RIGHT NOW in 1944, this is the scene in Normandy. The liberation of France is underway #DDay
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- RIGHT NOW in 1944, this is the scene in Normandy. The liberation of France is underway #DDay
GIF - On this day in 1783, the last British troops evacuate New York City. Later that day, Washington marches into the city at the head of the triumphant Continental Army.
- RIGHT NOW in 1944, the first of 20,000 Allied paratroopers are dropping into Normandy. The long-awaited liberation of France has begun.
- RIGHT NOW in 1944, the first of 20,000 Allied paratroopers are dropping into Normandy. The long-awaited liberation of France is underway.
00:00 - Some followers have complained about our last tweet and say we should stick to history. How's this? #Charlottesville #Nazi
GIF - Today is D-Plus 28,854 (in case you've lost count) #DDay
GIF - Weirdly, this tweet seems to have cost me a hundred followers 😅Today in 1945, this happened... (That's footage of the U.S. Army detonating a giant marble swastika overlooking the infamous Nazi rally grounds at Nuremberg)
00:00 - On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox effectively ending the American Civil War.
- RIGHT NOW in 1944, this is the scene in Normandy. The liberation of France is underway #DDay
GIF - Raise your hand if you think it sucks that there have been FIVE Pirates of the Caribbean movies but only ONE Master and Commander film.
- On this day in 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union with nearly four million troops. It's a decision that will ultimately cost Hitler the war.
GIF - You're looking at newsreel footage of U.S. Marines under heavy fire after landing on on Iwo Jima. It happened on this day in 1945 — 80 years today.
00:00 - On this day in 1944, 150,000 Allied troops are loaded onto ships all across southern England. Tomorrow, they'll take part in history's greatest invasion. “At that time, we didn't know it was D-Day," one veteran would later recall. "We just knew we had a job to do.”
