#Luftwaffe

John Sickels

MinorLeagueBall

In late 1943, leaders of the German Luftwaffe went to Reichsmarshall Herman Goering and warned him that American fighters were penetrating the borders of the Reich, that P-47s Thunderbolts equipped

Baker Street Herald #W3CU

bakerstherald

Fred Koch built a High Octane Fuel Refinery for Hitler in Hamburg (after building many for Stalin) - without which the Luftwaffe & Hitler would not have had high performance

Patrick Porter

PatPorter76

The Soviet Union bled heavily to defeat fascism, true. But it was also an industrial war. US lend-lease aid was critical to converting sacrifices into victory. As Kruschev himself wrote,

Phillips P. OBrien

PhillipsPOBrien

The real answer to this question is France's contribution in the victory was extremely important--for reasons that are not always understood. Though the Germans conquered France, the Luftwaffe losses in

Stephen Moore

smooreBofB1940

1. As September ends, the 80th commemoration of the Battle of Britain continues. Whilst the Battle officially ran from 10 July to 31 October, due the dates chosen by Dowding

John Tomaney

john_tomaney

OTD in 1942, HMS Kipling, a Royal Navy destroyer, was attacked by German Stukas in the eastern Mediterranean and sunk. 29 of her crew were killed. 221 men survived, among

XBradTC

xbradtc

OK, kids. Campfire. My first duty station in Germany, as a part of the 1st Armored Division was a tiny installation known as Illesheim. I think the post was actually

Stephen Moore

smooreBofB1940

OTD (well, tonight) in 1942, the 1st of the so-called 'Baedeker' raids took place against SW England. Contrary to popular belief, these were not intended as attacks on cultural targets,

Historic Southampton

HistoricalSoton

THREAD - THE SOUTHAMPTON BLITZ:#OnThisDay eighty years ago - 23 November 1940 - the Luftwaffe targeted Southampton and the town suffered its most destructive raid of the Blitz so far.It

Jason Kenney

jkenney

I commend Members of Parliament for sitting today in a special session to address important legislation on Canada’s #COVID19 response. The work of democracy must continue, especially in challenging times!

Tony Evans

TonyEvans92a

The Battle of Britain is worth remembering. It was undoubtedly a brilliant feat of arms. However, there are loads of myths surrounding it. And its aftermath was a classic example

Trent Telenko

TrentTelenko

One of the crying shames of academic WW2 history is it's unwillingness to address what we now call electronic warfare.The Ham radio community is both different & far more useful.See:German

Marina Amaral

marinamaral2

#OnThisDay in 1940, the German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.Photo: English children huddle in a trench during a German air

Bojan Pancevski

bopanc

Short history thread: #OnThisDay Operation Retribution (Unternehmen Strafgericht) took place: Nazi Germany & its allies bombarded and then invaded Yugoslavia for refusing to side with them in WWII. 1/8 My

Ben Mayne

BattlefieldBen

The Commandos of the Second World War brought a new type of capability and would be used for many Operations such as Chariot, Jubilee and Overlord, just to name three

Conor Graham #GeoSTEM Geography Jedi 🛰️⛰️🌋🌎🌏🌍

GeoConor

Return of Luftwaffe bombers to #Belfast on the night of 4-5 May 1941 was known as the 'Fire Raid'. 1000's of incendiary & high explosives where dropped on the city