#WW2 Today, the Litani river area in Lebanon is the scene of fighting and bombardments. 83 years ago, it was already the case between the 🇫🇷French Vichy forces and the 🇬🇧British & 🇦🇺Australian forces. A thread on a forgotten WW2 battle.
I will not explain here the reasons and context of the Syria/Lebanon campaign of 1941, that would need a lot of explanations. The entire thing was a superb waste that could have certainly been avoided: 10.000 casualties -French (Free and Vichy), British, Australian, Indians....

#Normandy In light of recent events, the future of tourism at Pointe du Hoc seems more and more uncertain. Some projects were announced by the ABMC, with heavy consequences for visitors and tour guides. A small thread 🧵 Over the past few years, several parts of the cliffs have collapsed. The last one this March being just a few meters away from the visitors path !

#Normandy Pointe du Hoc is one of the most famous story of DDay. Many knows what the 🇺🇸 Americans Rangers have achieved there. But very few know about the 🇬🇧 British who participated alongside the Rangers and sometime, gave their lives. A thread🧵: Lt Col Thomas Trevor, a commando who became Liaison Officier with the US Rangers. He coached the Rangers in cliff-climbing. Landed with them on DDay, exposed himself under fire to motivate the men to climb. Was wounded in the head doing so.

1 / #Normandy, DDay. If you are driving around Bernières-sur-Mer, you might find this monument. The history behind it is not widely known, and fewer people even know that photographs exist of what happen.
A thread🧵 On June 6, Juno Beach, Bernières sur Mer. After firing hundred of shells in their run-in toward the beach, the 14th Field Artillery Regiment, RAC, is landing around 9.25am from 8 LCTs, with priority vehicles of the 8th Brigade. A total of 106 vehicules !