Explorers find bell from #WWII ship that sank with 167 crew on board https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explorers-uss-dehaven-wreckage-wwii-torpedoes-bell/ #History
Explorers find bell from #WWII ship that sank with 167 crew on board https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explorers-uss-dehaven-wreckage-wwii-torpedoes-bell/ #History
Grumman TBF Avenger makes a pass at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #TBF #Avenger #Grumman #Torpedo #WWII #Warbird #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025
https://www.alojapan.com/1327552/ex-residents-of-russian-controlled-islands-off-hokkaido-want-grave-site-visits-resumed/ Ex-residents of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido want grave-site visits resumed #Etorofu #Habomai #Hokkaido #HokkaidoTopics #Kunashiri #NorthernTerritories #Russia #RUSSIAJAPANRELATIONS #Shikotan #SovietUnion #wwii #北海道 Sapporo – Former residents of four islands off the east coast of Hokkaido who were driven off by an invasion by the Soviet Union during the last days of World War II are stepping up pressure on the government to convinc
Former residents of islands off the coast of Hokkaido, driven off by a Soviet invasion at the end of World War II, want the government to convince Russia to allow them to visit their ancestral grave sites on the islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/northern-territories-grave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #russia #russiajapanrelations #sovietunion #wwii #kunashiri #etorofu #shikotan #habomai #northernterritories
Andrée Dupeyron French civil & military aviator. Working class background, ran a garage. Earned pilot's license 1933, soon broke international long distance flying records. Public took her to hearts, nicknamed "La mère de famille volante" as all her family flew. #WWII flew for Free French Air Force & Premier corps de pilotes militaires féminins. d. #OTD 22 Jul 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9e_Dupeyron
@histodons @CarveHerName #Wikipedia
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece https://www.byteseu.com/1214495/ #AmericanHistory #AncientHistory #AncientHistoryBlog #AncientPhilosophy #ArtBlog #ArtistsBlog #ContemporaryArt #EuropeanHistory #Greece #HistoryBlog #HistoryOfPolitics #HistoryOfReligion #LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory #MedievalHistory #MilitaryHistory #ModernArt #ModernPhilosophy #philosophy #PhilosophyBlog #RenaissanceHistory #TravelAndCulture #WorldHistory #WWI #wwii
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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https://www.europesays.com/2263886/ Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece #AmericanHistory #AncientHistory #AncientHistoryBlog #AncientPhilosophy #ArtBlog #ArtistsBlog #ContemporaryArt #EuropeanHistory #greece #HistoryBlog #HistoryOfPolitics #HistoryOfReligion #LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory #MedievalHistory #MilitaryHistory #ModernArt #ModernPhilosophy #philosophy #PhilosophyBlog #RenaissanceHistory #TravelAndCulture #WorldHistory #wwi #WWII #Ελλάδα #νεα
Antonina Grégoire #Belgian business engineer, feminist, communist. member of International Red Aid, 1938 tried to help political prisoners incarcerated in Moabit prison Berlin. #WWII ran intelligence gathering section for Belgian Partisans Armés resistance. Husband betrayed & died in concentration camp. Involved in post war politics before being expelled from Communist Party because of her "bourgeois origins". d. #OTD 21 Jul 1952 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonina_Gr%C3%A9goire @histodons @CarveHerName #Wikipedia
OTD in 1944 Operation GAFF began. It was tasked with killing or capturing Erwin Rommel near his headquarters along the Seine in #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/seine-river-art-history-monet/la-roche-guyon.html?s=mb #WWII #history
Jake Larson, WWII veteran who became TikTok star 'Papa Jake', has died at 102
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-s1-5474119/papa-jake-larson-wwii-veteran-obit
D-Day Remembered: Omaha Beach Survivor Jake Larson Shares His Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1akWaSdf30
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Beach
Kate Sheridan leaves Ireland for London seeking freedom and work. But war looms and danger lurks. She meets Charlie Butler, a dashing pilot who charms her, but can she trust him? Will their love survive their families' objections and the trials of war?
Amazon - http://myBook.to/intotheunknown
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#IntoTheUnknownByLornaPeel #BooksByLornaPeel #WW2Fiction #WWII #WW2 #HistoricalRomance #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Paperback #Bookstodon @bookstodon
The only flying example of of a PBJ-1J (Navy version of the B-25) N5865V makes a pass at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #USN #B25 #PBJ #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9 #Warbird #WWII
In Honor of My Maternal Great‑Grandfather, Joseph Gero
U.S. Army - World War I & World War II
Company C, 5th Infantry Regiment
Honorably Discharged
Born in 1885 in Budapest, Hungary, Joseph served his country with courage across two World Wars, a legacy of strength, resilience, and patriotism.
In Honor of My Paternal Great‑Grand Uncle, Staff Sergeant Leonard F. Johnson
U.S Army - World War II
Killed in Action
Company F, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, part of the 2nd Armored Division during World War II.
His name is commemorated on the 2nd Armored Division Memorial in Geleen, The Netherlands.
Random book from our personal library:
In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story as Told by David McCullough
The "Second Happy Time" of Hitler's submarines came to an end OTD in 1942, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/bletchley-park/?s=mb #WWII #history
Was Gandhi Zen? The Japanese Buddhist tradition may jive with some of the Indian activist’s beliefs, in spite of its martial connotations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/japan/history/gandhi-nonviolence-suzuki-zen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #mohandasgandhi #india #indiajapanrelations #wwii #zen #zenbuddhism #daisetztsuzuki #japanesethought