Jonathan Ware
@ReassessHistory
Enquiries: DM. Military Historian. 'Valuable' according to IWM. Jocks, Dragons and Sospans: Through Normandy with 53rd Welsh Division (2022). #WW2 #SWW #History
It's time for @ReassessHistory's WW2 History 2020 Thread easy reference compendium. *there's a mouthful /1 #WW2 #SWW #History
The indomitable Bryan De Grineau sketched the newly reformed British Army on exercise in December 1940, for the Illustrated London News. 40000 troops on a Corps level scheme (5 Corps) testing the lessons learned from May/June 1940. Under the tutelage of Sir Alan Brooke.…
Victory Parade at the end of WW2 with the Highland Division 🏴🇬🇧
Memorial at Slapton Sands in Devon, presented by the US Army. Dedicated to the 3000 local people who “generously left their homes and lands” in 1943 to allow the beach to be used as a practice area for the Normandy landings in 1944. #D-Day #WW2 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Some of whom landed after 6 June 1944. A pity, as context makes the accounts much more engaging. We shouldn't stay trapped on 6 June.
Fleeing Nazi persecution, 10,000 German and Austrian Jews joined the British Forces during World War Two. They became affectionately known as 'Churchill’s German Army'. Here are 8 Powerful Quotes from German Jews Who Fought for Britain on D-Day: (🧵)
Dawn broke over Hill 112, and all hell broke loose. The Scots Greys charged to rescue the 5/DCLI, slamming into German armor in a brutal, close-quarters tank battle. 60mm giants clashed on a massive 12x20' battlefield! GMs Gesser, Gesser & Hogge brought the fire. #Historicon2025
Did you know that Nazi Germany used slave labour to manufacture many Maybach engines? #WW2 #SWW #History
Everyone knows Maybach for luxury cars… But did you know this brand once powered some of the most iconic tanks of WWII? 🔧 The legendary Maybach HL230 P30 wasn’t just an engine - it was a V12, 23.1-liter powerhouse, producing nearly 700 horsepower at 3,000 rpm. Specifically…
It's often all too easy to forget how many British and Canadian officers interchangeably served in each other's formations! Such as Major Gerald Petty in 3rd Canadian Division. #WW2 #SWW #History
Here is a photo from ‘Thunder Run’, captioned: Meiktila Main Airfield was the lifeblood of Cowan’s plan. It had to be held, cleared each morning by the RAF Regiment and 9th Brigade, 5th Indian Division, and repaired by men like Roger Browning of 751 Mechanical Equipment Platoon,…
The Future Development of Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Guns by Lt-Col RH Bright, RUSI Journal, August 1944. #WW2 #SWW #History
Three Kings in North Africa, August 1942 #WW2 #SWW #History
A snapshot of a moment in time? Or a convenient bookmark many years later? #WW2 #SWW #History
Nice thread, my Grandad, Jimmy McNiffe, was a plant operator with 4 GHQ RE, 21st Army group.
King George VI inspecting 3rd Canadian Division, from RUSI Journal November 1941. #WW2 #SWW #History
In just five days of action in Normandy 1944, Second British Army suffered 9,000 casualties - high intensity peer to peer warfare. This outstripped casualty estimates. Our current Army could not absorb such casualties or regenerate from such losses. We need to be prepared.
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