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TableTopBill @tabletopbill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sherman Firefly Ic tank on a Sherman I Hybrid hull, equipped with a 17-pounder anti-tank gun, with the 1st Hussars, 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment, near Zetten, Netherlands, 20 January 1945. 🇨🇦 LAC Photo #TankTuesday

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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

7/7 The Pisticci raid remains an example of the secretive and dangerous operations carried out by the SAS during the Second World War.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Truth 💥 👏

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#OTD in 1943, Cava, Italy. The advance of the Sherman tank was stopped. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

M4s performing an "artillery barrage" in 1944. 🎞️ catalog.archives.gov/id/23357

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

17/18 September 1944, Oosterbeek area. A 17-pounder being towed. These men are confident. #WW2 #HISTORY

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Extraordinary memorial in La Chapelle-Champigny with beautiful words for the bomber crew members who died #OTD in 1943. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Love this clip! (1944, France. Liberation and a treat. #WW2 #HISTORY)

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Jimmy @stink67.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Canadians having a pause, chasing the retreating Germans. (#OTD in 1944, Broglie, France. #WW2 #HISTORY)

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#filmnoir #moviesky #filmsky #musicsky Wanting to stop Axis powers from jamming Allied torpedo guidance systems in 1942, actor Hedy Lamarr and film music composer George Antheil patented frequency hopping #OTD — leading to current day wireless technology.

Portrait photograph of George Antheil and portrait photograph of Hedy Lamar
1942

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#OTD in 1943, Sicily. Gunners from 467/92 Field Regiment in action. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

August 1944 A big line up of Sherman M4A2 tanks with the French 12e Regiment De Chasseurs d’Afrique, part of the 2e Division Blindée, commanded by General Philippe LeClerc, nearby Vesly, Normandy, France. Colour: Colourised PIECE of JAKE Photo US Army Signal Corps #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#OTD in 1944, Vassy area, France. Shermans passing Churchills. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Not posed. (2 August 1944, Normandy. Guardsmen from 5 Coldstream Guards, taking cover. #WW2 #HISTORY)

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Warless Goddess @warlessgoddess.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Jeanne Gibson, one of the last surviving Rosie the Riveters, died on July 29, 2026. She was 100 Years old. Born in Minneapolis in 1926, she was only 18 when she moved to Seattle to weld U.S. Navy destroyers at Todd Pacific Shipyards. Rest in peace, Jeanne

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#OTD in 1943. Two bomber aircrew, Sergeant J. Dickinson from Canada and Sergeant F. Gilkes (MIA 3 August 1943) from Trinidad waiting to board their aircraft for a raid on Hamburg. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Bertrand Russell paraphrases Yeats. “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” — Bertrand Russell

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Tank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Red Army introduced vodka rations #OTD in 1941. Initially, 100 grams was issued daily to all soldiers, but this was quickly reduced to only actively fighting soldiers in units that achieved success on the battlefield. #history #WW2 #WWII

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