Tankie Talk 1
So it begins
This will be a regular slot, Tuesday or Thursday for #tanktuesday or #tankthursday for discussing all things tanks with friends. Today’s opener is about older books, basically from my youth until I moved to Germany and worked solely in the archives.
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For all my friends and dear followers, thanks for all the support and kind wishes. Here is the unveiling of the old man’s b’day present to himself. The parts are an art form, like the individual track links.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 10:05 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
#TankTuesday - whatever happened to shake, rattle and roll?
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 9:26 PM ∙ Aug 9, 2022
#TankTuesday - a cold tank for another hot day.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 3:53 PM ∙ Aug 16, 2022
Its #TankTuesday and #TrainTuesday - the agony of choice:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 1:48 PM ∙ Mar 8, 2022
#TankTuesday - Musee Des Blindes - France
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 12:43 PM ∙ Feb 15, 2022
#TankTuesday - Royal Army Museum - Brussels.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 5:32 PM ∙ Nov 23, 2021
#TankTuesday - IWM before the present regime - the Sherman tank:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 4:29 PM ∙ Nov 16, 2021
#TankTuesday - everyone’s favourite film!
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 4:49 PM ∙ Mar 22, 2022
#TankTuesday - best tank of the 1939-45 war - (picture @BundesarchivD )
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 11:26 AM ∙ Feb 8, 2022
#TankTuesday - Saturday, Bastogne, fairly cold:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 8:59 AM ∙ Dec 14, 2021
Spare a thought for a lonely Tiger tank this autumn. A poor comparison with how America preserves its unique battlefield relics. #TankTuesday #CultureofWar
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 11:26 AM ∙ Aug 31, 2021
#TankTuesday - Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B Tiger II.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 10:06 AM ∙ Jul 19, 2022
First combat 18 July 1944. Too often dismissed as useless because of initial teething troubles. Their presence in the field, raised confidence & morale among all German troops.
Bastogne 2021 - #TankTuesday - the mock German tanks for the 60s film were M48 - one driving around:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 8:47 AM ∙ Dec 21, 2021
#TankTuesday - white is right.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 8:45 AM ∙ Apr 5, 2022
If NATO won’t help time for different solutions.
#UkraineRussiaWar #CultureofWar #GenocideOfUkrainians
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The PBI on #TankTuesday
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 10:26 AM ∙ Aug 10, 2021
#TankTuesday - captured Russians from an old war.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 7:25 PM ∙ Mar 15, 2022
#TankTuesday - OTD France 1940 - survivors:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 2:03 PM ∙ May 10, 2022
#TankTuesday
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 7:32 PM ∙ Mar 29, 2022
‘Two tanks, totally tired tried to track to Twickenham …’
Anyone else recall playing on the tank? #TankTuesday
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 8:27 AM ∙ Oct 19, 2021
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For #tanktuesday - Brussels, Royal Army Museum:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 1:34 PM ∙ Nov 2, 2021
Stop press - extra - have just learned that due to British exceptionalism, the backward fighting Panther was countered by the backward fighting Archer tank destroyer. #TankTuesday
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 11:12 AM ∙ Aug 17, 2021
#TankTuesday - Sinsheim Technik Mueseum
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 11:20 AM ∙ Aug 24, 2021
#TankTuesday - Andrews AFB - 1999
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 6:42 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2021
On a serious note:
Some of you may have seen me write/heard me utter the expression #ADayWithoutATankIsADayWasted. In the past few months I have been thinking quite a bit about what I think is the glorification of war & how war seems to have become something fun to some people.
— Gareth Davies (@bermicourt) 3:23 PM ∙ Aug 16, 2022
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#TankTuesday - After the Battle magazine, 1987 - the last scrap yard in Falaise closed. The remains were acquired by the French museum at Saumur
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 12:12 PM ∙ May 3, 2022
#TankTuesday - Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B Tiger II.
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 10:06 AM ∙ Jul 19, 2022
First combat 18 July 1944. Too often dismissed as useless because of initial teething troubles. Their presence in the field, raised confidence & morale among all German troops.
#tanktuesday - #tankies - all three are very temping:
— Dr Philip W Blood (@HistorianBlood) 8:24 PM ∙ Aug 23, 2022
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