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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King
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I'm a project ghost, I'm a hood apparition 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 Amateur historian, temporarily exiled from Paris #TeamsterStrong
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Bringing my French WWII photos thread to Bluesky

Anti-Aircraft gunners of the 402e RADCA (Air Defense Regiment) hooping in March 1940.
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It’s always funny when I see a “checking in on bluesky” post because yeah this place sure has some stupid and belligerent assholes. But then you “check in on twitter” and it’s open nazis being reinstated after posting home pictures and addresses of people who annoy them.
Finally saw it this past week and fully recommend, including to those already familiar with Israel's criminal conduct in the West Bank.
You can now watch Oscar Award winning documentary No Other Land in the United States of America.

Link below.
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I can not emphasize the extent to which this is the literal exact same thing that they executed Charles I for. Line for line.
the level of 17th century we are on is that advocates of the executive's complete control of the exchequer are now claiming that rejection of his right to rule is rebellion against G-d
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
[3/3] October 1939: Photographers of the 3e GCTA in the Moselle.

1. Maréchal des logis André Baudion, KIA by German artillery on 3 March 1940 near Courcelles-Chaussy.
2. Soldat (art.) Albert Tiquet, wounded during the same event.
3. Soldat (art.) Henri Goupy.
4. Soldat (art.) Victor Petit.

#WWII
[1/3] October 1939: Photographers of the 3e Groupe de Canevas de Tir d'Artillerie (GCTA) in the Moselle.
1. Capt. Turchini, Chief of the 3rd Army cinematographic section
2. Maréchal des logis Rabut
3. Soldat (artilleur) Charmoille
4. Soldat (art.) Dubois
#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Photography
[1/3] October 1939: Photographers of the 3e Groupe de Canevas de Tir d'Artillerie (GCTA) in the Moselle. These army-level units were tasked with intelligence gathering and the preparation of maps and firing plans for heavy artillery regiments. #WWII #WW2 #history #France #Photography
Such a striking sequence, always have to stop and give it a closer look each time I see it
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🧵 The dramatic "Death of an A-20" series of photographs. This Douglas A-20 was downed by Japanese guns over Karas, Dutch New Guinea.

A-20G-25 "Bevo" Serial Number 43-9432 Tail V
🔗 pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/a-2...
What an atrocity. Hard to overstate my disdain for this sort of thing.
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Some nice works by the great Albert Brenet...
Is this supposed to be a 75mm gun with a muzzle brake? Almost as grotesque as some of the faces
[4/3] (Terrible at counting!) Officers (L-R): Unknown British liaison officer, Enseigne de Vaisseau 1re Class Lasserre, Lt. de Vaisseau Chailley, Lt. de Vaisseau Bellet (the 2nd Officer), Capt. de Frégate L'Herminier (commanding), Lt. de Vaisseau Quemeur (chief mechanic).
[3/3] Submarine Casabianca: Loading of torpedoes and a view of the torpedo room while underway. Fourth photo: A sailor mans a quad 13.2mm anti-aircraft MG mount.

#WWII #WW2 #France #NavalHistory #Submarine
[2/3] Submarine Casabianca: Submariners at work in the machine spaces, and use of an acoustic speaking tube. October 1943.

#WWII #WW2 #France #NavalHistory #Submarine
[1/3] Submarine Casabianca in and around the port of Algiers in October 1943. Over the past few months she had been used to smuggle arms and operatives to help the resistance on Corsica, in preparation for the allied landings.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #NavalHistory #Submarine
Interesting collection of photographs and commentary on the Irish War of Independence/Civil War from the University of Lille, in French and English.
meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

Cath na Saoirse tríd súile Francacha. Baint ag @siobhraaiken.bsky.social leis an taispeántas dhigiteach
First time ever hearing of this, was this actually a widely-employed technique? Seems pretty impractical on the face of it.
[3/3] October 1945 - "Clearing of the Saigon-My Tho-Gô Cong Triangle." 2e Division Blindée (2nd Armored Div.) in Indochina.

4th photo appears to be Commonwealth forces at the train station of Bến Lức. Commonwealth troops played a transitional role in 1945-46.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Vietnam
[2/3] October 1945 - "Clearing of the Saigon-My Tho-Gô Cong Triangle." 2e Division Blindée (2nd Armored Division) in Indochina.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Vietnam #Indochina
Back to Vietnam: October 1945 - from a report titled "Clearing of the Saigon-My Tho-Gô Cong Triangle." M5 Stuarts and M8 HMCs of the 2nd Armored Division on the move, still with their ETO markings and insignia. Roads and bridges have been sabotaged. [1/3] #WWII #WW2 #history #France #Vietnam
Vietnam, October 1945. Commando Ponchardier in action south of Saigon. [3/3]
1: Injured naval rifleman at an aid station.
2: Detainees unload supplies in My Loi.
3: Wounded commando evacuated by stretcher.
4: The body of a French soldier is evacuated in My Loi.

#history #France #Vietnam #Indochina
Vietnam, October 1945. Commando Ponchardier in action south of Saigon. [2/3]
1 & 2: Under sniper fire.
3: Advancing on Viet Minh-held roadblock after mortar barrage.
4. FM 24 team in cover behind a mile marker.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Vietnam #Indochina
Vietnam, October 1945. Commando Ponchardier in action south of Saigon. [1/3]
1. On the road between My Loi and Go Cong.
2. Earth barricades erected by the Viet Minh. Marksman with MAS 36.
3. FM 24/29 team.
4. Mortar team with British 2-inch mortar and Lanchester smg[?]
#history #France #Vietnam