#Normandy

THE WERETH 11: A THREAD IN 10 TWEETSA tragically under-examined tragedy of the Battle of the Bulge is that of the all-black 333rd Field Artillery Battalion. 2 of 10: In
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Hill 112 is the definitive inland Normandy battle, but remains spectacularly misunderstood - like much of the campaign.So if you want to know more... what's to devour and what's to
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Okay, so here is my sad Star War That Almost Happened Story.Some of you may have witnessed some of it in real time.1/ I was here on Twitter and had
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1/ A miracle standing proud between the sky and the sea.Mont-Saint-Michel is a unique & gigantic structure harmoniously integrated into a rocky island.Let's dive into the history of this abbey/fortress
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Another autumn Saturday, another thanks to Tommy Tuberville.This edition: why ACTUALLY invaded during WWII.[THREAD]https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/tommy-tuberville-apparently-doesnt-know-what-wwii-was-about.html?utm_campaign=nym&
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1 of 11A few months ago we came across an interesting memo in the Corps' archived documents.Jan 1944, Gen Ridgway (we know you're probably sick of us talking about that
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The Luftwaffe took a massive pounding over Normandy.As the Heer's ammunition supplies interdicted by Allied tactical aircraft, Luftflotte III tasked medium bombers such as the Ju88 to hit British arty,
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On the morning of 13 January, 1945, companies I and E of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne, led an attack on the town of Foy, Belgium. 1/ The
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Stretcher Bearers - not MedicsA glance at British and Canadian SBs in Normandy. /1#WW2 #SWW #History tldr: the british army favoured rapid casevac, two stretcher bearers run the gauntlet with
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Not actually 79th Armoured Division, but the Canadian 1st Hussars of 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. This is one of a series of pictures taken by Sgt Stubbs on 14 January
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Eugene Edward Jackson was born July 29, 1922, in Arnold, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Army in Pittsburgh, October, 1940, serving in the Panana Canal, and then the Pacific T.O
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[HISTORY THREAD]The USSR was a multinational socialist federation, and during the country's greatest trial yet: The Great Patriotic War soldiers of all the nations of the Union served in the
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1/Why don't the Poles get on?" demanded Simonds over the radio on 8th Aug '44, the second day of #TOTALIZE. "Because what was asked of the Poles was bloody impossible"
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Little slideshow I made for y'all of Albert Blithe on a post-war training parachute jump while at Fort Bragg, NC, with 82nd Airborne Division, who he served with from 1953
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A piece of local history for those in the Leicestershire area. The house shown below, Bell Lodge, shown on OS maps as Spinney House, was the home of the Tomlinson
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15th December 1944Wacht am Rhein - 1 dayThe US Twelfth Army Group still has 352VGD in Bitburg, when they have been in their jump off positions for several days.Regimental &
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