A first person account of the death of Yamato.

#OTD 6 April 1945, the super battleship Yamato and her escorts departed Tokuyama. She was sunk the following day.

What can I say, except what I usually say: read the book. Written by a survivor, one of the classics of primary source material of the #SecondWorldWar. #NavalHistory

#OTD #TDIH #April6, 1996: #DOTD: #RIP #GreerGarson.
#Actresses #Singers #Theatre #Film #Hollywood #Vaudeville #Stage #Theater #Theatre #GoldenAgeOfTV #GoldenAgeOfRadio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #WorldWarII #WWII #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #TVSky #ComedySky
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"Born to Lose" is a song written by #TedDaffan. Recorded by his band Ted Daffan's Texans, with vocal by Leon Seago, on February 20, 1942, it was released as a double A-side single exactly one year later, at the height of the #SecondWorldWar. This was Daffan's most successful record.

Auntie Ada: The Unlikeliest Hero of the Holocaust by Ian Peter Judson YouTube video by Barnthorn Publishing

Today is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Auntie Ada, the great aunt of author Ian Judson.

Here’s an interview we recorded with Ian to commemorate the occasion: www.youtube.com/watch?si=P79...

#Holocaust #France #SecondWorldWar

Een B-17 Flying Fortress van het 303e Bombardementsbataljon vliegt over Brest terwijl het een onderzeebootbasis bombardeert, tijdens een eerdere aanval in maart 1943.
#USAAF #SecondWorldWar #Warbird

The Undefeated by Bill Robertson | Barnthorn Publishing 423 PagesISBN 978-1-917120-57-9B&W Images They were soldiers, sailors, and airmen who found themselves in enemy hands. But captivity was only the beginning...The Undefeated strips away romanticise...

Join us in congratulating Bill Robertson on the publication of his book, The Undefeated: The Untold Lives of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe, 1939-45.

*Buy from our website: barnthornpublishing.co.uk/product-page... & Amazon: amzn.eu/d/0huXrVR7

#NewBook #PrisonersOfWar #SecondWorldWar

Front cover of Hunters From the Sky by Charles Whiting.

We're pleased to announce that Hunters From the Sky by Charles Whiting is published today. Don't miss this fascinating true story of the Fallschirmjäger — the elite German Parachute Corps — and their role during WWII. Get it here: getbook.at/Huntersfromt...
#SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo

#OTD #TDIH #March23, 1905 #HBD #LaleAndersen! #Chanteuses #Singers #Songwriters #Actress #LiliMarleen #Cabaret #NaziGermany #SoldatensenderBelgrad #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #EurovisionSongContest #MusicSky
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Bf-109G van de Kroatische luchtmacht. De piloot, Vladimir Sandtner, deserteerde in april 1945 met dit toestel naar Falconara in Italië. Het vliegtuig werd buitgemaakt door de Amerikanen, die het verkochten aan 318 Squadron (Pools) van de RAF.
#warbird #SecondWorldWar #

#OTD #TDIH #March20, 1917: #HBD #VeraLynn! #Singers #Entertainers #ForcesSweetheart #ForcesSweethearts #WellMeetAgain #TheWhiteCliffsOfDover #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #SecondEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #March20, 1917: #HBD #VeraLynn! #Singers #Entertainers #ForcesSweetheart #ForcesSweethearts #WellMeetAgain #TheWhiteCliffsOfDover #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #SecondEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #March20, 1917: #HBD #VeraLynn! #Singers #Entertainers #ForcesSweetheart #ForcesSweethearts #WellMeetAgain #TheWhiteCliffsOfDover #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #SecondEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #March20, 1917: #HBD #VeraLynn! #Singers #Entertainers #ForcesSweetheart #ForcesSweethearts #WellMeetAgain #TheWhiteCliffsOfDover #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #SecondEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #MusicSky
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Free Zoom talk on the SOE, the beginning, middle and end with Paul McCue on Thursday 19th March 2026 - Classic Battlefield Tours Under leaders like Sir Frank Nelson and later Major-General Colin Gubbins, the SOE expanded to over 13,000 personnel, including skilled radio operators, saboteurs, and more than 3,000 brave women, und...

Join Paul McCue, author of Lillian: SOE Secret Radio Operator in WW2 France, as he gives a Zoom talk on SOE this evening.

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#SOE #Lilian #SecondWorldWar

Volunteers plea to 'help put photos on graves of these young men' Volunteers at a Dutch war cemetery are trying to trace relatives of 16 North West soldiers buried there.

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#Skystorians #SecondWorldWar
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The Mörkö-Morane was a Finnish-engineered upgrade of the French Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighter during WWII. Faced with rising losses in 1942, Finnish commanders decided to re-engine their obsolete Moranes with captured Soviet Klimov M-105P V-12 engines (1,100 hp) and aerodynamic refinements. Testing in 1943 showed it performed far above the original. It’s top speed reached 525 km/h and climb 25 m/s. Only 3 examples saw combat by the September 1944 end of the Continuation War. After the war, Finland completed all remaining conversions (totalling 41 aircraft) for training use by 1948. The last Finnish Moranes were scrapped by 1952.

The Mörkö-Morane was a Finnish-engineered upgrade of the French #MoraneSaulnierMS406 fighter during #WW2 using captured Soviet Klimov M-105P V-12 engines (1,100 hp). www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #FinnishAirForce #SecondWorldWar

Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheims of No. 101 Squadron, circa August 1940.
#royalairforce #secondworldwar #warbirds

Music Hall performer whose potato song helped the war effort CROYDON CHRONICLES: Musical director of the Croydon Empire theatre enjoyed a colourful career and played a part in the community, writes DAVID MORGAN A century ago, long before we had mass media in…

Music Hall performer whose potato song helped the war effort insidecroydon.com/2026/03/15/m... #Croydon #History #SecondWorldWar #Music @balhnews.bsky.social

‘Negatives are photographic truths’: the collector who fled Russia with a haul of #secondworldwar images. Ukrainian-Russian photojournalist #ArthurBondar has amassed a huge collection of pictures from often unknown photographers www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The people of the #Philippines suffered greatly under Japanese occupation during the #SecondWorldWar, and one can't help but think about how much those troops and supplies meant to the resistance. Each one of those 21 deliveries brought them one step closer to freedom. 2/2
#NavalHistory

Lise Meitner’s Nuclear Vision

During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?

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Black and white illustration of skull and crossbones under an umbrella. Motto underneath reads "Semper in excreta"

Someone shared this elsewhere. Apparently it's the unofficial squadron emblem for 521 Meteorological Squadron RAF during the Second World War. 🙂

#histodons #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar #WW2
@history @militaryhistory

This newly revised edition of a previously published book is dedicated to the brave souls who endured the difficult years of the Second World War with honor and determination.

#RevisedEdition #BraveSouls #MustRead #Honor #SecondWorldWar

#art #painting #acrylicpainting #consumersociety #sustainability #united #frenchresistanceprogram #cnrprogram #1944 #history #secondworldwar

Iran: Britain’s Cold War Crucible

During the #SecondWorldWar, Britain and the Soviet Union worked together in oil-rich #Iran. Cooperation was to degenerate into suspicion at the dawn of the Cold War.

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A digital drawing of an aqueduct crossing a valley. The image doesn't have much detail or precise edges.

Progress on the writing of my next book is slower than I would like, but the cover artist is making progress. This is the first time I’ve hired an artist, and I’m finding the process interesting.

The image shows how he’s blocked out colours and started to […]

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1/35 scale Second World War German KugelPanzer in Russian colours

1/35 scale Second World War German KugelPanzer in Russian colours

1/35 scale Second World War German KugelPanzer in Russian colours

Build Twelve is a wrap. Two 1/35 scale #DasWerk #SecondWorldWar #German #KugelPanzers. This is the second of the pair wrapped up in #Russian colours. The sole surviving KugelPanzer is in a Russian Musem after all. #BuildtheStash #ScaleModels #HistScaleModels

Avro Lancaster B Mark 1, PD119 'YZ-J', van No. 617 Squadron, gestationeerd in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, in mei 1945.
#RoyalAirForce #Warbird #SecondWorldWar

Lise Meitner’s Nuclear Vision

During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?

🔓 Patricia Fara’s latest Great Debates is free for 7 days

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Lise Meitner’s Nuclear Vision

During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?

🔓 Patricia Fara’s latest Great Debates is free for 7 days

www.historytoday.com/archive/grea...