History Dashboard

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[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@vintagemapstore I'm always amazed that modern day Scandinavia and Ukraine/Russia were seemingly unknown despite being relatively close by. I'm assuming it was a matter of local tribes being extremely unwelcoming to traders, but still surprising given the later trade routes along the Volga river.

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@MilHistNow Overlord was a 10/10 operation from start to finish!

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@amazingmap Jonas is definitely the wild card 😂

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

The scale of production in WW2 is simply incredible. 3 quarters of a million planes produced in under 6 years 🤯

#WW2

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@BrilliantMaps It helps explains how much easier it would have been for humans to cross the Sahara back then - I wonder how many significant archeological remains are buried in those sands. Presumably there would have been significant trade with Egypt?

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@RomeInTheEast The 2nd Punic War generation just for the amount of punishment they took, refusing to surrender and coming out on top in the end - the historical equivalent of Rocky Balboa

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@MichaelButtonX Does that make it the oldest door in Britain?

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@TodayinHistory It always amazes me how many people died building it in awful winter conditions - 30,000 seems to be the generally held estimate - all that beauty came at a heavy price!

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

Visual data is powerful data

[📜Echoes of Empire📜 @EchoesofEmpire_]

Royal Navy casualties by ship comparison for the Battle of Camperdown, Battle of Trafalgar and Battle of Jutland.

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@EchoesofEmpire_ Very cool - are the ship sizes shown to scale? I would have thought the Jutland ships would be larger, although that might make the display unwieldy

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

Great to see quality documentaries offering curated companion content - I can see a world where interactive dashboards would really add value to viewers 👀

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Unlock more history with curated companion content for each new episode of 'World War II with Tom Hanks.' This week, explore the dramatic opening chapters of the war—from Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the Blitz over Britain to Operation Barbarossa. https://t.co/jjoMEqg4ZX

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@WWIImuseum Great idea, always helpful to delve deeper into the history for those of us addicted to context

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

@penswordbooks Thanks for making such amazing books available

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

An amazing picture - were Spitfires the best fighters of #WW2 ?

[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

Supermarine Spitfire Mark VCs of No. 2 Squadron SAAF photographed over the Adriatic Sea during a bombing mission to the Sangro River battlefront.

Image: IWM (CNA 2102)

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

WWII aircraft production ramped up at an extraordinary pace — but which single year produced the most aircraft overall?

The answer surprised me when I visualised the data month-by-month.

This might be the clearest visualisation I’ve seen of the industrial scale of WW2.

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

Which country produced the most aircraft during WW2?

USA dominated, but the stories behind Germany, USSR, and Japan are fascinating, particularly given the scale of strategic bombing!

Data: WW2 aircraft production database project in progress.

[History Dashboard @historydashb]

US aircraft production completely outpaced every other major power after 1941.

By 1944, the United States was producing nearly 100,000 aircraft annually.

Data: WW2 aircraft production database project in progress.