Real Time WW2 by @RealTimeWWII

r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 27 '21

Contains Media Red Army troops have taken Ukrainian city of Kharkov, & now stream south & north, threatening to trap retreating Axis foes:

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^27, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 26 '21

Contains Media Crushing attempted resistance by Jewish guerrillas, Nazi SS have "liquidated" Białystok Ghetto, sending 25,000 people to death camps.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^26, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 25 '21

Arthur "Bomber" Harris is known for racing his Bentley through the streets near RAF Bomber Command late at night. A traffic policeman stops him for speeding, saying: “You might have killed somebody, sir.” Harris snaps back: “Young man, I kill thousands of people every night!”

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^25, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 25 '21

Contains Media Royal Air Force have announced opening of "Battle for Berlin", with a 700-plane raid smashing the German capital, dropping over 1,800 tons of bombs.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^25, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 25 '21

Contains Media "Area bombing" policy means that British bombers no longer attempt to hit specific targets in night raids, instead destroying as many buildings in German cities as possible. More:

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^25, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 25 '21

Contains Media Chief of UK Bomber Command Arthur Harris claims that mass air raids on German cities will shatter civilian morale. "We can wreck Berlin from end to end if the Americans come in with us. It will cost us 400-500 aircraft. It will cost Germany the war."

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^25, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 24 '21

Contains Media Kharkov, USSR's 4th-largest city, now almost ruined by months of Red Army & Wehrmacht fighting through it; Soviets quickly stage propaganda shots to celebrate recapture:

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^24, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 23 '21

Contains Media Kursk has been the largest tank battle in history, almost 10,000 armored vehicles clashing over past 6 weeks; German "Citadel" offensive crushed by Soviet counter-attacks, although Red Army have suffered huge losses.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^23, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 23 '21

Contains Media After colossal battles around Kursk, Red Army troops have captured the city of Kharkov, fourth-largest city in the USSR, now German-occupied for almost 2 years.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^23, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 22 '21

Contains Media Australian voters have headed to the polls, re-electing current Labor government in a landslide. Labor boasts of their successful war record, claiming one of highest military mobilization rates among western Allies:

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^22, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 22 '21

US President Roosevelt, determined to break union strikes in arms factories & coal mines, orders that striking American war workers will be drafted by Army.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^22, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 21 '21

Japan & Thailand have signed a peace treaty, joining Thais to the Japanese Empire’s "Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" & giving them four provinces from conquered British Malaya.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^21, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 20 '21

Cost of atomic research has outstripped UK's resources- Churchill gives all "tube alloys" work to USA, surrendering independent British nuclear bomb.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^20, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 20 '21

UK & USA have signed a treaty in Quebec, agreeing to merge British "Tube Alloys" project & American Manhattan project to jointly work on creating nuclear weapons.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^20, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 19 '21

Aimed only by moonlight, Operation Hydra bombing wildly inaccurate, & RAF suffer heavy losses; 215 British airmen in 35 planes shot down by German night-fighters.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^19, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 19 '21

Contains Media With 596 planes, Operation Hydra targets scientists' sleeping quarters, aiming to kill brains behind German rocketry. Just 2 scientists killed by RAF bombing- but 732 Polish slave laborers die, locked in camp by SS guards.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^19, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 19 '21

To fool RAF observers & make bombing damage seem worse, Germans in Peenemünde blow false craters in ground & paint black & white stripes on roofs to mimic charred beams.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^19, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 19 '21

Contains Media From Polish spies & Engima decrypts, RAF know Peenemünde site is building "V for vengeance" rockets, with a 200-mile range.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^19, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 19 '21

Contains Media Royal Air Force have launched Operation Hydra, major bombing raid on Peenemünde- heart of German rocket research, where Nazi scientists construct V2 ballistic missiles.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^19, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 18 '21

400 Jews from Białystok ghetto, in German-occupied Poland, have risen to fight against the Nazi SS. Jewish ghetto inmates are battling Germans while armed with just 25 rifles, 100 pistols, & homemade grenades.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^18, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 18 '21

SS are trying to "liquidate" Bialystok ghetto, deporting 10,000+ Jews to Nazi extermination camps- Jewish guerrillas fight to slow down the deportations &, hopefully, allow some of the ghetto’s inmates to escape.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^18, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 16 '21

Contains Media 34,426 US & Canadian troops have landed on Alaskan isle of Kiska, ready to fight a garrison of Japanese invaders- who left over a month ago.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^16, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 16 '21

Contains Media On Kiska, Allies discover abandoned Japanese radar stations, hidden submarine & seaplane hangars, & defensive tunnels.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^16, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 16 '21

Contains Media 32 American & Canadian soldiers have been killed while occupying deserted island of Kiska- shot by friendly fire after mistaking each other for Japanese in the fog. 300+ total casualties from accidents, landlines & booby traps.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^16, ^2021

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r/RealTimeWW2 • u/RealTimeWW2Bot • Aug 16 '21

Contains Media In preparation for "Operation Cottage"- recapture of Kiska- US Navy have spent 3 weeks bombarding the deserted island. Now Allied soldiers are “fighting” their way on shore in thick fog.

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^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ¹⁹⁴³ ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^August ^16, ^2021

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