A stained-glass window at the church in Angoville-au-Plain, France in honor of the 101st Airborne Division. 🇺🇸

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82 years ago today, Cpl. Stephen Zabur & his field ambulance unit in the 5th Army work with men from a German ambulance unit to give first aid to a wounded German soldier in the Battle of Anzio. 🪖

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On the off chance you didn’t know the Father of the Army Rangers was a badass, here is William Darby on a Harley-Davidson in North Africa with his M1903 Springfield rifle. 🪖

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In 1945, two MPs “interrogate” a couple of German grade school children who were pressed into military service as the war came to a close.

In general, any German “soldier” under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.

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In 1945, two MPs “interrogate” a couple of German grade school children who were pressed into military service as the war came to a close.

In general, any German “soldier” under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.

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81 years ago today, Moroccan soldiers of the 1st French Corps fill the hands of American soldiers with candy in Rouffach, France. 🪖

The Americans are with the 12th Armored Division 🇺🇸

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In February of 1945, a paratrooper of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepares to move out after surviving his jump on Corregidor in the Philippines. 🪂

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In February of 1944, the view of an M1 155mm howitzer that blew up, killing five of its crew and wounding several others on Kwajalein. 🪖

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If you thought legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry’s coaching resume in the NFL was impressive, you should see his service record as a pilot with the 8th Air Force during WW2 ✈️

- 30 combat missions over Europe
- 3 Air Medals 🎖️
- Survived crash landing over 🇧🇪

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Marine Cpl. Robert Borrell fires a .50 caliber machine gun inside a bomber over Papua New Guinea. 🪖

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In February of 1945, Americans in their M36 Tank Destroyer near Düren Germany. 🇺🇸

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General Patton aboard the USS Augusta prior to Operation Torch in 1942. 🪖

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In February of 1945, muddy soldiers of the 76th Infantry Division clean their weapons before moving up the line in the woods near Echternach, Luxembourg. 🪖

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"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."

— William Tecumseh Sherman, born on this day in 1820.

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Today in 1763, the Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War. A defeated France cedes the vast territory of Canada to Britain in exchange for the Caribbean colonies of St Lucia, Guadeloupe & Martinique. Voltaire writes that all King Louis XV has lost is "a few acres of snow."

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Today in 1906, Great Britain launches the battleship HMS Dreadnought, thereby upping the ante in its naval arms race with Imperial Germany. The bulk of the two countries' expanding fleets will meet 10 years later at Jutland.

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Today in 1258, the Mongols capture Baghdad and end the 500-year Abbasid Caliphate. The invaders slaughter 90,000 inhabitants and destroy the city's prized Grand Library. The Tigris reportedly runs both red from blood and black from the ink of the books thrown into the water.

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On this day in 1799, the frigate USS Constellation defeats the French warship L'Insurgente off Nevis. It's the first battle of America's undeclared (and largely forgotten) "Quasi War" against its former ally France.

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Today in 1943, the United States successfully drives the Japanese from Guadalcanal after 186-days of fighting. 7,000 American troops have been killed in the campaign; Japan's losses are 19,000. Although costly, the victory turns the tide of the Pacific War in the Allies' favour.

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⚔️ The bronze Greek sculptures known as the Riace Bronzes or the Riace Warriors, c. 460-450 BCE.

The statues were rescued from the Ionian Sea near Riace Marina, Italy in 1972 CE. The bronze figures are around 2 metres tall.

(National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, Italy). 

📷 Photo by Alexander van Loon. 

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