The siege of Sevastopol (Oct 41 to Jul 42) was an attack by Axis forces on the base of the USSR's Black Sea Fleet during Operation Barbarossa of the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Crimea #ErichVonManstein #SecondWorldWar #SiegeOfSevastopol #Ukraine #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2683-en/

This map collection explores the geopolitical transformation of Europe between 1914 and 1949. #History #Europe #FirstWorldWar #SecondWorldWar #WWI #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-301-en/

Lebensraum ('living space'), is a geopolitical concept which was adopted by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, to justify the military domination of Central and Eastern Europe, and then the USSR. #History #Lebensraum #AdolfHitler #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24277-en/

WWII-era massacre of Roma at the Little Danube in occupied Slovakia 80 years ago remains unpunished – Romea.cz https://www.byteseu.com/871862/ #history #Hungary #SecondWorldWar #Slovakia

The siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) began during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #EasternFront #German-SovietWar #Leningrad #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #SiegeOfLeningrad #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2680-en/

The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in southwest France was the murder on 10 June 1944 of 643 civilian men, women, and children by the Waffen SS during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #France #Massacre #NaziGermany #OradourSurGlane #SecondWorldWar #WarCrimes #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24264-en/

Please help, fedi. I'd like to contact Norman A Hughes, the artist that painted this, or his heirs:
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/operation-colossus-153852

I want to contact them to discuss licensing that image, but I can't find any trace of him online.

Boosts appreciated.

#FediHelp #art #artist #copyright #painting #SecondWorldWar #histodons #MilitaryHistory
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Trump chose the wrong hill to DEI on | Stewart Lee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/23/trump-chose-the-wrong-hill-to-dei-on #Trumpadministration #NativeAmericans #Secondworldwar #StewartLee #USpolitics #Culture #USnews #Race

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, was intent on attacking the USSR in the summer of 1941. #History #AdolfHitler #German-SovietWar #JosephStalin #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2674-en/

The Battle of Kiev (Kyiv) in July-September 1941 was a major Axis victory in Operation Barbarossa, Adolf Hitler's attack on the USSR during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Kiev #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #Ukraine #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2671-en/

The Battle of Smolensk in 1941 ended in victory for Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). #History #GermanArmy #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #Smolensk #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2668-en/

The Battle of Białystok-Minsk in Jun-Jul 1941, which involved the encirclement of entire Soviet armies positioned near each city in Poland and Belarus, respectively, was one of the first victories by Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Bialystok #GermanArmy #Minsk #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2666-en/

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941 with the largest army ever assembled. #History #AdolfHitler #EasternFront #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24188-en/

US DEI purges mean that images of the famous "Enola Gay" bomber are being purged
https://www.newsweek.com/military-remove-enola-gay-photos-dei-rules-2041029

#histodons #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar

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US military firsts among the 26,000 images flagged for deletion in Trump DEI purge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/military-images-trump-dei #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #DonaldTrump #USmilitary #USpolitics #USnews #Women

The consequences of the Second World War (1939-45) were many and varied. #History #War #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2660-en/

This gallery of photographs tells the dramatic story of the Second World War (1939-45). #History #War #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-224-en/

USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, converted from the collier USS Jupiter Later converted to a seaplane tender On 27 February 1942, she was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd naval air flotillas and later scuttled by her escorts. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/uss-langley-cv-1-us-navy-aircraft-carrier/ USSLangley #USSLangleyCV1 #USSLangleyAV3 #USNavy #WW2 #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #WorldWar2 #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #AircraftCarrier #SeaplaneTender

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined, long-range bomber of the United States Air Force. #History #Aircraft #AtomicBomb #Bomber #Hiroshima #ManhattanProject #Nagasaki #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24117-en/

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