#Luftwaffe

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

#Otd-8 April 1941: 1st night of Belfast Blitz. 13 killed. De Valera authorised 71 firemen from Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin & Dún Laoghaire to assist. There would be 3 more nights.

Ali

Anunnakimoment

Some funny facts about high ranking axis figures (thread) Hitler:-Was terrified of Cats-He had a favourite Alligator named Saturn which he often visited at the Berlin Zoo, he was taken

Emmanuel

emmanuel_2m

So last WE, I went down into the Catacombs of Paris. If you're not familiar, it's an insane anthill-like network of 200 mi. of galleries and chambers, centuries-old, 60 ft

John Oakley

jonokli

On the Land of Hope and glory faux furore. Firstly I know it's all a right wing media distraction piece cooked up to galvanise the right and annoy the left

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

On this day 1940 the #BattleofBritain is commonly considered to have reached its peak. Most commonly associated with the image of the pilots, ground crew & controllers of of ACM

Mark

LibTourKarl

Neutral Countries and InterneesThe impetus for this thread came as a result of an article I read about USAAF aircrews interned in Switzerland at a notorious camp called Wauwilermoos. Shocking

🌞ORPHEUS☸️

DiscoOrpheus

GM FOLKS: HOW ABOUT A GOOD OLD FASHION WAR STORY TO INSPIRE GREAT FEATS OF BRAVERY & GLORY THIS WEEKEND.This ones called:"Aimo Koivunen: the pagan god of death feared by

Olve

Olvekr

Eighty years ago, on the 28th of May the allies launched their offensive on Narvik in #Norway1940. For the Norwegians, this was the long awaited first real victory against the

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

Greetings one and all and welcome to another beautiful spring day here in London Town. As you know, on Sunday we left off here at London Bridge Station and today,

DrDavidHuxley

JonofLeyden

May 10 1940, the Germans launch Case Yellow (Fall Gelb) and within around 2 weeks the core of the French Army is eliminated, the British are driven from the continent,

Steffan Watkins 😷🇨🇦

steffanwatkins

#Russia|n Air Force #RuAF Tupolev Tu-154M-LK1 Open Skies Treaty-certified observation plane RF-85655|#194E97 took to the skies for the first time this year, probably blowing out the cobwebs before their #OpenSkiesTreaty

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

THREAD/Today is Battle of Britain Day, a day on which there were two daylight raids on London, both of which were largely repulsed, as well as a nighttime raid, which

Kate's Rangers

KatesRangers

*Thread* Today we continue our series on strong women of the monarchy. We waited until today for this thread as we wanted it posted on what would be the Queen

Alan Allport

Alan_Allport

Everyone reads the peroration to the 18 June 1940 “Finest Hour” speech. But what about the first sentence?“I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when

Kate's Rangers

KatesRangers

THREAD: It is Prince Philip's 99th birthday today, in honour, here is a thread of our favourite photos & facts of the most dutiful consort & partner. #PrincePhilip "To have

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

This thing here, apparently roleplaying as legendary Russian environmental disaster and part-time aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, is Italian submarine Tito Speri.And to answer the obvious question - yes, that is