Carl Dycer
@carlosdycer
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#FirstWorldWar / #SecondWorldWar / liberty lover / solvitur ambulando
Dorset, England
Joined April 2019
Today, on Cote 314 east of Mortain. Talking about the contribution of U.S 30th Inf. Div. towards the conclusion of #BattleofNormandy, and Hitler’s last offensive to end the American advance in August 1944, part of Operation Luttich. #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #SWW
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🇫🇷 A patriot On 9 February 1944, Claude Bonnier finds himself in a Gestapo cell in Bordeaux. Hidden in his belt is a cyanide pill. He knows what await him at the hands of the Gestapo. With his hands handcuffed behind his back, he manages to free the deadly pill but it falls onto the floor and breaks. Bonnier, a resistance agent inflitrated back into France the previous November, drops to his knees and licks up the poison. He does not die immediately and the prisoner in the adjacent cell hears his agonized moans. When the Germans find him dead, the Gestapo boss, Friedrich Dhose, says, "he was a leader."
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RT @WarsawRising44: 💬"We would often work for 48h without any break, so we needed to have caffeine injections to keep us awake." Mieczysław…
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RT @WarsawRising44: "Nothing could have stopped me from fighting for my Country in the #WarsawRising1944!" Today we say final goodbye to Ju…
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@BattlefieldBen @CWGC You’re right Ben, a wonderful photograph that conveys their respect, appreciation and an acknowledgment of what other people’s loved ones were doing for them.
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RT @nick_lloy: GIVEAWAY: I will be giving away two copies of the paperback of The Eastern Front to celebrate its release on 13 February. T…
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I was in Alberta 🇨🇦 last summer and our son’s boss showed me this from a civil engineering site they had worked at. The land east of Calgary had connections to CEF in #GreatWar. I think this is remains of a Ross rifle. #FirstWorldWar
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RT @dakar: No one could catch him! Daniel Sanders claims his first Dakar victory! 🏁🏆🔥 *subject to the official publication of the result…
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@TonyLederer Just look through the glass in the floor. There’s a backlight on continuously. When I was a kid you needed to press a button for it to be lit. I have literally been looking into the past for as long as I can remember. History gets into our bones you know.. 🦴
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“They did not send us because they thought we could do it, we’re here because they’re sure we can not.” Quality viewing. #6888movie #WW2 #SecondWorldWar
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@willisRM73 A place of incredible educational value. So interesting it blew my mind. A credit to all involved in the project and we must be grateful we can visit such an important historic site. Good views too. A must visit.
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@MarkHay55822123 @RevdPye @militaryhistori @GilesMacDonogh @pirateirwin @FAB87F @MargyMayell @oldtoonloon @EdnaKB2 @alanhinkes @MalcolmCGodfrey @theskibeagle So it is….I should have known! Thanks.
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@MarkHay55822123 @RevdPye @militaryhistori @GilesMacDonogh @pirateirwin @FAB87F @MargyMayell @oldtoonloon @EdnaKB2 @alanhinkes @MalcolmCGodfrey @theskibeagle Where is this quote by Lawrence? Genuine question.
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A strong pull from the bookshop as I passed earlier….anyone else get that? This purchase seemed so right. #SecondWorldWar #SAS @authordlewis
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