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Charming village where time stands still is home to world-famous food

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/charming-village-time-stands-still-36820577

German Africa Corps Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) take the opportunity to rest in the desert - North Africa, circa 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #paratroopers #northafrica #africa #desert #Fallschirmjäger

Hiding a Bomb in Plain Sight https://hackaday.com/2026/03/07/hiding-a-bomb-in-plain-sight/
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Hiding a Bomb in Plain Sight

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/07/hiding-a-bomb-in-plain-sight/

<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="505" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/train.png?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>You are at war. Trains are key to keeping your army supplied with fuel, ammunition, food, and medical supplies. But, inexplicably, your trains keep blowing up. Sabotage? Enemy attack? There’s no evidence of a bomb or overt enemy attack. This is the situation the German military found itself in during World War II. As you can see in the video below, the hidden bomb was the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdkkR4SCXL4" target="_blank">brainchild of a member of Britain’s SOE</a>.</p>
<p>The idea was to put plastic explosive inside a fake plastic lump of coal. They hand-painted each one, and the color had to match the exact appearance of local coal. Paint and coal dust helped with that. The bomb had to weigh the correct amount as well.</p>
<p>The coal was safe until it got quite hot, so resistance fighters could easily carry the coal and surreptitiously drop the bomb anywhere coal is stored. Eventually, it will be put in a boiler, and at the right temperature, it will do its job. There’s some actual footage of a test in the second video below.</p>
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<p>As the CIA notes, the idea <a href="https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Articler-Covert-Coal.pdf" target="_blank">actually dates back to the US Civil

US Marines from the 24th Marine Regiment take cover and manage a break as a Sherman tank passes by - Iwo Jima, March 1945. Photo : USMC Archives #ww2 #worldwar2 #iwojima #japan #pacific #usmc #usmarines #marines #sherman #tank

An exhausted US soldier gets some sleep in the street after the capture of Marigny, France, 28th July 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #marign #france #sleep #usarmy #history

A lone German Dornier Do 17Z from the Geschwader Stab KG2 U5+DA patrols the skies over the Balkans - 1941 #ww2 #worldwar2 #luftwaffe #dornier #balkans #aeroplane #airplane #aviation

Soviet soldiers in winter camouflage line up along the roof of a house in Stalingrad - Jan 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #stalingrad #sovietunion #winter #camouflage #rooftop #history

A U.S. Marine with K Company springs in to action as he makes his way towards an enemy pillbox on Iwo Jima's Airfield Number Two - Feb 1945. Photo : USMC Archives #ww2 #worldwar2 #iwojima #japan #usmc #usmarines #marines #pacific

Very early #OnThisDay, 3 Mar 1944, Denise Bloch and Eileen Nearne arrived, separately, into occupied France as wireless operators for the British Special Operations Executive. The SOE supported the French resistance in sabotaging Nazi operations.

Both women were arrested by the summer. Denise was killed in Ravensbrück. Eileen escaped but never recovered her health.

#WomenInHistory #History #WorldWar2 #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth #Histodons

Bloch and Eileen Nearne. Both are white women with dark hair. Denise is on the left, with the dates 1916-1945 beneath her photo. Eileen is on the right, with the dates 1920-2010 beneath her.

The weary faces of US soldiers Lloyd Spencer of Portland, OR and James Bryson of Lynn, MA of B Company, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division - Wiltz, Luxembourg, 6th Jan 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #wiltz #luxembourg #usarmy #belgium

British paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, with a General Aircraft Hotspur Mk.II pilot training glider at an RAF Glider Training School near Oxford, 8th October 1942. Photo by George W. Hales/M. McNeill/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive #ww2 #oxford #worldwar2 #england #paratroopers #airborne #training #glider #british

Canadian troops patrol along the destroyed Rue Saint-Pierre after German forces were dislodged from Caen, July 1944. CREDIT : National Archives of Canada #ww2 #worldwar2 #caen #france #history #canadian

I need someone to act as a banking intermediary to organize my campaign and receive funds for transfer to me in GoFoundMehttps://www.gofundme.com/u/11eacd04-71ce-4755-8602-fed59288f126

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First shading pass on the first set of 15mm WWII Cossack riflemen is done.
#MiniaturePainting #Miniatures #Wargaming #Tabletop #TabletopWargaming #15mm #15mmWargaming #WWII #WW2 #WorldWar2 #EasternFront #FlamesOfWar #FoW #Battlefront #BattlefrontMiniatures #Soviet #SovietRedArmy #RedArmy #Cossack

A Cromwell tank crewman of the British 11th Armoured Division makes a cup of tea and says hello to an unexpected guest - Germany, March 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #germany #cromwell #tank #calf #cupoftea #britisharmy

German ground crew work on a Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ aircraft at a makeshift airfield - Eastern Front, Winter of 1943. CREDIT : Bundesarchiv Bild #ww2 #worldwar2 #stuka #ju87 #airfield #sovietunion #easternfront #aircraft

I started work on some 15mm WWII cossacks.
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War film based on best-selling book streaming on BBC iPlayer now

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US soldiers examine a captured Japanese Ki-43 Hayabusa aircraft - Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. CREDIT : Takachawa #ww2 #worldwar2 #japan #okinawa #hayabusa #aircraft #Japanese #aviation

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