“By the spring of 1942 it took just two months to build one ship and the average evened out at forty-two days. In 1943 three ships a day were rolling out of the eighteen shipyards producing Liberty ships around the United States.”

Lizzie Collingham, “The Taste of War” #WW2

In flight #gaming #videogames #ww2 #fyp #foryoupage

PQ-1, the first regular Arctic convoy, set out for the USSR #OTD in 1941. This tank brought a handful of Matilda III and Valentine II tanks that arrived just in time to take part in the finishing stages of the Battle of Moscow. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Let’s do this #gaming #ww2 #videogames #fyp #foryoupage

Once fascists get voted in, they never get removed by voting, nor by any peaceful or legal means.

#WW2 #Nazis #War

Calculations made #OTD in 1943 showed that while the T-43 could be modernized to meet rising requirements, its weight would surpass 35 tons. A decision was made to drop the project and focus on a new tank, which later became the T-44. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Canada had a choice of several tanks to build when they decided to form an armoured division. #OTD in 1939 they ordered blueprints for the Infantry Tank Mk.III from Vickers. This was the option they went with in the end, building 1420 tanks in Montreal. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

In Kiel, Germany in the early 1941, a sailor gets snapshot of the ice surrounding the battleship Scharnhorst. It does provided a closeup view of the top of the armor belt.

#battleship #warship #ship #kiel #germany #ww2 #worldwar2 #navalhistory #history #armor #kriegsmarine #ice #weather

#OTD in 1942 a proposal was made to use leftover T-60 tank hulls to build armoured sleds that a T-34 or a KV tank could tow into battle as a sort of pseudo-APC. Many experiments were performed, but no such vehicle was ever put into production. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

The second pilot Covenanter tank was delivered for trials #OTD in 1940. The compact cooling system turned out to be ineffective, causing a lot of problems during usage. There were attempts to correct this, but the Covenanter never became battleworthy. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

30 September 1944

The Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

30 September 1939

General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

#WASP #WW2 #Army

A paratrooper of the 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity in March, 1945.

#History #WW2

The Other Enemy

How do you keep troops fighting when the battlefield itself is against them?

In KARDS, Quinine, 162nd Regiment and Tropic Lightning reflect another battle in the Pacific: against disease, exhaustion and the environment itself.

#KARDS #WW2

A British RAF Bristol Blenheim MkIV is checked over before another mission - Malta June 1941 #worldwar2 #royalairforce #ww2 #raf #malta #1940s #history #bristol #blenheim

October 1941: Sailors on parade in Casablanca, Morocco, during an inspection by Gen. Maxime Weygand, Vichy Generalissimo in North Africa. He was soon replaced under Axis pressure, though a political reactionary he was perceived as too anti-German.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #Morocco #Vichy

The Valentine XI was the last type of Valentine tank, featuring a 75 mm gun instead of the 57 mm 6-pounder. #OTD in 1943 Elswick Works delivered their 100th and last Valentine XI tank. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Tankograd was created not just by relocating existing factories, but by reallocating new ones to tank production. #OTD in 1942 the first T-34 tanks were completed at UZTM in Sverdlovsk. These factories were also used as a source of chassis for the SU-85 #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII