##WWII
Development of a high velocity gun 152 mm for the ISU-152 was approved #OTD in 1943. It was designed to combat German superheavy tanks, but since these tanks never showed up it was never mass produced. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Next week, it's back to African American World War II history with the recent and very innovative

Trevor R. Getz, Robert Willis, Joseph H. Geeter III, and Liz Clarke, The First Black Marines: An Oral History
A Graphic History
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#WWII
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As we marked Veterans' Day and the anniversary of Operation Torch (8-16 November 1942)--I managed to teach about both.

One chapter of Françoise Ouzan's study of #Jewish GIs deals with cross-cultural encounters in the North African campaign

iupress.org/97802530... #WWII
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True to My God and Country
True to My God and Country explores the role of the more than half a million Jewish American men and women who served in the military in the Second World War...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is the most complete accounting of the HMS Alberni I have ever seen. It was one of the dozens of Flower-Class Corvettes built by Canada in the Second World War that escorted convoys between North American and Europe.

She served from 1941 until she was sunk by U-480 southeast of the Isle of […]
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November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#OTD in 1942 the Red Army switched to winter time rules of vodka distribution. Front line troops got 100 grams, those in reserve got 50. Wine could be substituted in southern regions where it was in abundance. #history #WW2 #vodka #WWII
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#WASP Mary Nesbit Hearn 44-W-6
“I was absolutely convinced that they couldn’t win the war without me.”
(19 February 1921 – 7 February 2015)

Women Airforce Service Pilots
#WomenInAviation #WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #womenpilots #WomenintheAir #WWII
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
French 40 mm thick cast armour was not particularly tough. The Germans tested exported French tanks captured in Poland and #OTD in 1939 distributed pamphlets describing their vulnerability to 20 and 37 mm AP shells. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"$180,000 Is Stolen From French Mails"
November 12, 1946
#History #OTD #WWII
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Welcome home, Pvt. Ell Tom Simantz. Honored to have researched your family. #hero #WWII (2014)
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
4.5-STAR REVIEW⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫: THE LIFEBOAT ORPHANS by Ellie Curzon bookouture.bsky.social

👉THE LIFEBOAT ORPHANS continues a heart-warming story about a group of children who bond over shared experiences in World War II. bit.ly/4oEc5dt #bookreview #booksky #historicalfiction #WWII #book
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just before walking in the Veterans' Day parade to remember those who fought fascism and stand with those who fought for democracy.

#VeteransDay #VetsSayNo #WWII #WWIIveteran #defenddemocracy #fighthate #USAProtest #AntiCorruption #TruthWarriors #theresistance #AntiFascist #organize #FreeElections
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🔴💀🔴 There's a ☢️☣️ #Nazi in (what's left of) the #WhiteHouse conducting an #ongoingcoup.

•The #DemocraticParty is in #collusion with that Nazi in the #Senate.

•Its "leadership" under #ChuckSchumer & #DickDurbin is akin to #VichyFrance under the #treasonous #MarshallPetain in #WWII. 🔴🐀💀🐀🔵
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🔴💀🔴 There's a ☢️☣️ #Nazi in (what's left of) the #WhiteHouse conducting an #ongoingcoup.

•The #DemocraticParty is in #collusion with that Nazi in the #Senate.

•Its "leadership" under #ChuckSchumer & #DickDurbin is akin to #VichyFrance under the #treasonous #MarshallPetain in #WWII. 🔴🐀💀🐀🔵
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A few more folk from the Haworth 1940s weekend. #leica #retrophoto #wwii #photography
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🔴💀🔴 There's a ☢️☣️ #Nazi in (what's left of) the #WhiteHouse conducting an #ongoingcoup.

•The #DemocraticParty is in #collusion with that Nazi in the #Senate.

•Its "leadership" under #ChuckSchumer & #DickDurbin is akin to #VichyFrance under the #treasonous #MarshallPetain in #WWII. 🔴🐀💀🐀🔵
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Say what?!?

#History #WWII
Hegseth: "This feels like a 1939-type moment."
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🔴💀🔴 There's a ☢️☣️ #Nazi in (what's left of) the #WhiteHouse conducting an #ongoingcoup.

•The #DemocraticParty is in #collusion with that Nazi in the #Senate.

•Its "leadership" under #ChuckSchumer & #DickDurbin is akin to #VichyFrance under the #treasonous #MarshallPetain in #WWII. 🔴🐀💀🐀🔵
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM