Buried for 80 years with the wrong name, Charlie Bob finally comes home
By James Vyver
More than a century after his real name was written out of history, a chance encounter and a lucky find at a rubbish tip restore a soldier's true identity and return him to his family.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-03/aboriginal-soldier-charlie-bob-ngakyunkwokka-name/105342320
Soviet troops pick their way through the streets of Vienna - April 1945 #vienna #austria #soviet #ww2 #streetfighting #worldwar2 #history
From Holden Thorpe’s Editorial in the May 8, 2025 issue of #Science , quoting Danielle Allen, #Harvard Professor of Political ‘Science’, #Democracy and #Philosophy who argues for a new “‘horizontal’ relationship between #universities and the #American people - one that is based on mutual respect and reciprocity. She also makes a compelling call for universities to do a better job of expressing appreciation for the support of #HigherEducation in the decades since #WorldWar2.”
US soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division celebrate VE Day at the Berchtesgaden - 8th May 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #veday #berchesgaden #bavaria #saltzburg #austria #Germany #usarmy #infantry #3rdinfantry
US troops onboard a troop carrier manage to get a meal - Sicily, Italy, 1943. CREDIT : Robert Capa #ww2 #worldwar2 #sicily #italy #troopcarrier #onboard #meal #usarmy
„Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.“
(Winston Churchill)
Never again.
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A British 4.5in anti-aircraft battery goes in to action at night - England 1940. The Predictor and the Rangefinder are in the foreground #ww2 #england #worldwar2 #antiaircraft #battery #rangefinder #predictor #battleofbritain
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There are many places to visit that the soldiers venture into; some were built to crumble and others made to stand tall. Though on the battlefield, they rise as one but fall divided. Whilst fighting on the front lines, a toxic gas was spread and made the troops sick and injured, which they soon rose back from
US troops leave their “alligator” landing craft as it hits the beach of Morotai Island, Indonesia - Sept 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #morotai #indonesia #alligator #landingcraft #beach #Pacific #usmc #usmarines #marines
#OnThisDay, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd turned 20 two weeks earlier.
She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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Australian Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman dies aged 98
By Daniela Pizzirani
Remembering the life of Yvonne Engelman, who survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-27/yvonne-engelman-dies-aged-98/105343100
German trucks filled with soldiers make their way through an unknown Polish town during the early stages of WW2 - Sept 1939 #ww2 #worldwar2 #poland #invasion #occupation #sept1939
https://www.europesays.com/uk/130714/ First Dates’ Fred Sirieix admits to arguing with wife over huge issue at home #BobMarley #Entertainment #FirstDates #FredSirieix #London2012Olympics #Love #Marriage #Periods #Prisons #Romance #Shakespeare #TeamGB #TV #UK #UnitedKingdom #WorldWar2 #WorldWarI
You can't really escape #plane except through #WorldWarTwo #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar.
The valiant WWII escape of four Australian mates
By Fiona Purcell
In the closing years of World War II, more than 500 Australian and New Zealand POWs risked capture — and death — by fleeing Nazi-occupied Italy in a 100-kilometre alpine trek to safety in Switzerland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-25/conversations-anzacs-wwii-escape-from-italy/105181572
From POWs to freedom: The forgotten alpine escape of Australian soldiers
By Fiona Purcell
In the closing years of World War II, more than 500 Australian and New Zealand POWs risked capture — and death — by fleeing Nazi-occupied Italy in a 100-kilometre alpine trek to safety in Switzerland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-25/conversations-anzacs-wwii-escape-from-italy/105181572
US artillery targets Japanese positions - Balete Pass (Dalton Pass), Philippines, March 1945. Colourized by APIECEOFJAKE #ww2 #worldwar2 #baletepass #daltonpass #pacific #philippines #artillery #usmc #howitzer #marines #usmarines
PZL.37 Łoś in Romanian Service
26 PZL.37 bombers were withdrawn to Romania after the fall of Poland, and after that seized and used in the 4th Group of the Romanian Airforce consisting of the 76th and 77th bomber escadres. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/pzl-37-los-in-romanian-service/ #PZL37Los #polishBomber #RomanianAirForce #aviation #bomber #aircraft #bomberaircraft #aeroplane #WW2 #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar
#OnThisDay, 23 May 1944, Madeleine Lavigne parachutes back into occupied France as a wireless operator for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd previously worked for the resistance as a forger and courier.
Radio operators ran the greatest risk of detection, as their position could be triangulated when they were on air.
She died in Paris of an embolism.
