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@tankarchives.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 7:29 PM

The last shipment of Valentine tanks arrived in the USSR #OTD in 1944. These were Valentine IX tanks armed with 57 mm guns. Tanks like these were used in reconnaissance regiments and as anti-tank screens in regiments armed with Sherman tanks. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

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@ww2facts.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 7:12 PM

A 155 mm Howitzer M1 fires at Japanese positions on Iwo Jima on February 24, 1945. #ww2

A group of military personnel operates a large artillery gun, surrounded by scattered debris and gear. One individual raises their arms while others work with the equipment. The scene is active and appears to be on a battlefield.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 6:24 PM

1 October 1942

USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

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@tankarchives.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 6:20 PM

An order to test mine rollers and night vision equipment for T-34 tanks was given #OTD in 1942. Trials carried out by the 19th Tank Brigade showed that the mine rollers worked well, but the night vision devices had mixed reviews. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

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@andrewnorthall.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 6:00 PM

Mass meeting held by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) at Westminster Central Hall in London, campaigning for the lifting of the ban on The Daily Worker (today The Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social).

#TheDailyWorker #MorningStar #CPGB #CommunistParty #WW2 #WW2

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@scratchbear.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:44 PM

The resin verion of the disk mount is ready.

#Scalemodels #Whatif #3Dprinting #Airfix #Luftwaffe #Dornier #Do217 #ww2

Airfix Luftwaffe Dornier Do 217 FwR-1 1/72 scale model.
@theworldatwar.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 4:55 PM

Canadian soldiers Guard German POWs on Juno Beach - Normandy, France, 6th June 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #normandy #dday #france #juno #canadian #1940s #history

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@sammyflex.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 4:01 PM

Autumn 1939: General Édouard Réquin, commander of the 4th Army, inspects an R 35 tank unit in the Moselle.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #PhoneyWar

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@danellin.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:55 PM

My drawings and then the design company's mock up. The 'After me the Flood' exhibition opens at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln 6th October. #History #WW2 @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

Dan's doodles over a b/w photocopy of the digital design of museum panels at the IBCC.Computer drawn impression of what the exhibition will look like in situ.
@tankarchives.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:36 PM

M4A2(76)W tanks began to reach Soviet training units in the fall of 1944, but without ammunition. #OTD in 1944 a telegram was sent requesting ammo and tens of thousands of rounds arrived in Murmansk in October-November 1944. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

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@davidclensy.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:29 PM

Have you got the full set? Calm Amid the Rage - the fifth and final part of the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure series is out now! Order for paperback, Kindle or read via KindleUnlimited getbook.at/CalmAmidRage #tbr #books #ww2 #historicalfiction #booksky

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@asls.org.ukSep 30, 2026, 3:26 PM

Christmas Eve. The hour between tea and black-out.
The stove reddens and snores in the gathering dusk.
Five tin helmets hang in a row on the wall…

—Flora Garry, “Ambulance Depot, 1942”
published in FROM THE LINE: Scottish War Poetry 1914–1945
#poetry #poem #WW2
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Flora Garry Ambulance Depot, 1942 Christmas Eve. The hour between tea and black-out. The stove reddens and snores in the gathering dusk. Five tin helmets hang in a row on the wall, Their little black pot-bellies gleam in the glow of the fire. Painted on each is a large white capital A. The telephone stands dumb on its shelf in the nook. No ‘Air Raid Message’ comes through, Purple or Red. The fading sky is void and cold and still But for the friendly drone of a homing plane, And the strident intermittent trumpeting Of the arrowhead formations of the geese Winging riverwards to seek the sheltering reeds. In the gloom of the garage the empty vehicles wait, While we sit here by the snoring stove, and knit. We are making a Christmas toy, a communal gift, A scarlet and yellow duck with a bear’s snout. MacDonald is making the head. She had a son. But his ship, ‘overdue must now be presumed lost’. She carries on as before, brave and bright-eyed. What can we say? We give her the easiest chair And fuss with cups of tea and hand cigarettes. Easier for everyone if she were less brave. Roberts is making the body of the duck. She is old. She comes of gentle-folk, And speaks with an English voice, and avoids draughts. But she’s good at the job and asks for no concessions. There was someone, we’ve been told, in the last war. He fell, leading his men, at Neuve Chapelle. She likes being here, though we’re not quite her sort. It’s something she can do towards settling an old score.The wings of the duck are made by Clark and Smith Whose make-up is protective colouration. They are young. Each wears a wedding ring. They live from mail to mail, they crouch by the map And trace the African coast, spelling out names, Bizerta, Tunis, Tripoli, Tangier, Renowned in tales of antique chivalry; Each word a sharp potential two-edged sword Striking one day, perhaps, at the heart’s core. Watson is making the two feet of the duck. Leave’s postponed. No Christmas engagement now. They must wait, a few weeks maybe, Maybe for all time. She knits, not lifting her head. Best leave her alone. Shouldn’t the black-out be on? We draw the blinds, Make up the fire—a shovel of dross will do— Shut out the darkening night and the eerie gusts Of wind assaulting the hut’s ramshackle roof, Bearing the season’s first thin tentative snow. ‘Another cigarette? Have you heard this one?’ We laugh, a little too loud. Then silence lasts A little too long. A muttered emotional curse! Let’s have the wireless on and get the news. (The news we’ve learned to hate, but dare not miss.) A boy’s voice sings, high, clear and cruelly sweet: As we watched at dead of night Lo! we saw a wondrous light. Angels singing peace on earth Telling of the Saviour’s birth. We are making a Christmas toy, a sort of duck, A comical duck with the blunt, snub snout of a bear. We are making a toy for some other woman’s child. No one here has any child of her own.
@suzyhenderson.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:12 PM

The war is relentless. The losses, unbearable.
B-17 pilot John Mackenzie finds solace in Stella—but can love endure when the skies are filled with fire?
Start the series now.

mybook.to/thebeautyshop

#histfic #readingcommunity #HistoricalRomance #ww2

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@classicwarbirds.co.ukSep 30, 2026, 2:46 PM

#OnThisDay in 1939, four of five No. 150 Squadron Fairey Battles are lost after attacking German positions in the Saar. The surviving aircraft crashed on landing.

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

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@tankarchives.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:38 PM

Installation of the D-25T gun into the IS-2 tank prototype was completed #OTD in 1943. The rear machine gun was removed, as there was an unfounded concern that there would not be enough room in the tank to operate the gun with it present. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

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@tankarchives.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:04 PM

The T-29 tank was an attempt to replace the T-28 with a faster and more versatile medium tank. After years of work the project yielded nothing but prototypes. #OTD in 1941 the T-29-5 prototype was evacuated to Kazan as the Germans approached. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

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@rnshiplosses.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 1:55 PM

30 Sept 1941 // During a German air raid on Tyneside on the night of 30 September two naval trawlers were sunk: HMT Eileen Duncan (8 men lost) and HMT Star of Deveron (5 men lost). They were moored side by side at South Shields when hit by a stick of four bombs. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory