Good morning everyone Happy Friday Troops of the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (29th Division) resting, on their way to the trenches on 27 June 1916, just before The Battle of the Somme.

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last paragraph in this piece packed a punch

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The Grosstraktor was theoretically amphibious, but swimming trials conducted #OTD in 1929 ended in disaster. After a successful first run, the Germans got cocky and ran a trial without safeties. The tank capsized, killing the engineer responsible for the trials. #tanks #history

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what is quite striking about the list is that these three things musk calls "the end of democracy" are, in a very straightfoward way, democratic: they enable more people to have more representation in government

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Read about how vulnerabilities of the Tiger tank were discovered and exploited in my book ACHTUNG TIGER!: How The Allies Defeated Germany’s Heavy Tank. www.amazon.com/ACHTUNG-TIGE... www.lulu.com/shop/peter-s...

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