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RG Poulussen

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Keeping the memory of #WW2 alive by means of #OTDs. Arnhem author of two *good* books about operation Market Garden, Lost At Nijmegen & Little Sense Of Urgency (Order 😉 via https://pre-jump.nl). Can be hired as Battlefield Guide.

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · Mar 28

(Time again to promote my two books, something I tend to forget to do regularly. 😟) If you like to collect all available facts and form your own opinion about Market Garden please visit my website pre-jump.nl. (I have no marketing department so a repost is really appreciated.)

A Bridge Too Far is a Hollywood view of Market Garden. My two books are based on facts, primary sources.

Why and where did Market Garden fail? Purchase Lost at Nijmegen. All Market Garden facts from primary sources? Purchase Little Sense of Urgency

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1h

Somewhere. In Kew, possibly. 😉

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

The most versatile heavy bomber of #WW2? (It is certainly good looking. 😊)

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

After American forces had failed to capture the Dutch town of Overloon, #OTD in 1944, the British give it a try, and succeeded. The town is heavily defended by 107 Panzer Brigade, in operation Market Garden responsible for cutting the Allied lines for a short time. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

Beauty can also be found in details. #Sherman

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After capturing Boulogne-sur-Mer on 22 September 1944, Canadian 3 Infantry Division captured another of Hitler's "fortresses", Calais on 1 October. This picture is taken #OTD in 1944. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1917, Sint-Juliaan, Belgium. A knocked out British tank half submerged in mud and water. #WW1 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

(Like this one, a lot.) "Phoney War / Drôle de guerre / Sitzkrieg". #OTD in 1939. A French farmer driving a horse-drawn water cart waving his cap at the crew of a Light Tank Mark VI from 13/18 Royal Hussars. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1944, Tilbury. Men from Polish 1 Independent Parachute Brigade and a "souvenir" from Holland disembarking from LST 412. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1943, Algiers, North Africa. Off-duty "wrens" (Women's Royal Naval Service) at tea on the roof of their quarters. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1918, Cambrai, France. Men from a pioneer battalion, relaxing after clearing debris. #WW1 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1918, France. Candlesticks from the Cambrai Cathedral made up into bundles by the Germans for the sake of the metal. 🙁 #WW1 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1943, Grazzanise, Italy. Men from 7 Queen's Regiment passing a Stuart tank. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

"Phoney War / Drôle de guerre / Sitzkrieg". #OTD in 1939. Light Tank Mark VIs from 13/18 Hussars in the Vimy Ridge area. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1943, Italy. A Bishop 25-pounder self-propelled gun from 142 Field Regiment, operating at a captured airfield. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1918, France. A German war cemetery containing five thousand graves at Sailly-sur-la-Lys. #WW1 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1917, Wieltje, Belgium. A notice. #WW1 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 3h

#OTD in 1944. A 17-pounder self-propelled tank destroyer (based on the American M10) from 75 Anti-Tank Regiment (11 Armoured Division). #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 13h

Has Hamas left Gaza already? Otherwise, it's just a reset.

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 14h

Anyone can be an expert on anything. 😂

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 16h

All could have been avoided, Hamas.

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Simon @guerrillagram.bsky.social · 17h

The last two times I went to the Australian War Memorial, specifically to see G for George again, unfortunately both times the aircraft hall was under renovation and closed to the public.
Luckily, I'd visited before, and will hopefully visit again.
One of the world's great museums.

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Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 1d

11th October 1938: First flight of the Westland Whirlwind. The most heavily armed single-seat fighter in the world when introduced, it was also faster than its contemporaries at low level. However, it suffered from poor performance at altitude.
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Artwork from a vintage Airfix kit depicting a Westland Whirlwind. It’s a sleek twin inline-engined, single seat fighter with a distinctive ‘T’ position horizontal stabiliser at the top of its tailfin. Four 20mm cannon, belching fire, protrude beyond the propeller spinners. The aircraft is depicted flying above a layer of cloud, through which a column of brownish smoke is ascending. Another Whirlwind can be seen in the background.

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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1941 No 107 Sqn lost two Blenheims, crews KIA, in an attack on a two-ship convoy with a single escort, off the coast of Libya. In the first 11 days of October it lost 5 out of its 16 Blenheims.

A detailed report from both the #RAF and the Italian perspective is here. #navalhistory

A costly Strike– No 107 Squadron 11 October 1941

Background No. 107 Squadron was one of two Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV equipped light bomber squadrons on Malta during the time of Operation CRUSADER. It carried out anti-shipping strikes throughout t…

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

(1941, Tobruk.) Baywatch. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

Caption this. 😁

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