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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
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @URDailyHistory: 22 Aug 1914: At the outset of World War I and during the Battle of the Frontiers, ~ 27,000 French troops are killed. It is the single deadliest day in French military history. #RIP #history #OTD #WW1 #ad https://bit.ly/3rdxeQQ https://amzn.to/3P7a3QN
RT @URDailyHistory: 22 Aug 1914: At the outset of World War I and during the Battle of the Frontiers, ~ 27,000 French troops are killed. It is the single deadliest day in French military history. #RIP #history #OTD #WW1 #ad https://bit.ly/3rdxeQQ https://amzn.to/3P7a3QN
The Lookout (Twitter)
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
The Lookout (Twitter)
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
The Lookout (Twitter)
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
The Lookout (Twitter)
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)
The Lookout (Twitter)
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)
Danvan (Twitter)
RT @SavageSage: THEFT OF MILLENNIA: how #Moscovia rebranded itself as #Russia - vids.rawbit.ninja/B6b7WQy1Y3Q #Muscovy #Moscow #history #identity #Ukraine #Rus #Ruthenia #Rossia #Marx #KievanRus #Kiev #Kyiv
@TimothyDSnyder
RT @SavageSage: THEFT OF MILLENNIA: how #Moscovia rebranded itself as #Russia - vids.rawbit.ninja/B6b7WQy1Y3Q #Muscovy #Moscow #history #identity #Ukraine #Rus #Ruthenia #Rossia #Marx #KievanRus #Kiev #Kyiv
@TimothyDSnyder
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @Saturnax1: #SubFriday #Submarines #History @Forsvarsmakten
Wearing an admiral's uniform, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, salutes the launch of a Näcken (A14)-class diesel-electric attack submarine HMS/HSwMS Neptun (Nep) at Kockums Shipyard on August 13, 1979.
RT @Saturnax1: #SubFriday #Submarines #History @Forsvarsmakten
Wearing an admiral's uniform, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, salutes the launch of a Näcken (A14)-class diesel-electric attack submarine HMS/HSwMS Neptun (Nep) at Kockums Shipyard on August 13, 1979.
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @rgpoulussen: (Not colourised.) #OTD in 1944, Sessa Aurunca area, Italy. Forward observation officer, signaller and 5.5-inch gun "Smasher" crew, all working closely together. #WW2 #HISTORY
RT @rgpoulussen: (Not colourised.) #OTD in 1944, Sessa Aurunca area, Italy. Forward observation officer, signaller and 5.5-inch gun "Smasher" crew, all working closely together. #WW2 #HISTORY
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @rgpoulussen: War. (#OTD in 1945, Schilberg, Holland. Churchill tanks, men from 9 Durham Light Infantry and a knocked out German PaK 40 (note the big round hole in its shield). #WW2 #HISTORY)
RT @rgpoulussen: War. (#OTD in 1945, Schilberg, Holland. Churchill tanks, men from 9 Durham Light Infantry and a knocked out German PaK 40 (note the big round hole in its shield). #WW2 #HISTORY)