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✂️🎞️How Family Trauma Repeats Itself

#DARKWINDS |4x07 "Nániikai" (We Came Back)
🪶📺📻FULL EPISODE: pod.fo/e/3d4e21

#darkwindsseason4 #DarkWindsS4 #IreneVaggan #GuntherVaggan #WorldWar2 #melodrama

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#OnThisDay in 1944, forty Fairey Barracudas took part in Operation Tungsten. This is one of a number of operations with the aim of sinking the German battleship Tirpitz.

Read our Barracuda profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #WW2 #WorldWar2

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An abandoned German StuG40 tank destroyer-location unknown,1944.The StuGIII and StuG40 essentially refers to the same vehicle,with the latter being a designation for the later models produced during WW2,most notably the StuGIII Ausf. G,which was produced in large quantities. #ww2 #worldwar2 #stug

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Spitfire Mark VB, R6923 QJ-S, of No. 92 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill, Kent, enroute back to the airfield - May 1941. CREDIT : ron_eisele #ww2 #worldwar2 #spitfire #kent #bigginhill #england #raf #royalairforce

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Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis? by Suzanne Cords — DW

Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis?

What did our forebears do during the Nazi era? A subject long shrouded in silence in German families.

Now, the US National Archives has made millions of NSDAP membership cards available online.

#Germany #Nazis #NSDAP #WorldWar2 #WW2 #History

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Pigeons became an important part of a bomber crew, and many aircrew were rescued as a result of their actions, including the eleven crew of a Catalina.

Find out about the use of pigeons by the RAF at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/pig... #WW2 #WorldWar2

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US Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, US 1st Army, search German pow’s - Belgium, 3rd Jan 1945. Photo : US Army Archives #ww2 #worldwar2 #pow #captivity #usarmy #airborne #belgium

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Forty-nine years ago today, the Eagle landed in UK cinemas... #TheEagleHasLanded #1970s #film #films #JohnSturges #JackHiggins #MichaelCaine #DonaldSutherland #JennyAgutter #JudyGeeson #RobertDuvall #WorldWarII #WorldWar2

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A US B-17 Flying Fortress from the 398th BG returns home with significant nose damage - England, date unknown. Credit : IWM #ww2 #worldwar2 #flyingfortress #b17 #usaaf #england #history

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During 1945 aboard Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer, a sailor uses handheld flags to signal escorting Zerströrer likely during fire support missions on the Eastern Front.

#scheer #panzerschiff #cruiser #kriegsmarine #ww2 #worldwar2 #war #signal #navalhistory #history #germany #heavycruiser #destroyer

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17th Airborne paratroopers S/Sgt. George H. Loss and a buddy fighting during the Battle of the Bulge.

Photo via 17thAB Memory.
#wwii #ww2 #history #worldwar2

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A totally heart-wrenching World War 2 page-turner.

#WorldWar #WorldWar2 #MustRead #AllAuthor #BookSky

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In 1938, Erna Dannemann finished her training and was not allowed to work in Switzerland. 
 
She found a job as a maternity nurse in Algeria.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap

See more www.refugeemap.org/map/reco...

#WorldWar2 #WW2

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#OnThisDay in 1945, the last V-1, nicknamed the Doodlebug, landed on Britain. Around 10,000 were launched against the UK. 4,261 were destroyed by a number of methods, including interceptions by the Hawker Tempest and Supermarine Spitfire. #WW2 #WorldWar2

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USAAF ground crew ready a Lockheed P-38 Lightning at RAF Goxhill - Lincolnshire, England 1942 #worldwar2 #ww2 #lockheed #lightning #england #lincolnshire #goxhill #usaaf #history

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Belgium’s state-owned railway shines a light on its Holocaust role. by Hussna Mohamed — DW

Belgium’s state-owned railway shines a light on its Holocaust role.

A Holocaust survivor and the son of a Nazi collaborator have shared their experiences at Brussels’ Train World museum.

Talking to students, they warned of the…

#Belgium #Holocaust #WorldWar2 #WW2 #Nazis #Jews #History #Railways

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A German Panzer IV destroyed during the Battle of the Ardennes, near the town of Bastogne - Dec 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #belgium #ardennes #bastogne #tank #panzer #history

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COMBAT TACTICS of 2nd SS DAS REICH division in NORMANDY 1944 EXPLAINED: Waffen SS vs US ARMY in WW2
COMBAT TACTICS of 2nd SS DAS REICH division in NORMANDY 1944 EXPLAINED: Waffen SS vs US ARMY in WW2 YouTube video by EPIC FACTS REVIEW

This video presents wartime documents detailing the tactics of the 2.SS Panzer Division in the Battle of Normandy 1944 by its tank regiment commander.

Check it out!

#History #WWII #Tanks #WW2 #dday #normandy #caen #ww2history #worldwar2 #tank #panzer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Zv...

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Original post on sueden.social

ear #trump ,
in recent time you did not ask or inform #Europe because of nothing you did in the past. You did simply what you thing is good for #americafirst .
Fair enough!
We are thankful in #Germany (at least now) that #america helped European states to #defendDemocracy in #worldwar2 and we […]

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The yellow square, seen here on a Spitfire Mk IA, was to let the pilot know of a gas attack as the square would change colour. As the threat of gas attacks rescinded, these squares were not used as much. #WW2 #WorldWar2

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Leigh Walker will be 100 years old if she lives ‘til November. Her daughter had no idea that she was one of the ‘Rosies’ during #WorldWar2. She decided to reveal her secret to raise public awareness about #war. “If people would think how awful wars were, they wouldn't have wars. You have to go […]

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A US M4A3 Sherman tank belonging to the 12th Armoured Division heads past the small town of Schneeberg, Germany - 1945 #wa2 #worldwar2 #shermantank #tank #usarmy #schneeberg #germany #sherman

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There's so much evocative symbolism in this beautiful D-Day piece!

#UKMakers #DDay #WorldWar2 #landscapeart

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German tank Commander Otto Carius (left) takes the opportunity for a photo in front of his Tiger 1 - Eastern Front, date unknown
#ww2 #worldwar2 #easternfront #ussr #sovietunion #tigertank #tiger #tank

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Photo of racks of bombes (early computers) with WRNS standing at the end of some of them.

Photo of racks of bombes (early computers) with WRNS standing at the end of some of them.

#OnThisDay, 25 Mar 1941, the first WRNS arrive at Bletchley Park in the UK. They operate the Bombe machines used for decoding German Enigma messages. Their work helps shorten WW2.

At its peak, 75% of the workforce at Bletchley were women.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #History 🗃️

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In January 1943, Margaret Bourke White was on a bombing raid over Tunisia for LIFE magazine. In September this same year, she will be back in Tunisia, staying at the Ennejma Ezzahra Palace, while Captain Sally Bagby is there. Women in Uniform in #WorldWar2

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I think this is fabulous!! Check out my Plane Collection linda-howes.pixels.com/featured/a-f...

#FullyRestoredB17 #WorldWarllB17 #wallartforsale #wallart #gifts #giftideas #plane #aircraft #ShooShooShooBaby #Worldwar2 #MilitaryAircraft #flyingfortress #warplane

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A group of German civilians watch as Soviet tanks enter the city of Berlin, Germany 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #berlin #Germany #soviet #tanks #history

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studio photo of Éliane Plewman in civvies. She is a white woman with dark hair.

studio photo of Éliane Plewman in civvies. She is a white woman with dark hair.

#OnThisDay, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #SOE 🗃️

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#trivia #history #worldwar2 #servicedogs #julianathegreatdane

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