Voices of WW2

D-Day in Real Time: The Invasion of Europe Begins youtu.be/PpzssGeSa2c?si… via @YouTube

Bomb bay camera in a TBF-1 Avenger from USS Essex captures the moment of bomb release over the Pasig River in downtown Manila, Luzon, Philippines, 14 November 1944

The Invasion of Eniwetok Pt. 4 #shorts youtube.com/shorts/R4Fy7ul… via @YouTube

British Lancaster bombers of No 50 Squadron RAF flying in loose formation over Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 23 Jul 1943

German Panzer Footage

🧵Who was the best German general of World War II? Rommel? Manstein? Guderian? Kesselring? Let’s break it down — strengths, failures, and battlefield brilliance.👇

Today in 1914, Austria-Hungary delivers a punitive 10-point ultimatum to Serbia following Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo in June. The demands, which seem designed to be rejected, target Serbian sovereignty. Serbia accepts all but one. Austria-Hungary declares war

French-built Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider howitzer in service with 212 Battery, 64th Medium Regiment, British Royal Artillery, North Africa, 23 Jul 1942

German Nazi Party electioneers at Mary's Church (Marien Kirche) in Neuenmarkt, Bavaria, Germany, 23 Jul 1933

Lancasters in the cloud

P-47 Thunderbolt gun camera captures a fellow fighter's strafing run on a Luftwaffe airfield at extreme low level in 1944, low enough that one can observe the dust thrown up by spent cartridges hitting the ground #guncamera

Japanese type 96 automatic cannon in Saipan The 25mm Type 96 was an automatic cannon used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was mainly used as an anti-aircraft cannon over fixed-barrel, both single-barrel and two-to-three-barrel batteries, but it was also…

WW2: British Army Footage

🧵Who was the BEST American Admiral of World War II? A thread on leadership, strategy, and the man who helped win the Pacific.👇

The Battleship that Fired the Last Shots of WW2 #shorts youtube.com/shorts/NPtlw3Z… via @YouTube

A Sherman fires at Japanese forces following their breakout in the Pegu Yomas mountain range in Burma, 21 July 1945. Film: IWM JFU 283

22 July 1944 During an air attack on a Japanese seaplane base and barge landing at Kokas, Enga, Dutch New Guinea, a Douglas A-20G-25-DO Havoc light attack bomber, serial number 43-9432, was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire and crashed into the sea. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant James L.…

Thomas Kinkaid aboard USS Enterprise, 22 Jul 1942; note radio direction finding loop in foreground

The Invasion of Eniwetok Pt. 3 #shorts youtube.com/shorts/hHA-Za4… via @YouTube

Royal Australian Navy Captain John Collins aboard HMAS Sydney, Mediterranean Sea, 22 July 1940