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Jan 24 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
The exceptional 1945 diary of an Infantry Battalion's Medical Officer.

Captain Ross, 6 Royal Welch Fusiliers

Let's start with January 1945 & the Ardennes.

Now shared for the first time, I hope you enjoy it.

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I hope you enjoy my content, if you particularly do so - feel free to sling me a coffee!

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February onwards will be coming over the next few days.

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So what were conditions like in Hamburg in 1945?

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Jan 26
Winston Churchill, Sir Stafford Cripps, King George VI inspect HMS Victorious at Scapa Flow, 11 October 1942.

Inc Fleet Air Arm Martlets (British name for Wildcats) & Royal Marines.

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Jan 24
I thought this SdKfz 250 neu numbered '416' looked familiar (or at least IDable given numbers), so dropped the amazing @Niels_1944 a line.

There's a SdKfz 251 behind it as well...

Turns out 416 is from 12th SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs, 12th SS-Panzer's recce. /1
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Niels recognised it standing out in this @BritishPathe footage, in a rare full close up.

04.36 onwards, about 12 seconds. /2
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The Missing Lynx members did a project trawling through British Pathe footage to ID vehicles/units etc back in 2002 - 2004.

Thanks to vehicle mods, this ties it to 12th SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs, KOed between St. Lambert & Chambois. /3
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Dec 28, 2021
so it begins

wwii in color: victory in europe
color footage is crap quality

unclear colorizers checked more than 30 secs of girls und panzer

docu narrative appears hard conf bias
already looking at model ideas on phone as now feels lots of filler about funtimes in paris
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Dec 22, 2021
Welsh Spearhead
A History of the 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment 1941 - 1946
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#OTD in 1944

Hour by Hour: Showdown in Normandy
After 5 DAYS of intense action as Second Army attempted to envelop Panzergruppe West... tanks stop rolling, lines are refortified & both sides lick their wounds.

Battle of manoeuvre by attrition rolls on. /1
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II SS-Panzerkorps put paid to that plan. /2
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It MUST be removed. /3
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