. Vieler.)" Bexhill Observer 1.10.1938. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW2 #School #History #1930s #ThrowbackThursday