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Benito Mussolini reviewing a warship in Taranto, #Italy, June 21, 1942.

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[Range Days in France @RangeDays]

Another nice WH ammo find of late! This time its the special Charge 6 propelling charge for the 10.5cm Le FH 18 series of howitzers normally found at Regimental level. Again it has great paint, labels and markings. It'll be on the stall at Malvern later in the year.

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Survivors of the USS Princeton (CVL 23) adrift in a lifeboat at sea as seen from USS Cassin Young (DD 793), on October 24, 1944.

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The crew of M4 Sherman tank 'Eternity' checking the tank after landing at Red Beach 2, #Sicily, on July 10, 1943.

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Tribute to a killed American soldier erected by French civilians

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A PBM-3D Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-216 being hoisted onto seaplane tender USS Chandeleur, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, on June 24, 1944.

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US Army 1st Infantry in the Hurtgen Forest

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1st SS Panzer Division tank in the Ardennes Forest

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US Marines march to a Bloody encounter at Hell’s Point on Guadalcanal

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US Marine keeping guard on Guadalcanal.

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1944 - Capture of St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte In Normandy. Allies take Grosseto and Terni in Italy.

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US Marine shooting his Bar on Guadalcanal

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#German soldiers somewhere on the eastern front in February, 1943.

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Three Beaufighter Mark IF night fighters of No. 600 Squadron RAF based at Colerne, Wiltshire, flying in starboard echelon formation over Europe, 1943.

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Sorry for being gone so long, for something big in the works.

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WWII Picture of the Day - A US Marine infantryman firing a BAR at enemy positions.

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Men of the U.S. 5th Marine Division moving inland off the beach after coming ashore on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. #History #WWII

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

Astonishment at Emperor's broadcast across Japan. 100s of soldiers commit suicide. 100+ Allied prisoners in Tokyo murdered by captors.

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

Attempted coup by Japanese officers at Kyūjō Palace has failed; rebels commit suicide having failed to stop Emperor's surrender message.