British & American #ArmyNurses washing in field hospitals. The top image is of #QAIMNS Sisters with the #5thArmy #Italy in Jan 44. The bottom is #USArmy Nurses in #Okinawa May 45 washing in their M1 helmets. #ANC #BritishArmy #WW2 #womenshistory #militarywomen #militaryhistory

I gave a talk last night on 2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment and No.9 Beach Group on D-Day. A couple were astounded that one of the local casualties had lived in their house - they never knew! They are now busy creating a memorial for him in their home. #Ilovehistory

The Union flag flying at half mast in the late afternoon sunshine on Monday for Teddy Noyes.
Teddy was a great supporter of GWH and a friend to us all.
Her love for The Old Contemptibles - ‘My Boys’ was undiminished to the very end.
Thank you to Jane and Roy for their care.
xx

Very sad news…

On May 1, 1933, hundreds of thousands gathered on the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin for the “Day of National Labor.”
The Nazis successfully appropriated the day of the workers’ movement for their ideology.
One day later they crushed the free trade unions.
#1Mai

On the Hohenzollern Bridge, Koln, with the far bank of the Rhine held by German troops, 7 Mar 1945.
Snipers in the bridge tower, looking toward the German-occupied east bank.
From the papers of Patrick Dalzel-Job, Royal Navy Commando Advanced Unit (No.30).
#ww2 #commando #koln

The 2nd battle of Bullecourt was fought from 3-17 May 1917. The enemy trench was taken and held at the heavy cost of 7,000 Australian casualties. This sign was found by the Australian War Records Section at Bullecourt in May 1919 and is associated with the battles in 1917.

The below is what Jacques calls “working hard…” 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😉🤣

30 April 1943 | Eddy Hamel was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz . Born in #NYC in 1902. As a teenager, he moved to Amsterdam. 1st Jewish player in AFC Ajax. He scored 8 goals in 125 league games. After arrest in Oct 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz with his wife & 2 kids.

Anna Gdak is a #pilgrim who travels from Poland every year to visit her great-uncle’s grave in #Belleau . PVT Gdak immigrated to the US before #WWI & his service in the #USArmy is a source of pride for the family. He is viewed as saint-like & responds to family prayers. #pilgrim age

A day covering the 82nd Drop and Landing Zone and some allocated Bridges ending up at the astonishing assault across the Waal by the 504th PIR supported by the Guards Armoured Division. It’s all a question of bridges and logistics with In the footsteps

Our new vehicle heading out on her maiden battlefield tour. A huge commitment in making the decision to proceed given that the price of 2024 bought us TWO new vehicles in 2013. Not sure yet whether we’ll go the full monty on branding 🤔

Land Army girls saw larch poles for use as pit props at the Women's Timber Corps training camp at Culford in Suffolk.

Read more about the Land Army and the Timber Corps: bit.ly/3sQeppL

© IWM (TR 912)

Lovely to have received “Unbroken Glory” in the post today from Bob Jones who recently joined Jacques on a tour. Looking forward to reading it and complements my existing books on the RND during the Great War.

Today is the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp. My grandfather, Michael Joseph Doherty, was one of the liberators with his unit, the Thunderbirds (45th Infantry).

You can learn more about him on my blog at theshamrockgenealogist.com/2021/02/favori…

Arnhem bound today. We will only cover the main bridges. To do all 36 bridges (the overall total for the operation) would I think be going a bridge too far. But the sun is out, and we are on time for our crossing.

'Lower Manhattan.' (1930) Virginia Berresford, little known now, developed a style that related to her contemporaries Georgia O'Keeffe and Charles Sheeler combining American Precisionism with Purism which used elementary forms and minimal detail.

Stylish 1936 Railway poster of Harrogate designed by Arthur Cadwgan Michael (1881-1965) a painter and illustrator. His life story and particularly his private life makes an interesting read so to speak. The posters were obviously not aimed at the working class.

Captured German Generals arrive at Trent Park, 1943.

They were wined and dined at the mansion and were encouraged to talk, spending many afternoons strolling the lush grounds of the park.

They relaxed, unknowingly providing crucial war-winning information to the British.

One of first to join Leeds Pals, Pte Jogendra Nath 'Jon' Sen during the First World War. Gutsy bloke I'd say.
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