Typhoon fighter decked out in a classic Spitfire paint job.
England’s largest county: Yorkshire’s rural vistas are not to be missed
John C Adams, Meteoric Shower as Seen off Cape Florida, 1891
The Red Arrows with a Eurofighter EF-200 Typhoon accompanying them fly past the UK 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorative event.
Every year on the anniversary of DDay, French citizens take sand from Omaha Beach and rub it onto the gravestones of fallen soldiers who gave their lives to liberate Europe. It gives the letters a golden shine. They do this for all 9,386 American soldiers buried there.
Chaque année, à l'occasion de l'anniversaire du DDay, les citoyens français prennent du sable d'Omaha Beach et l'étalent sur les tombes des soldats tombés au combat qui ont donné leur vie pour libérer l'Europe. Cela donne aux lettres un éclat doré. Ils font celà pour les 9'386 soldats américains qui y sont enterrés.
To commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, a short thread of photos colourised by DBColour (Colourising History on Facebook). Descriptions run from top-to-bottom.
Piper Bill Millin, seen here landing on Sword Beach with his bagpipes with Lord Lovat’s Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade. IWM B 5103.
Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade after landing on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944. British Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. LCI(L) 135 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla carrying personnel of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada en route to France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN Nº. 3205043) Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword Beach, 6 June 1944.
LCA (Landing Craft Assault) containing soldiers from the Winnipeg Rifles head for the Normandy Juno beach - June 6, 1944.
Commandos approach Sword Beach in a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). Ahead, the beach is crowded with tanks and vehicles of 27th Armoured Brigade and 79th Armoured Division.
Troops of 3rd Infantry Division on Queen Red beach, Sword area, circa 0845 hrs, 6 June 1944. In the foreground are sappers of 84 Field Company Royal Engineers. Behind them, medical orderlies of 8 Field Ambulance, RAMC, can be seen assisting wounded men.
A Horsa glider near the Caen Canal bridge at Benouville, 8 June 1944. No. 91 (PF800), carried Major John Howard and Lieutenant Den Brotheridge of No.1 Platoon, 'D' Co., 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the early hours of D-Day. © IWM B 5232
Looking majestic af | Horatio Hornblower & Edward Pellew | Hornblower (The Frogs and The Lobsters)
One month to go until my next reenactment!
Hoard of gold coins discovered by a UK couple under their kitchen floorboards during renovations. The oldest coin dates to 1610, the newest 1727.
Bone inlaid crossbow, Germany, dated 1604
from Hermann Historica
Concept of a Ship of the line in distress, by Karl Simon Gustafsson, 2012
Reenactor Richard Marren's Royal Welch Fuzileer in full marching order, Boston, c. 1774. Photos from the 23rd Regiment of Foot, The Royal Welch Fuzileers 1743-1783 Facebook page.
A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, Spain, 2nd-3rd century AD. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. Photo by Alison Fisk
Collection of bronze swords uncovered in Germany, circa 9th century BC
from The State Museums of Berlin
One of the oldest photographs of British soldiers, showing Scottish highlanders garrisoning Edinburgh Castle in 1846 (jury seems to be out as to whether they're the 42nd or 92nd Foot).
Shoutout to Fort Ticonderoga for, among many other things, their brilliant Seven Years War highlander impressions.
Detail of Hanoverian infantry on review in 1735, from The Review of the Hanoverian Army at Bemerode, 1735 by Joachim Niemeyer.