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This day in 1944, two British officers disguised as German police abducted German General Heinrich Kreipe as he rode on his way to his residence outside Heraklion, Crete. The relatively harmless Kreipe was replaced by General Müller who ordered mass reprisals. #WW2
Der 2. Weltkrieg war für mich immer schwarz-weiß und weit weg.🎞️ Diese Farbaufnahmen mit echtem Klang ändern alles. Ohne den Grauschleier wird Geschichte zur Gegenwart. Keine Distanz mehr, nur noch die rohe, erschütternde Realität. Es war nicht weit weg. Es war echt.💔 #WW2
Original color photo taken during the Battle of Stalingrad. The image shows German soldiers of the 305th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) preparing for an assault on the industrial district in northern Stalingrad, Oct 1942. The entire division was annihilated by Jan 43. #WW2
This day in 1945, the Dachau liberation reprisals. Shocked, disturbed, and angered at finding the massed corpses of internees, American soldiers executed German soldiers and SS guards in the camp’s coal yard. Others were beaten to death by liberated prisoners. #WW2
This day in 1945, forces of the Soviet 3rd Shock Army captured the Moltke Bridge across the Spree River in Berlin. Its capture opens the last approach to the Reichstag and Berlin’s political center. #WW2
American paratrooper Harry Hudec, 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. Harry fought during the D-Day landings, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the campaign in Nazi Germany. Harry passed away in 2007 at the age of 85. #WW2
Chaotic scenes at the Tangermünde bridge, May 1945. As the Third Reich collapsed, German civilians and soldiers escape westward, desperate to surrender to the Americans rather than face the advancing Soviets. #WW2
This night in 1945, Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun in a small civil ceremony in the Führerbunker in Berlin. After a modest wedding breakfast, Hitler and his secretary Traudl Junge dictated his last will and testament. The marriage would not last long. #WW2
This day in 1945, SS-Gruppenführer Fegelein abandoned his post at the Führerbunker after deciding he did not want to "join a suicide pact". The Reichssicherheitsdienst found him drunk in his Berlin apartment, and was shot for desertion on 28 April 1945. #WW2
One of the most significant pieces of film footage captured during the D-Day landings. Recorded from within a landing craft, it shows Canadian soldiers of the North Shore Regiment as they disembark onto Juno Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. #WW2
This day in 1945, SS-Obergruppenführer Steiner refused to attack with Army Detachment upon realizing his units were inadequate and understrength to counterattack at Berlin. Hitler fell into a tearful rage against his generals, and declared that the war was lost. #WW2
Possibly the closest WWII tank duel ever captured on film. An American M26 Pershing engages a German Panther tank in the streets of Cologne, March 1945. #WW2
This day in 1946, begin of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials, lasting until November 1948. Separate Allied trials across Asia prosecuted over 5,700 lower-ranking personnel for conventional war crimes, with more than 900 sentenced to death. #WW2
This day in 1945, Hermann Göring sent the so-called Göring Telegram, a message asking for permission to assume leadership of the Third Reich. Interpreting the telegram as an act of treason, Hitler relieved Göring of his official titles and ordered his arrest. #WW2
This day in 1945, American forces of the 42nd and 45th Infantry Division liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. More than 30,000 prisoners were freed. Some 2,000 skeletal corpses were found in railway boxcars near the camp. #WW2
German soldiers at a destroyed Soviet fortification, Balaklava, Sevastopol, Crimea, 1941. #WWII #WW2
Australian engineers from the 2/13 Field Company rest after clearing Japanese beach defences on Tarakan Island, April 1945. Relief, exhaustion, or something else. What stands out to you first in this image? #WW2
This day in 1945, more than 300,000 encircled German troops of Army Group B in the Ruhr Pocket surrendered to American forces. The group’s commander, Field Marshal Walter Model, chose to take his own life several days later rather than surrender. #WW2
This day in 1945, Hitler established Army Detachment Steiner (only army in name), led by SS-Obergruppenführer Steiner. Hitler hoped that Steiner would be able to stage an effective counterattack against the Soviets at Berlin and turn the battle into victory. #WW2
This day in 1943, the Battle of Hill 609 began in Tunisia between American and German forces. It resulted in one of the more clear-cut U.S. victories of the campaign and is often cited as a “coming-of-age” moment for American forces in North Africa. #WW2
"Truly a unique take on a time of history that we will never forget." #99cents 📌 mybook.to/absolutionofot… Otto’s story is one of guilt, survival and the fragile hope of redemption. Will he ever find absolution? Or is he beyond forgiveness? @JohnMcKay68 #thriller #WW2 #mustread
"Truly a unique take on a time of history that we will never forget." #99cents 📌 mybook.to/absolutionofot… Otto’s story is one of guilt, survival and the fragile hope of redemption. Will he ever find absolution? Or is he beyond forgiveness? @JohnMcKay68 #thriller #WW2 #mustread
"Truly a unique take on a time of history that we will never forget." #99cents 📌 mybook.to/absolutionofot… Otto’s story is one of guilt, survival and the fragile hope of redemption. Will he ever find absolution? Or is he beyond forgiveness? @JohnMcKay68 #thriller #WW2 #mustread
Troops from Polish I Corps work on a motorcycle during training in Scotland, #WW2. The bike has a map of an occupied #Poland🇵🇱 painted onto the sidecar. I Corps was a valuable training unit used to reinforce frontline Polish formations across the Western Front. Source: @I_W_M
Inside a drain in Normandy, we found this. Do you know what it is? @WW2HQ @WW2Facts #ww2 #ww2history #heroes #neverforget #dday
Churchil's plan for europe after ww2 #history #ww2 youtube.com/shorts/LbvLUgC… przez @YouTube
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#USNavy #WW2 #shipspotting #ships: USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) was built as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer but modified into a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer. #OTD April 30, 1945, she was hit by five kamikaze planes... and survived. 1/
「やりたい」ゲーム追加!Compass Games「Nations in Arms」(ナポレオニック戦争キャンペーン)と、GMT「A World at War」(WW2欧州・太平洋を4枚マップで再現)。約200頁の英文ルールブックの大作! #ウォーゲーム #ナポレオニック #WW2 #GMT #CompassGames mk2kpfb.livedoor.blog/archives/17942…
WAR: The Winchester Automatic Rifle #WWII #WW2 americanrifleman.org/content/war-th…
Esta alineación nos muestra cómo las diferentes clases de buques de guerra, se construyeron para propósitos muy distintos. Un fondo blanco impoluto y una escala detallada realzan aún más el contraste. 🇯🇵⚓️ #Japan #Navy #WW2 #WWII
#KindleDeals Special Boat Squadron, by Barrie Pitt Just 99p/c 'As much a thriller as it is a history book.' The Daily Mail amzn.eu/d/07bfICct #ww2 #militaryhistory #specialforces
𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱: Died on this day, April 30 — Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minister & Chancellor of Germany for one day after Hitler's suicide. A chief architect of the Holocaust. #WW2 #History
Tres buques, tres funciones, una comparación directa e impactante: el IJN Chokai, el IJN Yahagi y el IJN Asashimo. Desde la imponente silueta del crucero pesado hasta el diseño equilibrado del crucero ligero y el perfil ágil y estilizado del destructor. 🇯🇵 #WW2 #WWII #Chokai
As occupation tightens its grip, one young boy’s act of defiance carries enormous risk. 📌 mybook.to/vforvictoryJM Read a standalone story of identity, bravery, and how hope, once written on the walls, cannot be erased. #Free #kindleunlimited @JohnMcKay #WW2 #resistance #histfic
As occupation tightens its grip, one young boy’s act of defiance carries enormous risk. 📌 mybook.to/vforvictoryJM Read a standalone story of identity, bravery, and how hope, once written on the walls, cannot be erased. #Free #kindleunlimited @JohnMcKay #WW2 #resistance #histfic
As occupation tightens its grip, one young boy’s act of defiance carries enormous risk. 📌 mybook.to/vforvictoryJM Read a standalone story of identity, bravery, and how hope, once written on the walls, cannot be erased. #Free #kindleunlimited @JohnMcKay #WW2 #resistance #histfic
This day in 1945, the Dachau liberation reprisals. Shocked, disturbed, and angered at finding the massed corpses of internees, American soldiers executed German soldiers and SS guards in the camp’s coal yard. Others were beaten to death by liberated prisoners. #WW2
This day in 1945, Hermann Göring sent the so-called Göring Telegram, a message asking for permission to assume leadership of the Third Reich. Interpreting the telegram as an act of treason, Hitler relieved Göring of his official titles and ordered his arrest. #WW2
This night in 1945, Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun in a small civil ceremony in the Führerbunker in Berlin. After a modest wedding breakfast, Hitler and his secretary Traudl Junge dictated his last will and testament. The marriage would not last long. #WW2
This day in 1945, forces of the Soviet 3rd Shock Army captured the Moltke Bridge across the Spree River in Berlin. Its capture opens the last approach to the Reichstag and Berlin’s political center. #WW2
Original color photo taken during the Battle of Stalingrad. The image shows German soldiers of the 305th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) preparing for an assault on the industrial district in northern Stalingrad, Oct 1942. The entire division was annihilated by Jan 43. #WW2
This day in 1945, American and Soviet troops meet at the Elbe River near Torgau, cutting Nazi Germany in half and sealing its fate. A rare moment of unity before a divided world followed. #WW2
Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th PIR, the real "Band of Brothers", in the square of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, D-Day +1. Front, left to right: Forrest Guth, Frank Mellet, David Morris, Daniel West, Floyd Talbert and C.T. Smith. #WW2
This day in 1945, Josef Kramer, former commander of Auschwitz-Birkenau, was captured during his command over the Bergen-Belsen camp, where he remained even when the British arrived. Kramer was sentenced to death on 17 November 1945, hanged at Hamelin prison. #WW2
This day in 1943, the Battle of Hill 609 began in Tunisia between American and German forces. It resulted in one of the more clear-cut U.S. victories of the campaign and is often cited as a “coming-of-age” moment for American forces in North Africa. #WW2
This day in 1945, troops of the British 11th Armoured Division liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The British discovered approx. 60,000 prisoners inside, and another 13,000 corpses lying around the camp. #WW2
American paratrooper Harry Hudec, 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. Harry fought during the D-Day landings, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the campaign in Nazi Germany. Harry passed away in 2007 at the age of 85. #WW2
This day in 1945, start of Manna and Chowhound, Allied food dropping operations. A total of over 11,000 tons of food was dropped into the still-unliberated western part of the Netherlands. This largely ended the Dutch famine which resulted in approx 22,000 deaths. #WW2
Australian Corporal "Bull" Allen, 2/5th Infantry Battalion, rescues an American soldier during fighting against the Japanese on Mount Tambu, New Guinea. Allen rescued 12 wounded US soldiers during the battle, and was awarded the Silver Star for his actions. #WW2
This day in 1944, two British officers disguised as German police abducted German General Heinrich Kreipe as he rode on his way to his residence outside Heraklion, Crete. The relatively harmless Kreipe was replaced by General Müller who ordered mass reprisals. #WW2
This day in 1945, more than 300,000 encircled German troops of Army Group B in the Ruhr Pocket surrendered to American forces. The group’s commander, Field Marshal Walter Model, chose to take his own life several days later rather than surrender. #WW2
This day in 1942, U.S. forces launched the Doolittle Raid, the first air attack on Japan after Pearl Harbor. Sixteen B-25 bombers took off from USS Hornet, boosting American morale despite limited damage. #WW2
This day in 1945, SS-Obergruppenführer Steiner refused to attack with Army Detachment upon realizing his units were inadequate and understrength to counterattack at Berlin. Hitler fell into a tearful rage against his generals, and declared that the war was lost. #WW2
Good day. During the construction of the S8 expressway in Poland, the remains of a 1945 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 version F or G were discovered. The photo shows archaeologists working to recover a fragment of the engine, landing gear and equipment. 1/2 #WW2 #History #Aviation
This day in 1945, begin of the Battle for the Reichstag, defended by a 1,000 man German garrison composed of Waffen-SS soldiers, sailors, and members of the Hitlerjugend. The garrison consisted of various nationalities, including Scandinavian and French soldiers. #WW2
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