#Normandy

Band_of_Brothers_101st

EasyCompany506t

Lieutenant General Omar Bradley presenting Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) medals in Carentan, Normandy, France, on July 2, 1944, to officers of the 101st Airborne Division.1/ L-R: 1. Major General Maxwell

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

A quick look at 6 Pounder in NormandyFor all those wondering, 1 Tyneside Scottish did use 6 Pounder APDS rounds to devastating effect at Rauray.But why comment on the use

Florence of Deira

FlorenceHRS

#OTD in 1066 King Edward the Confessor died childless, creating a succession dispute that led to the Norman Conquest. This scene on the Bayeux Tapestry shows Queen Edith weeping at

Sean Claxton

seanboy_50

A little #WW2 thread…#OTD in 1943, B-17 42-30837 ‘Ole Bassar’ was shot down over Normandy. The aircraft had been involved in a raid on Bordeaux and was on its way

D. Scarnecchia

mountainherder

Let’s talk about this meme. If you are diagnosed with COVID, your likelihood of dying is at a minimum 2–4x that of your likelihood of dying if you had participated

JE Myers

MyersJe

Imagine being 16 years old, lying about your age to the government, joining the marines, storming the beaches in Normandy, surviving the carnage, pushing inward fighting nazis, conquering the beast,

Sarah Diligenti 📚✒

Sarah_in_USA

#ProustTogether On the etymology digressions 1/x.In 1922, Proust wrote to Martin-Chauffier:"Soyez rassuré pour les terribles étymologies que je devais vous demander. Je m'en suis tiré tout seul de mon mieux,

Sean Claxton

seanboy_50

Random and occassional heavy metal thread.....First up, T34/76 in Saumur Jagdpanther, Saumur Sturmpanzer IV with Hummel friend, Munster Bit of an M10 and one of Saumur's Panthers in Catz on

Tugboat-Elect Phil

TugboatPhil

Took some folding tables into town this morning. Daughter was having a yard sale. She told me about her trip the day before. Her & husband went a little over

Tony Brown

agbdrilling

In Memory of the two Haverhill men that lost their lives during the Normandy Campaign. Both on this day 18th July 1944. Operation GoodwoodBoth served with different units but lost

"Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing"

Aelkus

I've seen a lot of commentary today about Hiroshima and Nagasaki that tries to tie them in some way to the flagrant anti-Japanese racism of the period. It feels intuitively

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

So a few thoughts on @MilHiVisualized's latest vid which touches on Normandy and features Sönke Neitzel discussing his latest book Deutsche Krieger. Vom Kaiserreich zur Berliner Republik – eine Militärgeschichte.

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

Doing some reading this afternoon about 5th Fallschirmjager Div in the Ardennes, and it shows how badly the attritional battles in Italy and Normandy depleted this once elite arm of

Band_of_Brothers_101st

EasyCompany506t

The American Red Cross Clubmobile Service was created during WW2 to provide servicemen with food, entertainment, and "a connection home"The original Clubmobiles operated from 1942 - 46, travelling throughout Britain

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

Signing onto this Amicus brief is not a legal act. It is a political act. Think about it as essentially repudiating and unsigning the Declaration of Independence. They want a

BryanGCurrahee

HistoryBryan

#AirborneAnecdote - A look at the US War correspondents who jumped with Airborne forces into Normandy on DDay.Did it actually happen? Yes. Do messenger pigeons need a higher character count?

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