Roughly 60 Dewoitine D.520 fighters entered service with the Regia Aeronautica, taken from captured French stocks. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aircraft #aeroplane #airplane #RegiaAeronautica #DewoitineD520 #fighter #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Roughly 60 Dewoitine D.520 fighters entered service with the Regia Aeronautica, taken from captured French stocks. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aircraft #aeroplane #airplane #RegiaAeronautica #DewoitineD520 #fighter #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar
Dewoitine D.520 n°302, one of the two D.520s captured by the Free French in the Levant www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #DewoitineD520 #fighter #FreeFrench #FreeFrance #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Dewoitine D.520 n°302, one of the two D.520s captured by the Free French in the Levant www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #DewoitineD520 #fighter #FreeFrench #FreeFrance #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar
#art #painting #acrylicpainting #consumersociety #sustainability #united #frenchresistanceprogram #cnrprogram #1944 #history #secondworldwar
January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
#OTD #TDIH #January9, 1949 #DOTD: #RIP #TommyHandley. #Comedians #RadioHosts #ITMA #TheBlitz #BattleOfBritain #BBC #Radio #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #ItWasAFakeMoustache #PeopleOnTheCoverOfSgtPepper #ComedySky #RadioSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvY...
The Last ITMA [1949]
YouTube video by Spondonman
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January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
#OTD #TDIH #January9, 1949 #DOTD: #RIP #TommyHandley. #Comedians #RadioHosts #ITMA #TheBlitz #BattleOfBritain #BBC #Radio #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #ItWasAFakeMoustache #PeopleOnTheCoverOfSgtPepper #MusicSky #ComedySky #BeatlesSky
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (2017 Mix)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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January 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
In 2016 Stephen Mautner received a message from the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art in #Vienna – the “Mautner collection” was in the museum’s possession. He was a direct heir, and it wanted to return the items. #Austria #history #secondworldwar www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a...
For Some Nazi Loot, Value Is Measured on a Different Scale
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January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
In 2016 Stephen Mautner received a message from the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art in #Vienna – the “Mautner collection” was in the museum’s possession. He was a direct heir, and it wanted to return the items. #Austria #history #secondworldwar www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a...
Lest we forget #lestweforget. #heroes #worldwar2 #secondworldwar #ukarmy #unitedkingdom
My opinion these are the two greatest heroes of World War Two. Let us never forget them. Pleas find out their historical great deeds to the United Kingdom. #veterans of #WW2.
My opinion these are the two greatest heroes of World War Two. Let us never forget them. Pleas find out their historical great deeds to the United Kingdom. #veterans of #WW2.
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Lest we forget #lestweforget. #heroes #worldwar2 #secondworldwar #ukarmy #unitedkingdom
My opinion these are the two greatest heroes of World War Two. Let us never forget them. Pleas find out their historical great deeds to the United Kingdom. #veterans of #WW2.
My opinion these are the two greatest heroes of World War Two. Let us never forget them. Pleas find out their historical great deeds to the United Kingdom. #veterans of #WW2.
December 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My latest free to read article is available now on Substack and provides an overview of the wartime experiences of the cast and crew that lay behind the classic war film The Great Escape.
#article #WW2 #WWII #movie #film #Classic #warfilm #secondworldwar #history
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#article #WW2 #WWII #movie #film #Classic #warfilm #secondworldwar #history
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December 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My latest free to read article is available now on Substack and provides an overview of the wartime experiences of the cast and crew that lay behind the classic war film The Great Escape.
#article #WW2 #WWII #movie #film #Classic #warfilm #secondworldwar #history
substack.com/@danielknowl...
#article #WW2 #WWII #movie #film #Classic #warfilm #secondworldwar #history
substack.com/@danielknowl...
Could the Messerschmitt Me 262 have changed the outcome of the war if it had entered service earlier, in bigger numbers?
#aviation #history #secondworldwar
#aviation #history #secondworldwar
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Could the Messerschmitt Me 262 have changed the outcome of the war if it had entered service earlier, in bigger numbers?
#aviation #history #secondworldwar
#aviation #history #secondworldwar
#OTD #TDIH #December27, 1901: #BOTD: #HBD #MarleneDietrich! #MovieStars #Hollywood #Singers #Actresses #Beauties #Humanitarians #Cabaret #Germans #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #ItWasAFakeMoustache #PeopleOnTheCoverOfSgtPepper #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgW...
Marlene Dietrich - Lili Marleen
YouTube video by Dersim Left
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December 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#OTD #TDIH #December27, 1901: #BOTD: #HBD #MarleneDietrich! #MovieStars #Hollywood #Singers #Actresses #Beauties #Humanitarians #Cabaret #Germans #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #ItWasAFakeMoustache #PeopleOnTheCoverOfSgtPepper #MusicSky #BeatlesSky
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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December 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In the year of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Louise Reynolds describes her father’s celebrations in a prisoner-of-war camp
#secondworldwar #prisonerofwar #prisonerofwardiaries #christmas #churchtimes
#secondworldwar #prisonerofwar #prisonerofwardiaries #christmas #churchtimes
Faith: A Christmas in captivity
In the year of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Louise Reynolds describes her father’s celebrations in a prisoner-of-war camp
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December 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In the year of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Louise Reynolds describes her father’s celebrations in a prisoner-of-war camp
#secondworldwar #prisonerofwar #prisonerofwardiaries #christmas #churchtimes
#secondworldwar #prisonerofwar #prisonerofwardiaries #christmas #churchtimes
We are delighted to announce our latest author signing, Steve Milnthorpe.
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#PrisonerOfWar #SecondWorldWar #RoyalAirForce
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#PrisonerOfWar #SecondWorldWar #RoyalAirForce
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We are delighted to announce our latest author signing, Steve Milnthorpe.
Full post - www.facebook.com/share/p/17ui...
#PrisonerOfWar #SecondWorldWar #RoyalAirForce
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#PrisonerOfWar #SecondWorldWar #RoyalAirForce
Something a bit different. Let's take a quick look at the proposal to arm the Police for Home Defence in 1940.
youtu.be/IyLPdj0-6eA
#ww2 #secondworldwar #ww2history #history #historyfacts #historymatters
youtu.be/IyLPdj0-6eA
#ww2 #secondworldwar #ww2history #history #historyfacts #historymatters
Arming the Police for Home Defence in 1940
YouTube video by Remember the Regulars
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December 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Something a bit different. Let's take a quick look at the proposal to arm the Police for Home Defence in 1940.
youtu.be/IyLPdj0-6eA
#ww2 #secondworldwar #ww2history #history #historyfacts #historymatters
youtu.be/IyLPdj0-6eA
#ww2 #secondworldwar #ww2history #history #historyfacts #historymatters
My review of James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/n...
#film
#movie
#nuremberg
#secondworldwar
#historicaldrama
#filmreview
#moviereview
#film
#movie
#nuremberg
#secondworldwar
#historicaldrama
#filmreview
#moviereview
Nuremberg (2025)
Just the word ‘Nuremberg’ is, for obvious reasons, instantly loaded as the town in southern Germany was key in the story of the lead up to and aftermath of the Second World War and in cinematic ter…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My review of James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/n...
#film
#movie
#nuremberg
#secondworldwar
#historicaldrama
#filmreview
#moviereview
#film
#movie
#nuremberg
#secondworldwar
#historicaldrama
#filmreview
#moviereview
PLUS:
• #Faith - A Christmas in captivity during the #SecondWorldWar
• #Art - Nicholas Cranfield on the work of Fra Angelico and #DavidHockney in Florence 🎨
• #Reviewoftheyear - what made the headlines in 2025? 📰
• #Faith - A Christmas in captivity during the #SecondWorldWar
• #Art - Nicholas Cranfield on the work of Fra Angelico and #DavidHockney in Florence 🎨
• #Reviewoftheyear - what made the headlines in 2025? 📰
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
PLUS:
• #Faith - A Christmas in captivity during the #SecondWorldWar
• #Art - Nicholas Cranfield on the work of Fra Angelico and #DavidHockney in Florence 🎨
• #Reviewoftheyear - what made the headlines in 2025? 📰
• #Faith - A Christmas in captivity during the #SecondWorldWar
• #Art - Nicholas Cranfield on the work of Fra Angelico and #DavidHockney in Florence 🎨
• #Reviewoftheyear - what made the headlines in 2025? 📰
#OTD #TDIH #December18, 1916 #BOTD: #HBD #BettyGrable! #Actresses #PinUpGirls #Dancers #Models #Singers #SexSymbols #PopIcons #Beauties #Movies #Hollywood #PinUpArt #HotMamas #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #SexySky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_G...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_G...
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The #SecondWorldWar disrupted narratives of mankind’s ‘progress’, but – as #WilliamGolding found – human history has always been a balancing act between enlightenment and calamity.
🔓 Alexander Lee’s latest Portrait of the Author is free for 7 days
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🔓 Alexander Lee’s latest Portrait of the Author is free for 7 days
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William Golding’s Island of Savagery
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December 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The #SecondWorldWar disrupted narratives of mankind’s ‘progress’, but – as #WilliamGolding found – human history has always been a balancing act between enlightenment and calamity.
🔓 Alexander Lee’s latest Portrait of the Author is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/port...
🔓 Alexander Lee’s latest Portrait of the Author is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/port...
Auxiliary Territorial Service Motorcycle Dispatch Riders - British Army Women's Branch - Reenactment #ww2 #WWII #worldwar2 #worldwarII #worldwartwo #secondworldwar #2ndworldwar #ats #reenactment #demonstration
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Auxiliary Territorial Service Motorcycle Dispatch Riders - British Army Women's Branch - Reenactment #ww2 #WWII #worldwar2 #worldwarII #worldwartwo #secondworldwar #2ndworldwar #ats #reenactment #demonstration
#OTD #TDIH #December15, 1944 #GlennMiller disappears over the #EnglishChannel.
#MIAs #Bandleaders #BigBands #SwingMusic #Composers #Jazz #AmericanMusic #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #WorldWarII
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHxK...
#MIAs #Bandleaders #BigBands #SwingMusic #Composers #Jazz #AmericanMusic #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #WorldWarII
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHxK...
"Jingle Bells" (1941) Glenn Miller
YouTube video by Michael Zirpolo
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December 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I'm finally back with the next episode in the Invasion Threat 1940 series, Part 5. This time I'll be taking a look at the threat as it was seen the the eyes of the defenders on the 6th of June 1940.
youtu.be/QkrUy9LNmOE
#ww2 #history #historyfacts #historylovers #SecondWorldWar
youtu.be/QkrUy9LNmOE
#ww2 #history #historyfacts #historylovers #SecondWorldWar
Invasion Threat Home Forces 1940 Part 5
YouTube video by Remember the Regulars
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December 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm finally back with the next episode in the Invasion Threat 1940 series, Part 5. This time I'll be taking a look at the threat as it was seen the the eyes of the defenders on the 6th of June 1940.
youtu.be/QkrUy9LNmOE
#ww2 #history #historyfacts #historylovers #SecondWorldWar
youtu.be/QkrUy9LNmOE
#ww2 #history #historyfacts #historylovers #SecondWorldWar
Oh my goodness, a wonderful review for Annie's Day. Thank you! #historicalfiction #Australia #secondworldwar
candlelightreadinguk.blogspot.com
candlelightreadinguk.blogspot.com
Candlelight Reading...
candlelightreadinguk.blogspot.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Oh my goodness, a wonderful review for Annie's Day. Thank you! #historicalfiction #Australia #secondworldwar
candlelightreadinguk.blogspot.com
candlelightreadinguk.blogspot.com
The Battle of the River Plate took place #onthisday in 1939.
https://russellphillips.uk/battle-of-the-river-plate/
#histodons #militaryhistory #secondworldwar #ww2 #history
@history @militaryhistory @histodons
https://russellphillips.uk/battle-of-the-river-plate/
#histodons #militaryhistory #secondworldwar #ww2 #history
@history @militaryhistory @histodons
russellphillips.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The Battle of the River Plate took place #onthisday in 1939.
https://russellphillips.uk/battle-of-the-river-plate/
#histodons #militaryhistory #secondworldwar #ww2 #history
@history @militaryhistory @histodons
https://russellphillips.uk/battle-of-the-river-plate/
#histodons #militaryhistory #secondworldwar #ww2 #history
@history @militaryhistory @histodons