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1/ The Attack on Panzer Group West. A thread.
Seventy-five years ago today the @RoyalAirForce attacked General Geyr von Schweppenburg's headquarters, located on the grounds of the château at La Caine, in Normandy, France. #DDay75 #BattleofNormandy #Normandy75 #WW2
Seventy-five years ago today the @RoyalAirForce attacked General Geyr von Schweppenburg's headquarters, located on the grounds of the château at La Caine, in Normandy, France. #DDay75 #BattleofNormandy #Normandy75 #WW2
2/ British intelligence, mainly the codebreakers at @bletchleypark, managed to pinpoint the location after the headquarters gave its position away: 'Battle Headquarters Panzer Gruppe West evening ninth at La Caine.' The Germans did not realize the Allies had broken their codes.
3/ Most sources attribute the attack to 'Ultra' as described above, but simple direction finding may have provided confirmation. Fred Pollak, a Czech-Canadian veteran with No. 2 Special Wireless Section, recalled that signals intel helped locate the HQ. bit.ly/2WrCvRR
This is a story that should not be allowed to cycle out.
The layers of awfulness--the graves at #Normandy--it's vile.
Trump lashes out at Pelosi: 'She's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person' 'She's not talented at all."
cnn.com/2019/06/06/pol…
The layers of awfulness--the graves at #Normandy--it's vile.
Trump lashes out at Pelosi: 'She's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person' 'She's not talented at all."
cnn.com/2019/06/06/pol…
It's not even about what he says about @SpeakerPelosi. That's his usual venom toward a woman who's infinitely smarter and more accomplished than he is. It's that 100s of 18, 19 & 20 year old Americans are buried behind him and he can't respect that for even 5mins. Disgraceful.
There were men who survived #Normandy--a few dozen still alive, now in their 90s--who were there, for #Normandy75, reliving that horrific day. And there Trump is, NOT saying that the day was about them and the fallen, but as ALWAYS, talking about his own pettiness. So shameful.
