#Luftwaffe

Military Aviation History

MilAvHistory

THREAD Sometimes I see WW2 stereotypes being made about the fighting spirit/attitude of different nationalities, based on accounts/memoirs. It's possible that such accounts explain an event accurately but here is

Loïc⚓️

CapHornier_

#Thread #Histoire L'évasion du Scharnhorst Partie 1 Son "ON" : Mars 1941. Le Royaume-Uni est seul face aux forces de l’Axe depuis de nombreux mois, se battant sur tous les

Jon Neale

JonNeale

1/17 Coventry is UK City of Culture this year, so there will be a lot written about its built environment. A lot will be based on popular myth. A quick

Paul Coxon

paulcoxon

Beatrice Shilling OBE, aeronautical engineer and motorcycle racer, was born #OTD 1909. She invented the RAE Restrictor, a device to stop Merlin engine failure in early RAF Spitfire and Hurricane

Tim Harford

TimHarford

Storytime!In 1935, officials in the British Air Ministry were worried about falling behind Nazi Germany in the technological arms race...1/ They decided to explore the possibility of a DEATH RAY.They

Stephen Moore

smooreBofB1940

1. This is a thread about the Bristol Beaufighter & how it was the most important (if not the absolute ‘best’) heavy fighter of the SWW. Beaufighter origins go back

Anshul Khare

_anshulkhare

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.Want me to prove it to you?Here's a small test. Watch the video before reading the remaining thread.It’s a test of your

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

On 18 July 1944, Bomber Command unleashed over a thousand heavy bombers against the German defenders opposing Operation Goodwood: a massive armoured offensive.But how many bombers were lost, and why

a chemo who had chemo

terminalyill3st

On #WorldCancerDay , let’s dive into the history of chemotherapy. A : In WW2, there was a massive disaster at a captured Italian port at the city of Bari, where

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

This here is a legend of British engineering.And I'm not talking about the bike.Let's meet Beatrice Shilling.#ALD2020 But first, let's talk about another hero who's less well known today. This

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

THREAD/Greetings everyone and welcome to a bit of a bonus wartime London thread - bonus in so far as I'd forgotten that I had this one (sort of) prepared and

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

Greetings and welcome to another cold lockdown Saturday here in London Town. Today, we’re heading west to look at some more ‘then and now’ comparisons from “Hitler Passed This Way”,

retro10

_retro10

A thread on old grounds of Scottish football. 1)Name: Cathkin ParkLocation: Florida Ave, Glasgow Opened: 1884Closed: 1967Clubs: Queen's Park 1884-1903 & Third Lanark 1903-1967Peak Capacity: 50,000Record Att: 51,518 (1954)Full Intern

Mr. Douglas McGarrett

ltc_hicks

Wie gestern bereits erwähnt- Michèle Flournoy könnte die erste Frau sein, die das Pentagon leitet. Folgendes würde sich ändern. Am 20. Juni 2016 hielt der damalige Vizepräsident Joe Biden bei

Dr Philip W Blood🇪🇺

BloodPhilip

1. NYE thread: the Hausser myths and research of the SS.Paul Hausser and the erasing of SS crimes. Born in 1880 in Brandenburg and died in Ludwigsburg 1972. A career

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

Good Morning and welcome to another lockdown Saturday in London, so why not explore some more of London’s wartime past, comparing pages from “Hitler Passed This Way” with views from

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