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- #OTD in 1944 an order was given to developed fixed ammunition for the 122 mm D-25 gun. The goal was to improve the rate of fire, but the long and heavy round created more problems than it solved. #tanks #History #WW2 #WWII
- The Waffentrager concept was born #OTD in 1944. A cheap and lightly protected chassis could be equipped with guns already in production, an ideal weapon for a country rapidly running out of resources needed to fight a protracted war. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- A contract for 100 hulls and turrets for Porsche's VK 45.02 tank was signed #OTD in 1942. Since Henschel's entry was deemed superior once again, these tanks were never built. The turrets were reused on early Tiger Ausf.B tanks. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- A German Tiger I designated 142 from the 5th Panzer Army after it was destroyed with demolition charges - Tunisia, North Africa, March 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #tunisia #tunis #northafrica #tigertank #tank #tiger #demolition
- The Vistula-Oder Offensive Operation concluded #OTD in 1945. The 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts launched a massive assault across the Vistula river that reached the Oder river and set the Red Army up to attack Berlin. #history #WW2 #WWII
- A draft of the tank that would become the Panther was presented by MAN to the 6th Department of the Weapons Office #OTD in 1942. This tank weighed 35 tons but a year later the final product weighed 45 tons, which radically impacted reliability. #tanks #History #WW2 #WWII
- During the Battle of Britain the camouflage on Fighter Command's aircraft changed as the battle progressed. Our article at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/fig... explains the markings on Fighter Command's aircraft and the changes in camouflage colours during the Battle of Britain. #WW2
- #OTD in 1943, North Africa. Humber Mark II armoured car and crew from "B" Squadron 11 Hussars - the first vehicle to enter Tripoli. #WW2 #HISTORY
- Some wrong-warring for you. Colonial victims of the German breakout from the Meuse in 1940 #WW2 🇫🇷
- A contract for 40 Zrínyi II SPGs was signed #OTD in 1943. The Zrínyi combined a 105 mm howitzer and the chassis of the Turan medium tank, making an approximate analogue of the German StuH 42. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- Tomorrow I will be live talking about the liberation of Auschwitz on its 81st anniversary to honour Holocaust Memorial Day. It starts at 6pm GMT. youtube.com/@thisweekint... Viewer discretion is advised as there may be graphic images! #History #WW2 #HolocaustMemorialDay
- I’ve also travelled across the Old Front Lines of #WW2 this year, more than 10K of the 20K miles I’ve traversed as part of my work with Leger Battlefields has taken me to Belgium, France, Germany, Italy & the Netherlands from Arnhem to Belsen to Monte Cassino, Normandy & Paris.
- #otd 1939 the Graf Spee engaged by HMS Ajax, Exeter and HMNZS Achilles off the River Plate. Critically the Graf Spee also suffered damage which limited her seaworthiness and she was forced to put in to Montevideo for repairs. From that moment on she was doomed. #history #ww2 #navalhistory
- Zo was the only female member of Poland’s elite special forces in #WW2, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen, trained in Britain… she helped save 1000s of lives…
- 🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄 WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of! Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL? #ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
- Waiting for a client who was running late today. ✍️ #doodle #erwin #au #ww2 #erwinsmith #eruri #erwinsmith #aot #snk #attackontitan #shingekinokyojin
- This weekends substack will be a deep dive (literally) into one of the Maginot Line forts… #WW2 @stevemarsdin.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social
- Initially, only half of all T-34 tanks were equipped with radios. #OTD in 1943 an order was given to begin equipping all T-34s with Soviet 9-R radio sets. As an exception, the Kirov factory was permitted to install British Wireless Sets No.19. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- 📆10 Temmuz 1940: Britanya Savaşı Başladı İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın en kritik olaylarından biri olan bu hava muharebesi, Nazi Almanyası'nın Britanya'yı işgal planlarını durdurdu. Kraliyet Hava Kuvvetleri (RAF) pilotlarının direnişi, tarihin akışını belirledi. (Devam)👇 #WW2 #TarihteBugün
- Norveç'in düşüşü, Almanya'ya Kuzey Denizi ve Atlantik üzerinde kritik üsler kazandırdı. Bu, savaşın gidişatını etkiledi. Norveç Kraliyet Ailesi ve hükümeti sürgüne gitse de, içerideki direniş hareketi yıllarca mücadeleyi sürdürdü. Bu, Avrupa'nın karanlık günlerinden bir kesitti. (Son) #WW2
- D-Day, Avrupa'nın Nazi işgalinden kurtuluşunun ve İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Batı Cephesi'nde kesin Müttefik zaferinin başlangıcı oldu. Bu tarihi gün, savaşın seyrini değiştiren bir milat olarak anılmaya devam ediyor. #İkinciDünyaSavaşı #WW2 #TarihteBugün #AvrupaTarihi #DDay81 #TarihBilgisi
