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Canadian LST offloading a Sherman Tank on the beach during the Allied invasion of Sicily, 1943. #History #WWII
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🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY!🚨 REPOST this for a chance to win a free copy of the thrilling new #WW2 historical fiction release from @HistriaBooks and @SimonBooks - The Golem's Holocaust by Scott Eveloff! The Golem's Holocaust follows a Jewish teenager forced into the brutality of Nazi-occupied Europe. When all hope seems lost, an ancient protector from Jewish folklore rises from legend, unfolding a story of survival, impossible choices, and quiet courage. I highly recommend checking it out - more details here: amazon.com/Golems-Holocaust-… 1 winner will be chosen & DMed (U.S. only). #HistoricalFiction
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P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft at the Republic Aviation factory in Evansville, Indiana, in 1944. #History #WWII
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Members of the Légion des Volontaires (unit of the German Army recruited among French collaborationists) fighting with the Axis on the Eastern Front in November, 1941. #History #WWII
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A U.S. Combat Correspondent with a pair of Colt Single Action Army Artillery model revolvers he picked up from the rubble during the Battle of Manila in February, 1945. #History #WWII
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A portrait of a well-armed Soviet Partisan, 1944. #History #WWII
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British troops walking past a knocked out German Panther Ausf. A in Normandy, France, in June, 1944. #History #WWII
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#Canadian troops guarding captured German troops, Berniers Sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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#British infantry waiting to move off 'Queen White' Beach, SWORD Area, while under heavy enemy fire on the morning of June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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A photograph of the American assault on Omaha Beach taken by photojournalist Robert Capa on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a soldier’s hand grenade on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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Aerial view of Utah Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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U.S. Army Rangers resting near Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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A-20 Havoc bombers of U.S. 416th Bomb Group attacking German road networks in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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LCA (Landing Craft Assault) containing men of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles head for Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. #WWII #History #DDay82
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This Day in #WWII History: Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division wade ashore on Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944 (colorization by @marinamaral2). #DDay #DDay82
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Allied troops storm the beaches of #Normandy on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade, British 2nd Army landing on 'Queen Red' sector of Sword Beach, Normandy, at 0840 on June 6, 1944. #History #WWII #DDay82
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