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11 ore fa · Nell’anno in cui ricorre l’80esimo anniversario dello sbarco in Normandia del 6 giugno 1944 – evento che cambiò le sorti dell’Europa e del mondo intero – Rodolfo Namias Editore pubblica D-Day. The Normandy Landings. The Liberation of Europe. (The Best Photos) (D-Day. Lo sbarco in Normandia. La Liberazione d’Europa.
11 ore fa · Private Edwin James Hills, L/5697, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Edwin James Hills was born in 1882 in Sutton, Surrey, to Edwin, and Rebecca McLean, he had two brothers and five sisters. He enlisted in the 17th Lancers and served between 1903 and 1911. Edwin on mobilisation joined the 2nd Life Guards in France on the 31st October 1914 ...
11 ore fa · July 19, 1943. On July 19, 1943, during Operation Crosspoint, [10] Rome was bombed by 521 Allied planes. Between 11 a.m. and 12 noon, 150 Allied B-17 Flying Fortresses attacked the San Lorenzo freight yard and steel factory. In the afternoon, the second target was the Littorio marshalling yard on the northern side of Rome.
11 ore fa · Portsmouth City Council Leader Cllr Steve Pitt said: “These new pop-up museums tell of the city’s key role in the build up and events of D-Day, when thousands of troops set sail from Portsmouth to embark on the largest seaborne invasion in history. “Following the huge D-Day 80 commemorations hosted by Portsmouth in June, we are bringing ...
11 ore fa · You know, Normandy, you had a stench of death on the clothes you slept in, you're spitting all the time, some guys chew tobacco, some guys got liquor somehow and when you see bodies every day like your age and you look at the condition in which many of them are, do not be afraid, do not forget that you are about to embark on the great crusade to confront this growing aggression and make no ...
11 ore fa · Bomb made its way uninterrupted from the beaches of Normandy on D-Day all the way into Germany on VE Day without a single hiccup, one of the few tanks to do such a drive during the war. Bomb was an M4A2 variant of the Sherman tank, the 898th built at General Motors’ Fisher Tank Arsenal in Michigan. The M4A2 was a diesel-powered variant of the ...
11 ore fa · Royal Marine Commandos attached to 3rd Division move inland from Sword Beach on the Normandy coast, 6 June 1944 In January 1945, two further RM Brigades were formed, 116th Brigade and 117th Brigade. Both were conventional Infantry, rather than in the Commando role. 116th Brigade saw some action in the Netherlands , but 117th Brigade was hardly used operationally.
