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01/16/2025

The Desert Fox, the most well respected German commander. German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, Libya, with the newly formed Afrika Korps, to reinforce the beleaguered Italians’ position. In January 1941, Adolf Hi**er established the Afrika Korps for the explicit purpose of helping his Italian Axis partner maintain territorial gains in North Africa. “For strategic, political, and psychological reasons, Germany must assist Italy in Africa”, the Fuhrer declared. The British had been delivering devastating blows to the Italians; in three months they pushed the Italians out of Egypt while wounding or killing 20,000 Italian soldiers and taking another 130,000 prisoner.
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Having commanded a panzer division in Germany’s successful French and Low Countries’ campaigns, General Rommel was dispatched to Libya along with the new Afrika Korps to take control of the deteriorating situation. Until that time, Italian General Ettore Bastico was the overall commander of the Axis forces in North Africa—which included a German panzer division and the Italian armored division. Rommel was meant to command only his Afrika Korps and an Italian corps in Libya, but he wound up running the entire North African campaign.
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This vehicle is the Horch 1937 type 901, it was one of a few vehicles that Rommel was known to have used in North Africa. He also used three SDK.FZ 250/5 one called “greif” that translates to Griffon, the second was called “Igel” which translates to Hedgehog, and the last SDK.FZ was called “Adler” which translates to Eagle. One other vehicle Rommel was known to have used was a captured British AEC 4×4 ACV (more often called the Dorchester).
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01/16/2025

USS North Carolina (BB-55) seen from an escorting destroyer, 1941

01/16/2025

World War II reenactors pose in front of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain at the D-Day 75th anniversary Commemoration at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, Del., May 4, 2019. The plane was open for cabin and cockpit tours throughout the day. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Mauricio Campino)

01/16/2025

Smart, beautiful and deadly, 19-year-old Soviet sniper Roza Shanina had 59 confirmed kills.
Roza Shanina was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with fifty-nine confirmed kills, including twelve soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius. Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a marksman on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting enemy personnel and making doublets (two target hits by two rounds fired in quick succession).
In 1944, a Canadian newspaper described Shanina as “the unseen terror of East Prussia”. She became the first Soviet female sniper to be awarded the Order of Glory and was the first servicewoman of the 3rd Belorussian Front to receive it. According to the report of Major Degtyarev (the commander of the 1138th Rifle Regiment) for the corresponding commendation list, between 6 and 11 April Shanina killed 13 enemy soldiers while subjected to artillery and machine gun fire. By May 1944, her sniper tally increased to 17 confirmed enemy kills, and Shanina was praised as a precise and brave soldier.

01/15/2025

Before & After: The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen was in early March 1945 one of two remaining bridges across the River Rhine in Germany when it was captured by United States Army forces. After 10 days it collapsed into the river but by then a sizable bridgehead had been established on the eastern bank of the Rhine.
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The Battle of Remagen during the Allied invasion of Germany resulted in the unexpected capture of the Ludendorff Bridgeover the Rhine and likely shortened World War II in Europe. After capturing the Siegfried Line, the 9th Armored Division of the U.S. First Army had advanced unexpectedly quickly towards the Rhine. They were very surprised to see one of the last bridges across the Rhine still standing.The Germans had wired the bridge with about 2,800 kilograms (6,200 lb) of demolition charges. When they tried to blow it up, only a portion of the explosives detonated. U.S. forces captured the bridge and rapidly expanded their first bridgehead across the Rhine, two weeks before Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's meticulously planned Operation Plunder. The GIs' actions prevented the Germans from regrouping east of the Rhine and consolidating their positions.

01/15/2025

This post is about how Wittmann attacked parts of the 7th armored division also known as the Desert Rats.
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The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place during the Second World War on 13 June 1944, one week after the Normandy Landingsby the Western Allies that began the conquest of German-occupied France. The battle was the result of a British attempt to improve their position by exploiting a gap in the German defences west of the city of Caen. After one day of fighting in and around the small town of Villers-Bocage and a second day defending a position outside the town, the British force retired.
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The 101st heavy tank battalion had been in Belgium on june 6th, but was moved to Normandy on the direct order of Hi**er.
Because Air attacks and the long trip to the front only 6 tigers got there. These few leading tanks had encamped near villers-bocage to do maintenance and to get them ready for action.
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Under the command of Brigadier William "Loony" Hinde, the 22nd Armoured Brigade group reached Villers-Bocage without serious incident on the morning of 13 June. The leading elements advanced eastwards from the town on the Caen road to Point 213.
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Wittmann's Tiger got spotted at 09:00 he had to switch to another tiger marked 222 commanded by Sowa, because his own tank broke down with if im correct engine problems.
At this point Witmann sent his other 4 tigers to deal with the British on pt 213 and headed into the town himself
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What happens next is seen by Historical writers as one of the most daring and most amazing engagements in the history of armoured warfare, Antony Beevor called it one of the most devastating ambushes in British military history.
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Villers-Bocage was under German control for another 2 months and got finaly liberated on August 4 1944

01/15/2025

Operation Market Garden
On 17th September 1944, the Airborne Operation ‘Market Garden’ started.
Four divisions, made up of American, English and Polish parachutists would be dropped behind the German lines. Their assigment was to occupy the roads and bridges between the front line and the city of Arnhem. By that they would clear the way for the Allied Forces to reach the north sideof the river Rhine. The entire operation would last 2 days. The Battle of Arnhem, however, lasted 9 days and ended in the last German victory during World War II.The 1st Allied Airborne Forces under the command of Lieutenant-General Lewis Brereton was assigned for the Airborne Operation ‘Market’.
The forces available were: The US 101st Airborne Division, under the command of Major-General Maxwell Taylor,
The US 82ndAirborne Division, under the command of Brigadier-General James Gavin,
The British 1st Airborne Division, under the command of Major-General Roy Urquhart, and the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, under the command of Major-General Stanisław Sosabowski.
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01/15/2025

"During the Battle of the Bulge, a US Army half track crosses a temporary bridge over the Ourthe River, in the war-torn Belgian city of Houffalize, in January 1945.
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Houffalize was a strategic location during the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. Specifically, Generals Montgomery and Patton met up here, Montgomery coming from the north and Patton from the south, in their counter-attack against the German forces remaining in the area. The town was flattened on the night of 5–6 January 1945 by ninety RAF Lancasters of Bomber Command to block the key crossroads for German supply columns and the escape route for German forces. Patton was driven to writing a poem in his diary about the bombing.
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At 16 January 1945: At 09.45, the 41st Cavalry of the 11th Armored Division made contact with the 41st Infantry of the 2nd Armored division in Houffalize, thus terminating the Bastogne Operation so far as the 3rd Army was concerned. (AP photo)
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01/15/2025

U.S. Navy warships pictured in the Hudson River with the New York City skyline in the background for the Navy Day celebrations on 27 October 1945. Visible in the foreground are the anchored warships USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Midway (CVB-41), USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS New York (BB-34), USS Helena (CA-75), and USS Macon (CA-132).
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01/15/2025

A Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) man in the bow of the rubber landing craft provides covering fire as a 10-man boat crew of the US Marine 3rd Raider Battalion reaches the undefended beach of Pavuvu in the Russell Islands during ‘Operation Cleanslate’. February 1943. (Source – USMC ID #: 54765.
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01/15/2025

Things to Know About Dwight Eisenhower
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1.Dwight Eisenhower came from a poor family and decided to join the military to get a free college education. He attended West Point from 1911 to 1915. Eisenhower graduated from West Point as a Second Lieutenant and then continued his education at the Army War College.
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2.Dwight Eisenhower toiled in relative obscurity as a junior officer until General George C. Marshall recognized his skills and assisted him in moving through the ranks. Surprisingly, in his thirty-five years of duty, he never saw active combat.
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3.Eisenhower became commander of all US forces in Europe in June 1942. In this role, he led the invasions of North Africa and Sicily along with taking back Italy from German control. For his efforts, he was awarded the post of Supreme Allied Commander in February 1944 and placed in charge of Operation Overlord. For his successful efforts against the Axis powers, he was made a five star general in December 1944. He led the allies throughout the retaking of Europe. Eisenhower accepted Germany's surrender in May 1945.
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4.After a brief respite from the military as the President of Columbia University, Eisenhower was called back to active duty. President Harry S. Truman appointed him the Supreme Commander of NATO. He served in this position until 1952.
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5.In the election of 1952, the Korean Conflict was a central issue. Dwight Eisenhower campaigned on bringing the Korean Conflict to an end. After the election but before taking office, he traveled to Korea and participated in the signing of the armistice. This treaty divided the country into North and South Korea with a demilitarized zone between the two.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) Colorized by Alex Y. Lim

01/15/2025

The map above shows many (but not all of) of the ships sunk during World War 2. The map was created by Rean Monfils and combines the Geographic Information System (GIS) database of Asian Pacific shipwrecks with the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean (AMIO) WWII shipwreck database.

The GIS database has records of 3,800 vessels lost in WWII while the AMIO database has records of a further 3,950 vessels. The combined total of WWII shipwrecks stands at 7,807 vessels worldwide according to The Global Risk of Marine Pollution from WWII Shipwrecks:Examples from the Seven Seas.

Obvious omissions from the map include Hawaii (location of Pearl Harbor), Midway and many missing ships from the Baltic Sea campaigns. This is presumably due to the fact that these wrecks are not part of either database at the time of the maps creation (2004).

01/15/2025

Adolf Hi**er, arrived on June 24 for a rapid tour by car. He was accompanied by the German sculptor Arno Breker and by his chief architect, Albert Speer, both of whom had lived in Paris and guided his tour. He saw the Opera House and viewed the Eiffel Towerfrom the terrace of the Palace of Chaillot, paid homage at Napoleon's tomb, and visited the artist's quarter of Montmartre during his first and only visit to Paris.
The photo shocked the world when it appeared in several broadsheets a day later. People everywhere expected Hi**er to proceed and conquer Britain.
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01/14/2025

Tiger 131 is a German Tiger I heavy tankcaptured by the British 48th Royal Tank Regiment in Tunisia during World War II. Preserved at The Tank Museum in Bovington, England, it is the only operating Tiger I in the world.
In December 2003, Tiger 131 returned to the museum with a working engine, making it the only working Tiger tank in the world and the most popular exhibit at the museum.Further work and repainting in period colours completed the restoration in 2012, for a total cost quoted at £80,000.This tank was used in the 2014 film Fury,the first time a real Tiger has appeared in a feature film since Theirs Is the Glory in 1946 and They Were Not Divided (1950).
Colour By Richard James Molloy

01/14/2025

A 6-pounder antitank gun manned by guardsmen of the 1st Guards/Mechanised Brigade in a ruined house overlooking a road near Cassino, Italy. 11th -18th May 1944.
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At the beginning of 1944, the western half of the Winter Line was being anchored by Germans holding the Rapido-Gari, Liri and Garigliano valleys and some of the surrounding peaks and ridges. Together, these features formed the Gustav Line. Monte Cassino, a historic hilltop abbey founded in AD 529 by Benedict of Nursia, dominated the nearby town of Cassino and the entrances to the Liri and Rapido valleys. Lying in a protected historic zone, it had been left unoccupied by the Germans, although they manned some positions set into the steep slopes below the abbey's walls.
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Repeated pinpoint artillery attacks on Allied assault troops caused their leaders to conclude the abbey was being used by the Germans as an observation post, at the least. Fears escalated along with casualties and in spite of a lack of clear evidence, it was marked for destruction. On 15 February American bombers dropped 1,400 tons of high explosives, creating widespread damage.The raid failed to achieve its objective, as German paratroopers occupied the rubble and established excellent defensive positions amid the ruins.
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Between 17 January and 18 May, Monte Cassino and the Gustav defences were assaulted four times by Allied troops, the last involving twenty divisions attacking along a twenty-mile front. The German defenders were finally driven from their positions, but at a high cost.The capture of Monte Cassino resulted in 55,000 Allied casualties, with German losses being far fewer, estimated at around 20,000 killed and wounded.

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01/14/2025

HMS Simoom was a third-batch S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 14 July 1941 and launched on 12 October 1942.
After an initial patrol off Norway, Simoomsailed to Gibraltar, then to Algiers, French North Africa. From there, she conducted four patrols and attacked several ships, but only sank an Italian destroyer. Simoom then visited several ports in the eastern Mediterranean, then departed Port Said for a patrol off Turkey. She did not return from this patrol, and it is considered most likely that she hit a mineand sank. Her wreck was discovered in 2016 off Tenedos, Turkey.
From 3 to 17 October 1943, Simoom sailed to Port Said, passing through Malta, Beirut, and Haifa. She underwent repairs to her battery, then departed for a patrol between Naxos and Mikonos, Greece on 2 November. The submarine did not return to Beirut on 19 November as planned, and was declared overdue on the 23rd. Simoom may have been sunk by the German submarine U-565 on 15 November, but this is considered unlikely; post-war studies concluded that the most probable cause of her sinking is that she had hit a mine on 4 November in a new minefield off Donoussa. Her wreck was discovered in 2016 off Tenedos, Turkey. Simoom's starboard (right) hydroplanes showed extensive damage, and it is now considered most likely that she hit a mine while on the surface.Out of 15 torpedoes fired by Simoom during her career, all missed their intended targets, but three torpedoes hit and sank the Italian destroyer Vincenzo Gioberti instead.
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01/14/2025

American pilots of No.71 ‘Eagle’ Squadron “scrambling” to their Hawker Hurricanes at RAF Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire - 17 March 1941 (In this pic is - Hurricane Mk.I V7619 XR-F)
l-r: P/O Peter Provenzano KIFA 29/10/43, F/O Eugen Tobin KIA 7/9/41, F/L Sam Mauriello and F/O William Nichols POW Sept 1941.
Eugene Quimby “Red” Tobin of Los Angeles, was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940, thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star. On the 7th September 1941, Tobin was killed in combat with Be109’s of JG 26 on 71 Squadron’s first sweep over northern France, one of three Spitfires shot down. He crashed into a hillside near Boulogne-sur-Mer and was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. He was 24 years old. (Photo source © IWM CH 2401) (Colourised by Doug)

01/14/2025

1 June 1943.
Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers who have just returned from the Eastern Front on the German freighter “Warthe” in Hanko, Finland.
The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS) was a motorized infantry battalion of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. It was formed from Finnish volunteers and fought on the Eastern Front as part of the SS Division Wiking. The unit was disbanded in mid-1943 as the two-year commitment of the volunteers had expired and the Finnish Government was unwilling to allow more men to volunteer. About 1,400 men served in the battalion during its existence.
(Photo source: SA-Kuva)
(Color by Julius Jääskeläinen)

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