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RAF-marked MS406C either AX674 or AX675, in service with Free French Flight No 2 in Egypt during August 1940 https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/morane-saulnier-m-s-406-in-british-service/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #MoraneSaulnierMS406 #RoyalAirForce #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2

In late June 1940, Britain sought French assistance to strengthen its defences in Egypt. On 23 June, Groupe de Chasse I/7 dispatched three Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters to El Amira via Ismailia. Two days later, France signed an armistice with Germany, and the pilots were ordered to return to Lebanon. Instead, they chose to remain and continue fighting alongside the Royal Air Force.

By 8 July, the two surviving Moranes, together with two Potez 63.11 aircraft that had also defected, formed the No. 2 French Fighter Flight (FFF). The M.S.406s were repainted with British markings and given serial numbers AX674 and AX675. Although the men were French, they did not enlist in the Free French Air Force. Rather, they were absorbed directly into the RAF, as was the case with many foreign airmen at the time.

Initially, No. 2 FFF became C Flight of No. 80 Squadron, later transferring to No. 274 Squadron in Alexandria by late August 1940. Soon after, the unit relocated to Haifa. There, the flight was joined by Captain Jean Tulasne of GC I/7, who had escaped from Lebanon in his own M.S.406 on 5 December. Tulasne would later gain prominence as the first commanding officer of the famous Escadrille Normandie on the Eastern Front. His career ended tragically when he was killed in action on 17 July 1943.

WWII shipwrecks a ‘ticking time bomb’ for Federated States of Micronesia

Swimming amid the shipwrecks of Micronesia’s Chuuk Lagoon is like diving into a time machine. A ghost fleet…
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The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February 1945 was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. #History #YaltaConference #Diplomacy #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WinstonChurchill #WWII #Yalta #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25266-en/

Niels Juel ran aground in Nykøbing Bay after an unsuccessful attempt to sail to Sweden on 29 August 1943 https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/danish-coastal-defence-ship-hdms-niels-juel/ #coastaldefenceship #cruiser #DanishNavy #Nordland #SecondWorldWar #trainingcruiser #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #WWII

Photographs of Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters used by Italy during the Second World War. Primarily for evaluation and training https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/morane-saulnier-m-s-406-in-italian-service/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #ItalianAirForce #MoraneSaulnierMS406 #RegiaAeronautica #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, France’s principal fighter at the outbreak of World War II, saw limited but intriguing postwar service in several countries, including Italy. Its use by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) was not the result of purchase or alliance, but rather of circumstance. After France’s armistice with Germany in June 1940, several examples of the M.S.406 and its derivative, the M.S.410, fell into Italian hands. These aircraft were subsequently evaluated, briefly operated, and later used for training and technical experimentation, providing Italy with valuable insight into contemporary French aviation design.

Following the Franco-Italian armistice of 24 June 1940, Italy gained control of several airfields and depots in southern France, particularly in the Rhône Valley and along the Mediterranean coast. Among the matériel captured or transferred under Axis coordination were a small number of Morane-Saulnier fighters—sources generally cite between 12 and 25 aircraft—including both operational M.S.406s and airframes under repair or assembly. These were taken over by the Regia Aeronautica, often still carrying French markings. The Italian authorities quickly arranged for the aircraft to be ferried to test and maintenance centres in northern Italy, primarily Guidonia, Lonate Pozzolo, and Grottaglie, where captured Allied aircraft were systematically evaluated.

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 in service with the Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, or NDH) in World War Two. Between 38 and 45 MS406 fighters were operated from 1943, generally against partisans. #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #CroatianAirForce #fighter #MoraneSaulnierMS406 #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #IndependentStateofCroatia https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/morane-saulnier-m-s-406-in-croatian-service/

When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, many experienced Polish airmen escaped through Romania to France, determined to continue the fight against the Axis powers. Among the aircraft types they flew in combat during the Battle of France, was the Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, France’s principal fighter at the outbreak of World War II. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/morane-saulnier-m-s-406-in-polish-service/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #MoraneSaulnierMS406 #PolishAirForce #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2

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Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/move-over-alan-turing-meet-the-working-class-hero-of-bletchley-park-you-didnt-see-in-the-movies #Secondworldwar #AlanTuring #Science

Bristol Beaufighter in Polish Service https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/bristol-beaufighter-in-polish-service/ #Aeroplane, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Aviation, #BristolBeaufighter, #BristolBeaufighter, #FighterPlane, #Fighterplane, #NightFighter, #Nightfighter, #Plane, #RoyalAirForce, #RoyalAirForce, #SecondWorldWar, #WorldWar2, #WorldWartwo

HMCS Rimouski was a #RoyalCanadianNavy #FlowerclassCorvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the #SecondWorldWar. She fought primarily in the #BattleOfTheAtlantic. She was named after #RimouskiQuebec.

Italian Battleship Vittorio Veneto https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/italian-battleship-vittorio-veneto/ #Battleship, #BattleshipVittorioVeneto, #ItalianNavy, #ItalianNavy, #Military, #RegiaMarina, #RegiaMarina, #SecondWorldWar, #SecondWorldWar, #VittorioVeneto, #Warfare, #Warship, #WorldWar2, #WorldWarTwo, #WorldWar2, #WorldWartwo, #WW2, #WWII

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"#Published in #English for the first time, Sabina Baral’s #memoir describes how the #Jews of #Poland were expelled in the late 1960s.

In 1967, about 25,000 Jews lived in Poland, a sad remnant of the 3.5 million who resided there before the #SecondWorldWar.

Over the next two years, from late 1967 through 1969, more than 11,000 of those #Polish Jews were forced out of their jobs, their homes and eventually their country in a government-sanctioned #antiZionist campaign. Poland’s leaders accused the Jews of acting as a “fifth column,” more loyal to #Israel than the land of their birth.

#MenloPark resident Sabina Baral was one of those Polish Jews. She was 20 years old and a second-year university student in December #1968 when she and her parents, like other Jews who were emigrating, were given three weeks to liquidate their assets and wrap up their lives."

https://jweekly.com/2025/10/08/a-little-known-polish-story-comes-to-life-in-bestselling-memoir/

HMS Roberts (1941) https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-roberts-1941/ #HMSRoberts, #Monitor, #RoyalNavy, #SecondWorldWar, #WorldWarTwo, #WorldWartwo, #WWII, #WW2

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has released an underwater 3D photo scan of the wreck of the Blücher.

https://dykkerteknikk.nira.app/a/Ip_mJ3EFQK2deCFPW8AIcg/1

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Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/historian-uses-ai-to-help-identify-nazi-in-notorious-holocaust-image #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Secondworldwar #Photography #Technology #Worldnews #Germany #Nazism #Europe

Mitsubishi Ki-15 https://www.destinationsjourney.com/mitsubishi-ki-15/ #Aeroplane, #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Aviation, #Bomber, #ImperialJapaneseArmyAirService, #MitsubishiKi-15, #ReconnaissancePlane, #SecondWorldWar, #WorldWarTwo, #WW2

Bulgaria purchased 14 PZL P.24B fighters in 1937. A repeat order for 20 PZL P.24C, to be delivered by the end of 1938 was later added. Later it ordered 26 PZL P.24Fs, 22 of which were delivered from Poland in July 1939, just before the outbreak of WW II. The remaining four, lacking propellers, were bombed in the Okęcie factory in September 1939 by the Germans https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/pzl-p-24-in-bulgarian-service/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #BulgarianAirForce #fighter #PZLP24 #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2