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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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ParadoxTrick @paradoxtrick.bsky.social · 1h

Did it fulfill any of these roles effectively? To do so many things may mean that it does none of them very well? Interested in people's thoughts on this! @hushkit.bsky.social ??

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Steve Hunnisett @blitzwalker.bsky.social · 2h

His steel helmet is marked “SP” indicating that he’s part of a Stretcher Party, as you say part of the ARP service. The white helmet indicates he’s a squad leader.

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Philip Whitehead @psw100.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks, as ever, RG, for your OTD posts and commentaries. They are always interesting and thought provoking 👍.

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

A captured Junkers Ju 88. (One of the most versatile combat aircraft of #WW2. It served as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, heavy fighter and at the end of the war, as a flying bomb. #HISTORY)

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1942, North Africa. A new engine is made ready for fitting into a Stuart tank from 7 Armoured Division. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

War, is indiscriminate. (#OTD in 1940. A member from the ARP (Air Raid Precautions) carrying a dead baby in wrapped in a cloth. #WW2 #HISTORY)

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1941. "A party of seven officers and forty other ranks arrived at Gourock aboard two Polish Navy destroyers. They had escaped from various POW camps and were picked up by the ships." #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1918. Men from 4 Royal Leicestershire firing at German snipers and machine gunners on the edge of the Bois de Requerval. (Is the officer about to blow the whistle?) #WW1 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1940, Huntly-Turniff road in Banffshire, Scotland. Morris Quad and 4.5-inch howitzer from 51 "Highland" Infantry Division. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1918, Bohain, France. Soldier from 4 Royal Leicestershire with children wearing German Pickelhauben. #WW1 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1940. Soldiers collecting for the Spitfire Fund using the fuselage of a Heinkel He 111 as a focus of interest for locals. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1942, North Africa. A Valentine tank crew member. His thoughts are clearly back home, whilst shaving. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 6h

#OTD in 1942, North Africa. A jeep and camouflaged Sherman tanks of HQ 2 Armoured Brigade. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 17h

The new Dexter is pretty good!

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 21h

What a splendid thought. 😂

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 21h

What a splendid thought. 😂

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Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 1d

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 9th October 1940. Between heavy showers, several formations of Bf 109s crossed the coast, primarily aiming for London. From 11am to 1pm, over 100 fighters and Jabos were involved, then from 2pm another wave of some 150 aircraft appeared.
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Messerschmitt 109 fighter on a French airfield, carrying a single 250kg bomb on an under fuselage rack. A Luftwaffe airman, or possibly the pilot, is checking something in the cockpit.

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

Nice fly-by, I think. #GoodMorning

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

The formidable Quick-Firing 17-pounder (76.2 mm / 3 inch) anti-tank gun, in action. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1943, Lebanon. Wrens, having tea. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1917. A Guards Officer talking to a French infantryman. A derelict tank is visible in background. #WW1 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

(The King is watching.) #OTD in 1941, Inverary. Combined operations training. #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

On 22 September 1944, Canadian 3 Infantry Division and specialised armour from British 79 Armoured Division succeeded in capturing one of Hitler's "fortresses", Boulogne-sur-Mer. These are pictures taken #OTD in 1944. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1918, Cambrai area, France. Soldiers from Loyal North Lancashire wearing pickelhaubes which were found whilst on patrol (see second picture, I think there's a correlation). #WW1 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1942, Royal Wanstead School, London. 1 Scots Guards on parade. #WW2 #HISTORY

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