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THE WAR LANTERN has a new book trailer, go see! The book lands in bookstores tomorrow, October 17, 2026. Happy Birthday, new book! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #WWII

Requirements for a light SPG were formulated #OTD in 1942. This work resulted in the SU-76 and SU-76M light SPGs that gradually replaced light tanks in Soviet production. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

The hidden wartime ruins of Wales! (Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen) #history #WWII #technology #military #interesting

#OTD in 1941 the Germans made a push along the shore of Lake Ladoga north of Tikhvin. If they had linked up with Finnish forces on the eastern side, Leningrad would be completely cut off. However, the offensive failed and the city's last lifeline held. #history #WW2 #WWII

Learn about this remarkable discovery from the eyes of the boy who found it. Set against the backdrop of WWII, Cedar Pruitt brings the excitement and significance of the Lascaux Cave Paintings to life. #picturebook #WWII #cavepaintings

A bombing raid delivered 140 tons of bombs to Sankt Valentin #OTD in 1944. One of the targets was the Nibelungenwerk tank factory. The damage was so severe that production of the Jagdtiger had to be paused until the spring of 1945. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

September/October 1941: Drills aboard the Free French submarine Minerve off the English coast. Officers IDed in alt.

Minerve was undergoing repairs in May 1940, she was towed to England in June, seized in July, then turned over to the Free French.

#WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #NavalHistory

The Friday Featured Spotlight has ALL the posts from @thewritereads.bsky.social Blog Tour of 'One More Hour of Daylight' by C.M. Gray. Go check it out. #historicalfiction #WWII #Booksky 📚💙

The proportional method applied twice. First to the war itself. Then to its displaced populations. The same blind spots appear both times: China, India, the Soviet civilian experience. https://amzn.to/4lclk3H #ProportionalHistory #WWII

#ProportionalHistory #WWII

#OTD in 1942 Stalin signed an order chastising combined arms commanders for using their tank forces improperly and wastefully. The order included guidelines on proper cooperation of tanks with infantry, artillery, and air support. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

#The38 #WASP Jeanne Marcille Lewellen Norbeck 44-W-3
Left wing dropped-plane flips-spins into the ground,
14 miles from Shaw AAF, Sumter, S.C.
(14 Nov 1912 – 16 Oct 1944) #RIP

Women Airforce Service Pilots

#WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #WWII

#The38 #WASP Margie Laverne Davis 44-W-9T
On 2,000-mile cross-country flight, Margie’s AT-6 crashes near Walnut, MS.
(20 December 1922 - 16 October 1944) #RIP

Women Airforce Service Pilots

#WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #WWII

#WASP Lois Adele Bristol Rice Young 44-W-3
Assigned: Bryan AAF, TX
Rider on the Rose Parade WASP float “Our Eyes Are On The Stars”- 2014
(16 October 1923 – 10 July 2025) BIRTHDAY🎂
Women Airforce Service Pilots

#WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #WWII

They are the folks we stopped in WWII #WWII #History

It's the weekend. Relax and curl up with Winter Whispers on the Riviera - a dual timeline story that takes you from modern day Antibes back to 1945 and a family secret.
#frenchriviera #newbeginnings #familysecrets #WWII
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16.10.1946 Die 10 im Nürnberger Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher zum Tode verurteilten Angeklagten werden durch den Strang hingerichtet. Hermann Göring hatte sich der Hinrichtung am 15.10.1946 durch Suizid entzogen.

#OTD #WWII #OnThisDay #Geschichte

16.10.1941 einen Monat nach der Besetzung des ukrainischen #Lubny durch die deutsche #Wehrmacht, werden außerhalb der Stadt 4.500 Jüdinnen und Juden, Erwachsene und Kinder hingerichtet.

#Ukraine #WWII #Weltkrieg #Shoah #Holocaust #Kriegsverbrechen