RT @rgpoulussen: Royal Navy versus Kriegsmarine. #WW2 #HISTORY https://t.co/uK5cofyoFl Capt_Navy

RT @WWIIpix: Footage of German battleship Bismarck firing her guns on the British battlecruiser HMS Hood during the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Recorded from German cruiser Prinz Eugen. #WW2 https://t.co/AnsKrdlBre Capt_Navy

RT @rgpoulussen: 1945. Reverse-engineered from salvaged V1 parts, the American JB-2. Pretty similar to the Buzz Bomb. #WW2 #HISTORY https://t.co/qxdaYC49le Capt_Navy

RT @WWIIpix: AI colorized footage of probably the most famous tank duel recorded during World War II, an US M26 Pershing knocked-out a German Panther tank in the streets of Cologne (Köln), March 1945. (0:04) The Panther knocked-out a Sherman tank, one of the crew members lost his leg. #WW2 https://t.co/2yuF4EGx0N Capt_Navy

RT @RevdPye: #OTD in 1944, British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoed Junyō Maru, Japanese cargo ship used to transport prisoners. It was world's greatest sea disaster at time with 5,620 dead. 723 survivors rescued, only to be put to work in conditions similar to those of Burma Railway. #WW2 https://t.co/NuwXNpBJ4U Capt_Navy

RT @WWIIpix: This day in 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. It created a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict. #WW2 https://t.co/rZM3PuyPec Capt_Navy

R.I.P. https://t.co/H5yB8U48w2 Capt_Navy

RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1943, Stalingrad. Two days before the surrender of German forces, Generalfeldmarschall Paulus, commander 6 Armee was captured. Seen here, before his interrogation. #WW2 #HISTORY https://t.co/hWBrcYl75e Capt_Navy

I found confirmation in Russian sources that the HMS Lark was repaired and served as an auxiliary ship of the Northern Fleet. https://t.co/j3tYQfW8A4 Capt_Navy

RT @rgpoulussen: April 1945. A WAAAF (Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force) member test firing a .50-inch Browning machine gun from the Liberator aircraft's waist gun position. #WW2 #HISTORY https://t.co/5Zq6MJ7EdH Capt_Navy

RT @OnthisdayRN: #OnThisDay 1940 Lt Cdr Gerard Roope awarded #VC for bravery during attack on the German Cruiser Admiral Hipper by HMS GLOWWORM .Roope rammed the Hipper causing it to retire for repairs prompting its Captain to contact the @RoyalNavy to tell of Roope’s bravery. #ww2 https://t.co/pD4AcgAess Capt_Navy

RT @WWIIpix: This day in 1945, the Soviet Union declares war on the Empire of Japan. Despite a strong Japanese army comprised of a million men awaiting them, the Soviet force swept into China, Korea and the Kuril Islands, forcing a rapid retreat. #WW2 https://t.co/DSJuPPnpDa Capt_Navy

On Eternal Patrol https://t.co/ylnNTeKFOq Capt_Navy

Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino https://t.co/S3gxANFHeO Capt_Navy

RT @WW2Today: July 1942 The Red Army was still making a stand at Sevastopol on the Crimea which would finally fall on 4th July after an intense battle of 25 days - with many thousands of casualties on both sides. Destroyed Soviet "Maxim Gorky" naval battery. #russia #ww2 #Russian #otd #war https://t.co/06suuBOkv7 Capt_Navy

RT @klaasm67: On this day in 1945 Dutch submarine O19 struck the Ladd Reef in the South China Sea. The Dutch crew was rescued by the USS Codd. This was the only international submarine-to-submarine rescue in history. The O19 was destroyed. @kon_marine @USNavy #WW2 https://t.co/t0pgFPm5Ec Capt_Navy

RT @Tank_Archives: #OTD in 1942 a commission personally headed by Hitler began a three day long review of the Maus tank project. The design was approved, although with notes. Nevertheless, the tank was ready to be implemented in metal in 1943. #tanks #history #WW2 https://t.co/5iTGEqjaR6 Capt_Navy

RT @WWIIpix: This day in 1941, a German reconnaissance battalion reached the town of Khimki, some 17 km from Moscow city line and 27 km from the Kremlin. This marked the closest approach of German forces to the Soviet capital. The Red Army launched a counter-offensive days later. #WW2 https://t.co/43m0VlB0D5 Capt_Navy

RT @WWIIpix: Portrait of American tanker Sgt. John Parks, 4th Armored Division, no glorious propaganda smile, but the reality of war. Parks was killed on this day in 1944, shot from his hatch, fell into his tank which went up in flames from enemy fire. Nothing left but ashes. #WW2 https://t.co/9oPnuz251Z Capt_Navy

The best heavy tank that participated in the WWII.# A real beast! https://t.co/gRWQOiTnc2 Capt_Navy