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RT @RNshiplosses: 16 Dec 1942 // Destroyer HMS Firedrake was torpedoed and sunk in mid-Atlantic by German submarine U-211 while on convoy escort duty. She broke in two, her bow sinking at once and her stern five hours later. 114 of her 140 crew were lost. (Image © @I_W_M FL 10040) #RoyalNavy #WW2 https://twitter.com/RNshiplosses/status/1603671607083520000/photo/1
RT @RNshiplosses: 16 Dec 1942 // Destroyer HMS Firedrake was torpedoed and sunk in mid-Atlantic by German submarine U-211 while on convoy escort duty. She broke in two, her bow sinking at once and her stern five hours later. 114 of her 140 crew were lost. (Image © @I_W_M FL 10040) #RoyalNavy #WW2 https://twitter.com/RNshiplosses/status/1603671607083520000/photo/1
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RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1941, Derna, North Africa. A 7.2-inch howitzer and its crew in action. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1620690323038171138/photo/1
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1941, Derna, North Africa. A 7.2-inch howitzer and its crew in action. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1620690323038171138/photo/1
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RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943. Able Seaman R.J. Allen from Truro. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1651471271648018432/photo/1
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943. Able Seaman R.J. Allen from Truro. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1651471271648018432/photo/1
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RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1941. The Bismarck seen in the distance from a Fairey Swordfish from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious just before the torpedo attack. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1661987942322020353/photo/1
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1941. The Bismarck seen in the distance from a Fairey Swordfish from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious just before the torpedo attack. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1661987942322020353/photo/1
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On June 10th 1940, the Norwegian forces in Norway signed a capitulation agreement.
The King and the Government had by then departed for the UK to continue the war from exile, along with parts of the Navy.
Our merchant fleet would prove vital in the months and years ahead.
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@URDailyHistory:
10 June 1940: Norway surrenders to Germany. Germany invaded on April 9. After the Soviet Union, #Norway held out longer, 62 days, than any other nation that was invaded by #Germany during World War II. #WWII #WW2 #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/tk8s6Jux7n https://t.co/q1IHGeqfTC
On June 10th 1940, the Norwegian forces in Norway signed a capitulation agreement.
The King and the Government had by then departed for the UK to continue the war from exile, along with parts of the Navy.
Our merchant fleet would prove vital in the months and years ahead.
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@URDailyHistory:
10 June 1940: Norway surrenders to Germany. Germany invaded on April 9. After the Soviet Union, #Norway held out longer, 62 days, than any other nation that was invaded by #Germany during World War II. #WWII #WW2 #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/tk8s6Jux7n https://t.co/q1IHGeqfTC
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RT @LarsGyllenhaal: This Swedish American #WW2 veteran recently turned 103 but passed away this weekend. Thelma Sanders was an army nurse in the jungles of China Burma & India for most of 1943-45 and endured real hardship there but decided to after the war continue saving others. A real hero that... https://twitter.com/LarsGyllenhaal/status/1671137475962478593/photo/1
RT @LarsGyllenhaal: This Swedish American #WW2 veteran recently turned 103 but passed away this weekend. Thelma Sanders was an army nurse in the jungles of China Burma & India for most of 1943-45 and endured real hardship there but decided to after the war continue saving others. A real hero that... https://twitter.com/LarsGyllenhaal/status/1671137475962478593/photo/1
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RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1944. Battleship Tirpitz, a tough nut to crack. A Lancaster flying over smokescreens in Kaa Fjord, Norway. #WW2 #HISTORY
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1944. Battleship Tirpitz, a tough nut to crack. A Lancaster flying over smokescreens in Kaa Fjord, Norway. #WW2 #HISTORY
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RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor airfield. Following their briefing, Handley Page Halifax crews from 76 Squadron boarding their transports, before a raid to Kassel. Of the 569 aircraft used in the attack, 43 were lost, of which 25 were Halifaxes. #WW2 #HISTORY
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor airfield. Following their briefing, Handley Page Halifax crews from 76 Squadron boarding their transports, before a raid to Kassel. Of the 569 aircraft used in the attack, 43 were lost, of which 25 were Halifaxes. #WW2 #HISTORY
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RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor airfield. Following their briefing, Handley Page Halifax crews from 76 Squadron boarding their transports, before a raid to Kassel. Of the 569 aircraft used in the attack, 43 were lost, of which 25 were Halifaxes. #WW2 #HISTORY
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor airfield. Following their briefing, Handley Page Halifax crews from 76 Squadron boarding their transports, before a raid to Kassel. Of the 569 aircraft used in the attack, 43 were lost, of which 25 were Halifaxes. #WW2 #HISTORY
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RT @rgpoulussen: One of my favourite pictures. (#OTD in 1942, El Alamein. #WW2 #HISTORY)
RT @rgpoulussen: One of my favourite pictures. (#OTD in 1942, El Alamein. #WW2 #HISTORY)
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RT @rgpoulussen: We did our bit in #WW2. (#OTD in 1941, Dutch sub O-21 torpedoed U-95 in the Mediterranean. 12 Germans survived, 35 died. #HISTORY)
RT @rgpoulussen: We did our bit in #WW2. (#OTD in 1941, Dutch sub O-21 torpedoed U-95 in the Mediterranean. 12 Germans survived, 35 died. #HISTORY)