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#OTD in 1942
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Cover of The New Yorker, October 10, 1942
Perry Barlow
#TheNewYorkerCover #PerryBarlow #WW2

This week’s feature is on the last naval gun battle of WW2 in the Malacca Straits between the Royal Navy and Japan.

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#OTD 10 Oct '43, #WW2 Naples. Norman Lewis is working from a palazzo on Riviera de Chiaia. The locals assume it's the HQ for the British Secret Police and offer their services as unpaid informants. 'Prepared to work for the pure and unalloyed devotion to the Allied cause.'

Lewis, Naples '44. p 30

#OTD 10 Oct 1943, #WW2 Naples. British Intelligence Officer, Norman Lewis comments that the Allies are engaged in looting. Officers of the King's Dragoon Guards have removed paintings and china, while the OSS has 'cleaned out Achille Lauro's sumptuous house'.

Lewis, 'Naples '44' p.31

The King Tiger tank that arrived in Kubinka for trials in September was only repaired #OTD in 1944. Its condition was still not good enough to perform mobility trials, but it could at least drive to the shooting range for gunnery trials. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

#1943 October #WW2, Rome. Edda Ciano, [daughter of Mussolini, wife of Count Ciano] has returned to Rome. She retrieves Ciano's papers which includes the detailed diary that is her husband's bargaining chip for 'protection'. ['Ciano Diaries' tinyurl.com/j75v2c6b]

C.Moorehead 'Edda' p.281

The Spitfire had a long and varied history during its operational service with the Royal Air Force, which it still flies with today as part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

Find out 25 facts about the Spitfire at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/25-... #WW2 #WorldWar2

From my Youtube VIDEO: "RARE Color FOOTAGE in Normandy 1944: 2nd PANZER Division's COMBAT TACTICS VS Allied Forces EXPLAINED"

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#History #WWII #Tanks #WW2 #dday #normandy #caen #ww2history #worldwar2 #tank #panzer

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Poignant stories from Canada's #WW2 Veterans and fallen - by The Juno Beach Centre in Normandy, France :
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Anti-aircraft fire from Allied Ships reaches to the sky as Luftwaffe bombers attack the Salerno Beachhead in Italy on the night of September 9, 1943.

#History #WW2

If v10lence isn't the answer to #Nazis capturing the #US #Government, then what the f#ck were American GI's doing in Nazi Germany in #WW2?

Fabulous talk at Bentley Priory #Museum 🏛 by Dom Pound 'Coastal Command 1939 - 1945'
Equipped with largely unsuitable aircraft Coastal Commands contribution to the Norwegian Campaign, Battle of Britain & disruption to Op Sealion plans are poorly recognised 🤔
#WW2 #BattleofBritain #heritage

#OTD in 1941 the Red Army began to rigidly control qualifications of tank commanders. Only a 1st or 2nd Lieutenant could command a medium tank, a company commander required the rank of Captain (or Major, if it was a heavy tank company). #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

Trials of German 75 mm HEAT and 50 mm APCR ammunition against the T-34 finished #OTD in 1942. The conclusion was that spaced armour could protect the sides of the tank from these new threats. Unfortunately, heavier weapons were already in use by the time it was built. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII

From my Youtube VIDEO: "RARE Color FOOTAGE in Normandy 1944: 2nd PANZER Division's COMBAT TACTICS VS Allied Forces EXPLAINED"

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#History #WWII #Tanks #WW2 #dday #normandy #caen #ww2history #worldwar2 #tank #panzer

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Canadian soldiers of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Division) hitch a lift on a Sherman tank from B Squadron, Fort Garry Horse Regiment - Groningen, Netherlands, 13th April 1945 #worldwar2 #ww2 #groningen #netherlands #history #canadian #1940s #sherman #tank

The T-60 tank might not have been impressive for its time, but it was crucial to the defense of Moscow in the fall-winter of 1941. #OTD in 1941 Malyshev successfully petitioned for permission to repurpose non-tank factories to produce these tanks. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII