#Allied invasion

[vox-anglosphere]

D-Day paratroopers over Juno Beach on 6 June 1944 and in 2004

#D-Day Anniversary #RCAF #Canadian paratroopers #WWII #Allied invasion #Normandy #On this day #6 June 1944 #UK

[theworldatwar]

A US army .30 cal. machine gunner and a rifleman (with a carbine), of the 87th Infantry Division, 3rd Army - Koblenz, Germany, March 1945

#world war two #1940s #worldwar2photos #history #ww2 #wwii #ww2 history #wwii era #world war 2 #ww2history #usmc #usarmy #koblenz #1945 #germany #allies #allied invasion

[forgotten-dead-shadow]

The Crazy Plan that Changed WWII : Operation "Operation Mincemea" #incrediblehistory #history

#Operation Mincemeat #World War II #deception #intelligence #D-Day #Sicily #Allied invasion #British Intelligence #Ewen Montagu #code name #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda #World War 2 #military history #secret history #espionage #true story

[captain-price-unofficially]

American soldier taking a nap on a bed belonging to German General Hermann Goering after elements of the US 3rd Army captured his lodge. Germany, May 3, 1945.

#western allied invasion of germany #western front #may #wwii

[iceman-kazansky]

On this day, 79 years ago, 326,547 troops and 54,186 vehicles were deployed to the beaches of Normandy.

This day is better known as The Day of Days or D-day, codenamed "Operation Overlord."

#D-day #day of days #june 6 1944 #June 6th #Invasion of Normandy #Normandy #Utah #Omaha #Juno #Gold #Sword #allied forces #band of brothers #hbo war #Ww2 #ww2 veterans #wwii history #wwii germany #Douglass C-47 #Hi ho silver! #the pacific #america

[herukapadmajungiansworld]

#fake referendum #ukraine #stop russian invasion #putin war criminal #putin war ukraine russia #ukraine war #stop putin's agents usa #stop putin allies #i stand against soviet/russian imperialism #i stand with ukraine

[marsinout]

Crimea is Ukraine. That's a indisputable fact.

#even some russia's allies acknowledged the ukrainian sovereignity #crimea is ukraine #crimea #ukraine #russia is a terrorist state #russian invasion of ukraine

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS Savannah (CL-42) afire immediately after she was hit by a German guided bomb during the Salerno Operation, on September 11, 1943. Smoke is pouring from the bomb's impact hole atop the ship's number three 6/47 gun turret."

NHHC: SC 243636

#USS Savannah (CL-42) #USS Savannah #Brooklyn Class #Light Cruiser #Cruiser #Warship #Ship #Allied invasion of Italy #Italian campaign #Salerno Operation #September #1943 #World War II #World War 2 #WWII #WW2 #WWII History #History #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #USN #Navy #my post

[valyrfia]

what you thing about Max using Grindr. I wonder if he was just joking. I don’t want to speculate about his sexuality/relationships but I saw these threads about him being fruity and damn….something is up

I mean generally he does also strike me as the kind of guy to be an incredibly supportive ally but between you and me anon he defaulted to grindr in that list of dating apps a little too quick.

Also frankly how straight can you remain with Daniel Ricciardo and Charles Leclerc around you 24/7.

#and here’s my best friend max verstappen he’s an ally. speak max! ALLY! #yeah i don’t mind jokes but I’m not seriously speculating because that feels invasive as hell #lestappen #anon

[heathercauthor]

Incorrect Book Quote

Lloyd: You're telling me you were a Merc for hire, commited murder and other crimes, been tortured, drowned, and beaten

Feng: yes

Lloyd: and you're afraid of our five foot tall rebel alien healer?

Feng: *holding his broken arm* yes please don't tell her I did it again

#book tumblr #scifibooks #earth sucks #ya fiction #humans are space orcs #apocalypse #alien invasion #alien x human #indie books #humans and aliens #unlikely allies #humans are stupid #humans are space raccoons

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

I desperately need the Thrawn stans (specifically novel Thrawn Stans) to remember that Thrawns whole deal is rebuilding the Empire and fighting the New Republic.

#I see so many people saying Thrawn wouldn't attack the New Republic when that's literally his whole deal. #He's the guy who rebuilds the Empire and attacks the Republic. #The famous story he's in that influenced the rest of Star Wars is about him trying to rebuild the Empire and destroy the Republic. #Also Thrawns evil. #I need you to remember that Thrawns an evil imperialist. His justifications for the Empire are the same as the British Empire used in Afric #Also Thrawns a crap choice to protect the Galaxy from a larger threat. #In Legends he would've lost brutally to the Yuuzhan Vong who were defeated by the Jedi and only ever could've been defeated by the Jedi. #Thrawn is playing military sci-fi in a Faerie Tale world and keeps making the shocked Pikachu expression when the Faerie Tale stuff shows u #The only difference between Thrawns Empire and the Emperors is that Thrawn would build fleets instead of Planet Killers. #In new Canon I think the Jedi would grind the Grysk into the ground before they even captured 3 worlds outside the Unknown Regions. #star wars ahsoka #star wars #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn #ahsoka tano #star wars thrawn #Ahsoka series #The Yuuzhan Vong lost because of a mix of internal revolution and being spread thin militarily #Thrawn would have successfully contained the Yuuzhan Vong invasion for a while but ultimately his forces would've become distracted. #Also the YV would've allied with Rebel Cells providing them their technology and weapons. #Thrawns control of the Empire would further collapse because of all the corrupt officials who would be embezzling funds or resources. #Thrawns fleets would fall into disarray and he'd be assassinated by a YV pretending to be a low ranking Stormtrooper or a slave or somethin #The YV wars were won because the Jedi inspired a religious reformation. #YV versus the Imperials would've led to YV victory.

[vox-anglosphere]

On this day in 1944, the hinge of European history began to turn.

#On this day #6 June 1944 #Juno Beach #France #WWII #Normandy landings #Allied invasion #British Army #Europe #Operation Overlord #US Army #armed forces #Canadian Army

[mythosphere]

Everyone makes a big deal about invading Russia during the winter but no one talks about the Utter Clownery required to invade Sicily literally every time it's happened.

#and by every time i mean the sicilian expedition of 411 BCE and the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 #operation mincemeat is so funny #and the deherming of the herms?? buffonery #tagamemnon #history #this is just a crossover of my subject areas #classics #ancient history #world war two

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Leon Gautier (October 27, 1922 - July 3, 2023)

#Leon Gautier #D-Day #World War II #1944 #Normandy #France #French green berets #Sword beach #Emmanuel Macron #General Charles de Gaulle #Free French Naval Forces #French Navy #Free French Forces #Allies #war #D-Day invasion #war veteran

[captain-price-unofficially]

An American soldier poses with the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the treasures Nazi Germany pilfered during WWII. 1945

#Western Allied invasion of Germany #wwii #western front

[junotter]

sometimes researching for avatar redesigns has you 6 layers deep into the Japan's Meiji era allies wiki

#im trying to mess with some of the stuff that feels weird about the ways the fire nation is depicted idk #like i do not feel optically it is good for like them to be so heavily based on japan's imperialist actions #while dressed in clothes that come from places japan colonized #but i dont want it to just be solely japanese though i did draw zuko and azula in hakama but its largely cause i wanted to draw hakama #and like the only place with strong japanese influence being kiyoshi island and my own frustration with the modern day samurai depiction #i think fundamentally it isnt a choice that had as much thought as i am putting in put into it but it does raise an eyebrow for me #anyway i think keeping the thai influence is fine despite the brief invasion japan had into thailand due to thailand then allying with japa #and further allying with the axis due to allying with japan #ugh and ive been told not to think this much about it because its fiction but its also fiction so so so heavily based on real places #and when you base fiction on real cultures you fall into some unintentional pitfalls #i also fucking hate the royal fire nation robes they look so meh and the most costumey out of everything in the show #they look like heavy blankets despite being a supposedly hot nation #theres ways to have heavy robes (heian era japan) but they look like i make them out of fleece and velvet blankets #back to kiyoshi island i think the really only aesthetically japanese reference in the show being an island of noble warriors is lame #plus over done #it feels like nowadays theres a lot of people who get all whiney about people saying fire nation is based off japan #but like dude the creators in the comics and korra like go even more into the japanese influence and clearly it was the original intentions #also i do think you could do some pretty interesting world building by having say there be an older cultural influence on kiyoshi island #from the fire nation especially if the place is established as a central port area then you tie in some okinawan or even hawaiian reference #and gives an explanation that makes sense to why kiyoshi stands out from the rest of the earth kingdom you have long term cultural trading #and it establishes interesting relationships even pre kiyoshi time thereby drawing back onto some real historic references #cause for awhile ryukyu china and japan used to be this trading triangle which could explain some of these various influences going on #i think you can get a really interesting harmony when you create the fire nation out of a mix of japan and thailand #i mean both have these floating buildings due to living on some pretty wet lands and theres harmony in that mix #god i did see one person go like “fire nation is more based on china because theres a lot of red and red is important in china” #my brother in christ red is also important in japan #red is important in like many many asian cultures #i mean of course a lot of that importance stems from china and cultural exchange with china but idk kinda silly to say with your whole ches #like if you want to bring china in then the dragons are the biggest thing like sure some mythos has dragons in japan #but a lot of those comes from china in some way