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RG Poulussen

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Keeping the memory of #WW2 alive by means of #OTDs. Arnhem author of two *good* books about operation Market Garden, Lost At Nijmegen & Little Sense Of Urgency (Order 😉 via https://pre-jump.nl). Can be hired as Battlefield Guide.

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 23:20

North, South, East, West, what's the difference. 😂

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:50

The Overloon War Cemetery is lovely. The battle (30 September – 18 October 1944) fought here is not well known, but was truly ferocious. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:50

#OTD in 1944, the Warsaw Uprising started. An iconic picture. A captured German armored personnel carrier Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251. (Soviet troops were very close to the city, and did not help, at all. 😠) #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:50

#OTD in 1944, Normandy. Salvage of parts. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

Advancing into the unknown. (#OTD in 1943, Sicily. #WW2 #HISTORY)

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

#OTD in 1944, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, France. A soldier and his PIAT. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

#OTD in 1944, Italy. Men from Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

#OTD in 1944, Le Bény-Bocage area, France. A Cromwell tank and infantry advancing along a lane cleared of mines and marked with tape. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

#OTD in 1944, Caen area, France. A Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled gun, carriers and jeeps. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

#OTD in 1944. Outbreak from Normandy. No longer speed limits. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:49

Restored Freedom. (#OTD in 1944. Normandy. #WW2 #HISTORY)

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:48

#OTD in 1940, Fort Crosby near Liverpool. 177 Heavy Battery. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:48

#OTD in 1942. HMS Argonaut, a Dido-class cruiser, steaming at high speed. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:48

A dangerous job. (#OTD in 1943, Catenanuova, Sicily. Sappers lifting mines. #WW2 #HISTORY)

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:48

#OTD in 1944, Normandy. Men and vehicles from the Queen's Regiment passing a burning Panther tank. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:48

#OTD in 1944. B2/Bazenville airfield, France. A Spitfire Mark IX from 443 Squadron RCAF. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:47

Know your enemy's weapons. (#OTD in 1944, Vienne-en-Bessin, France. #WW2 #HISTORY)

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:47

#OTD in 1944, Normandy. Cromwell V tanks from 1 Royal Tank Regiment. #WW2 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:47

#OTD in 1914. Thousands of Germans are waiting before Berlin Castle for the ultimatum to Russia to expire. On the announcement of a mobilisation they chant "nun danket alle Gott", "now all praise the Lord". #WW1 #HISTORY

RG Poulussen

1 авг., 08:47

#OTD in 1944, France. Celebration, after the capture of Le Bény-Bocage. #WW2 #HISTORY