On 27 April 1944 HM The King visited troops in the Thetford area. A small stone on the Kilverstone estate marks his inspection of "his Tank Corps". Interestingly, the event isn't recorded in any of the War Diaries.
Similar Posts
A Sherman tank crewman chalks the name 'Al Capone' on the barrel of his vehicle's 75mm gun, 29 April 1944.
In the east Sgt Taylor 50 RTR was awarded the MM for his actions on the Sangro.
In Egypt the King of Yugoslavia visited 2 RTR.
What a thing to give the man who so valiantly led his troops in the War On The Countryside
On the 8th Day of Christmas, composed in prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Dec. 1944 - his last pastoral text before his execution by the Nazis the following April, yet a beautiful song of hope for the New Year: youtu.be/q1nBPFJinEw?...
Von Guten Mächten Wunderbar Geborgen - Duodecim Chor Kempen
Von Guten Mächten Wunderbar Geborgen / Ein Social Distancing Projekt / Chor: Duodecim Kempen / Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Musik: Siegfried Fietz / Satz: Cl...
youtu.be
Biden has a 27% approval rating on his handling of the war in Gaza. Steadily trending down.
🇭🇹🇪🇹 On this day, April 24, 1966, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, a descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, visited the Republic of Haiti. Watch his speech delivered in Amharic language in Port-au-Prince.
🇭🇹🇪🇹 Ce jour-là, le 24 avril 1966, l'Empereur Haïlé Selassié Ier d'Éthiopie, descendant du Roi Salomon et de la Reine de Saba, visita la République d'Haïti. Retrouvez son discours prononcé en langue amharique à Port-au-Prince. #Ethiopia #Haïti www.haitianaute.com/2021/05/disc...
Discours de l'Empereur d'Éthiopie Hailé Selassié lors de sa visite en Haïti en 1966
L'Empereur Haïlé Selassié d' É thiopie, descendant du Roi Salomon et de la Reine de Saba, a visité Haïti le 24 Avril 1966, pays qui a toujou...
www.haitianaute.comAn commander of the 8th Princess Louise’s (New Brunswick) Hussars in the hatch of his Sherman tank giving firing orders to his gunner during a predicted mass tank firing exercise, Italy, March 1944.
Man, how did you think this was gonna go?
> In April 2023 Polychron attempted to sue the Tolkein estate and Amazon, claiming the TV series, Rings of Power, infringed the copyright in his book.
His book was titled "The Fellowship of the King".
Lord of the Rings fan fiction writer sued for publishing own sequel
A US-based author had published what he called "the pitch-perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings".
www.bbc.com
A significant factor in his trial, which resulted in him losing support from many of his British friends, was the uncovering of a set of diaries (the so-called Black Diaries) detailing his homosexual exploits I'm exotic locales. The authenticity of the diaries has long been disputed... 2/
On 8 March 1944 40 (RM) Cdo reported 7 (enemy) tanks or SPs in the wadis. The area was stonked by artillery. 46 RTR War Diary records that the existence of any tanks in the area was "suspect".
Péter Magyar responded to the criticism of his opinion on the Russian-Ukrainian war in a comment on the KARD website
https://www.byteseu.com/29558/
Péter Magyar responded to the criticism of his opinion on the Russian-Ukrainian war in a comment on the KARD website …
Péter Magyar responded to the criticism of his opinion on the Russian-Ukrainian war in a comment on the KARD website
Péter Magyar responded to the criticism of his opinion on the Russian-Ukrainian war in a comment on the KARD websitehttps://i.redd.it/fk7qlp6hgeuc1.jpegPosted by 8088777
www.byteseu.com
“You literally just make evidence free claims about Trump... where is your evidence that he'd put troops on the ground? There isn't any.”
Other than the one term he was in office, his behavior during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 and his general persona.
He’s a war monger.
Maurice was killed in action on September 20, 1944 while attached to the 2 Battalion SAS at Igney, east of Nancy, France. Based on the date of his death I knew he was killed in the same area of his brother but I didn't expect a SAS connection.
Mothers Day is actually named after Maj. Herbert Mothers who successfully took out 5 tanks from the XIV Panzer Corps during the opening stages of Operation Diadem in Italy on May 11th, 1944.
Mothers himself manned and loaded the gun of his Sherman tank after two members of his crew were killed.
The King of the Monsters in his frame!
The Art Of The Grift. His marks are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.
In the article he said he loves the period because of his great-grandad’s prisoner of war diaries. Sounds fun.
15.Bodyslam or Variation
Our resident rookie is back in the ring again, calling out his next opponent to prove his grit....in the form of the King of the Koopas, Bowser, who's delivering a wicked brutal bodyslam on the small wolf.
#wrestlevember
The main body of 51 RTR arrived in Naples on 18 April 1944.
His wife had remarried. The had replaced his position at the academy (a lifetime position appointed by the king). His relatives had plundered his estate. The king eventually intervened to get him his job back, and some of his estate. He too remarried, and resumed his career...
While all these movements of Mussolini are going on in the Lake Como area, his destiny is being decided elsewhere, in Milan. At 11 p.m. on 27 April, after learning of Mussolini's arrest, the Insurrection Committee of the CLNAI (AI stands for 'Alta Italia') meets >> 60
April 5, 1994: #KurtCobain commits suicide at his home in Seattle at the age of 27. His body isn't discovered until 3 days later.
White Hart (deer), emblem of Richard II, painted on the pillars either side of the tomb of Edward II.
King Richard visited his great grandfather’s tomb in Gloucester Cathedral in 1378.
#MonumentsMonday
My Dad was a wireless operator on one of these in Liege in the winter of 1944. His position was over the nice warm engine, but any rain or snow was miserable.