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The photo shows Joachim Peiper shaking hands with A.H. during a meeting. Joachim Peiper was known for his absolute loyal...
06/18/2026

The photo shows Joachim Peiper shaking hands with A.H. during a meeting. Joachim Peiper was known for his absolute loyalty to A.H. and the empire. When he was arrested and sentenced to death by hanging, he did not offer a defense like others; he simply said, "My life has no meaning anymore because the empire and its leader are no more. I am a N**i and will remain a N**i." He only served 10 years in prison due to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. After his release, he tried to reintegrate into society, but due to his past service to the empire, he was ostracized. He moved to France, where he was discovered to be part of the empire and had committed crimes. People shot at him and set fire to his house.

F4F-4 Wildcat on the catapult of Long Island, 17 Jun 1942
06/18/2026

F4F-4 Wildcat on the catapult of Long Island, 17 Jun 1942

June 17, 1944. Eleven days after the D-Day landings, American soldiers punched all the way across the Cotentin peninsula...
06/18/2026

June 17, 1944. Eleven days after the D-Day landings, American soldiers punched all the way across the Cotentin peninsula and reached the sea on the far side.

In one move, they sliced the peninsula clean in half.

Tens of thousands of German troops dug in around the vital port of Cherbourg were suddenly cut off. Ocean at their backs. No way out. No reinforcements coming.

Hi**er had ordered the city held to the last man and the last bullet. He also ordered the harbor destroyed so the Allies could never use it.

The Germans wrecked that port so completely that Allied engineers later called it the worst single act of demolition in history. Sunken ships, mines, blown cranes, the works.

But none of it undid the noose drawn on June 17.

The trap that began on those bloody beaches had finally snapped shut. The Germans in Cherbourg were doomed, and the road to taking the port wide open.

Lance Sergeant A Haywood, Private C Norman and Private H Maw of 1st Battalion, The British Duke of Wellington's Regiment...
06/18/2026

Lance Sergeant A Haywood, Private C Norman and Private H Maw of 1st Battalion, The British Duke of Wellington's Regiment advancing past a burning fuel store on Pantelleria, 17 Jun 1943

June 17, 1944. On a tiny speck of land in the Pacific called Saipan, US Marines were clawing forward inch by inch.The Ja...
06/18/2026

June 17, 1944. On a tiny speck of land in the Pacific called Saipan, US Marines were clawing forward inch by inch.

The Japanese garrison had been ordered never to surrender. So the fighting went field by field, cave by cave, cliff by cliff. Often hand to hand.

Why bleed so hard for one small island most people had never heard of?

Because Saipan had airfields. And from those airfields, the brand new B-29 bombers could finally reach a target that had been untouchable until now. Tokyo itself.

When Japan's leaders realized the island was lost, the shock was so severe it brought down the entire government in Tokyo.

The battle ended in horror. One of the largest banzai charges of the whole war, and then a mass of terrified civilians throwing themselves and their children off the northern cliffs, convinced by propaganda that the Americans were monsters.

Saipan looked like nothing on a map.

But it cracked the door to the Japanese homeland wide open, and Japan never recovered.

German Anti Tank Prototype 🫡😂
06/17/2026

German Anti Tank Prototype 🫡😂

06/17/2026

The Devastation of Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941 🇺🇸🇯🇵

Colorized archival footage captures the catastrophic aftermath of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Thick black smoke rises from burning ships and facilities across the harbor, including the shattered remains of USS Arizona. Capsized hulls, damaged seaplane hangars, and burning oil on the water paint a grim picture of destruction as small tugs and fireboats work amid the chaos.

A day that changed America forever.

July 1940: The Clermont-Ferrand Aulnat airfield in France 🇫🇷.More than 180 wrecked MS 406s are gathered here awaiting re...
06/17/2026

July 1940: The Clermont-Ferrand Aulnat airfield in France 🇫🇷.

More than 180 wrecked MS 406s are gathered here awaiting repair.
The Air Force Repair Workshop (ARAA) was based at this facility.
Morane aircraft that had crashed or been severely damaged in combat were sent there. Note the two LéO 451s in the background.
They would have a long wait ahead of them...

In June of 1944, a paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division sits in a field with his rations and carbine slung over hi...
06/17/2026

In June of 1944, a paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division sits in a field with his rations and carbine slung over his during the Normandy Campaign. 🪂

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