Operation Market Garden. Dropping of supplies, usually *not* in the right hands, in the Arnhem area. 😟 #WW2 #HISTORY

Churchill liked them. (1944. Z Batteries, manned by the Home Guard. The Z Battery was a short range anti-aircraft weapon, launching 3-inch / 76mm rockets. Note, in the second scene, men are still standing in the projector. 😟 #WW2 #HISTORY )

#OTD in 1944, Anzio area, Italy. Men from 7 Cheshire (5 Infantry Division's machine gun battalion) in a captured German communications trench. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944, Anzio area, Italy. 'White tapes are tied in a cross onto the back pack of each man in order to help the men following in the darkness to keep on the correct path.' #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1942, North Africa. Comrades of Rifleman John Beeley VC from 1 KRRC working on a cross to be placed over his grave. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1942, North Africa. (For the experts.) What's inside the dummy? 😊 #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1918. A Vickers machine gun. Used in both World Wars. #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944, Anzio area, Italy. Two captured German Fallschirmjäger carrying a wounded British soldier. #WW2 #HISTORY

A big mouth. ( #OTD in 1945. #WW2 #HISTORY )

#OTD in 1919. A British tank in Cologne. #HISTORY

Iconic and a #WW2 relic.

Iconic and a #WW2 relic.

A Bridge Too Far. #Dashcam pre-jump.nl

Spending more or less time on Twitter, compared to say a year ago?

Seeing this happen must have been sobering. (1945. Operation Plunder/Varsity. #WW2 #HISTORY )

A Bridge Too Far. #Dashcam pre-jump.nl

21st May 1944, Pearl Harbor: the West Loch Disaster. An explosion on an LST (Landing Ship, Tank) being prepared for the invasion of Saipan sparked a chain reaction which resulted in the loss of several vessels and over 150 deaths. It was one of the worst non-combat disasters

Seeing this happen must have been sobering. (1945. Operation Plunder/Varsity. #WW2 #HISTORY )

Best camo I've ever seen.

#OTD in 1942, Gourock Bay. The beautiful silhouette of SS Queen Mary, converted to a troop ship. #WW2 #HISTORY