Bluesky · Hashtag

#WWII

1,240
posts · 30d
249
users
41
posts / day
5.0
posts / user
+ 39% vs last week

#WWII is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 249 people shared 1,240 posts with it — around 41 a day. Activity is up 39% versus the previous week, peaking on Nov 6 with 83 posts.

#WWII posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #WWII

Ceryl
@politicdormouse.bsky.social
1 day ago
Olga Lisikova, only woman in Soviet Air Force to pilot-in-command a C-47. 1934 joined aviation school, flew Po-2 & R-5s. Grad 1937, pilot 4 Aeroflot Moscow-Leningrad. #WWII Winter War evacuated wounded soldiers from front while pregnant w 1st child d. #OTD 7 Sep 2011 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olg….
Olga Lisikova in B&W photo wearing medals  #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
4 days ago
Elsie MacGill was the first woman in the world to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929). The "Queen of the Hurricanes" was a pioneering Canadian aircraft designer who led production of the Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during #WWII. She died #OTD in 1980. #WomenInSTEM
A head-and-shoulders, black-and-white studio portrait of Canadian aeronautical engineer Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill (1905–1980). Widely celebrated as the world's first female aircraft designer and the "Queen of the Hurricanes," she famously oversaw the mass production of Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during World War II. MacGill poses at a slight angle, looking forward with a calm, intelligent, and subtly pleasant expression. She wears rimless, round spectacles with thin metal wire temples resting on her bridge. Her wavy, light-colored hair is styled short in a neat, rolled coiffure characteristic of the mid-20th century. She wears a structured blazer or jacket layered over a light-colored collared blouse with faint vertical stripes, the wide collar spread open flat over her lapels. The composition is closely cropped around her shoulders against a softly focused, plain, neutral backdrop. A gentle light illuminates the right side of her face, accentuating her determined gaze. The overall atmosphere carries an air of professional dignity, determination, and historic substance.
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Ceryl
@politicdormouse.bsky.social
2 days ago
Peggy Moilliet Rogers physicist. #WWII conducted ordnance research for US Navy. Worked in electronics & analysis @ Naval Ordnance Test Station "1st Lady of China Lake”. "Country's leading authority in the field of air-launched conventional weapons" b. #OTD 6 Nov 1915 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar….
Dr. Marguerite M. (Peggy) Rogers holding the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award she recieved from Secretary of Defense at a ceremony held in the Pentagon on 14 July 1981.  #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM
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Ceryl
@politicdormouse.bsky.social
2 days ago
Olga Kevelos, UK metallurgist. #WWII worked in Mills bomb labs & Royal Observatory. 1943-5 one of "Idle Women" working narrowboats on Grand Union Canal working 18 hours a day. 1950 motorcycle trial rider won Gold medal @ International 6-Day Trial. b #OTD 6 Nov 1923 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olg….
Olga Kevelos on her motorbike #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM
2 39 116
Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
about 11 hours ago
The 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) was a way to turn an old chassis and an old gun into something useful. The short range of the gun meant that the lightly armoured vehicle had to stay close to the enemy and #OTD in 1942 the 15th Panzer Division lost its last one. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
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Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
about 16 hours ago
Even though the British were already using Sherman tanks by November of 1942, some American tankers went into battle with older tanks. #OTD in 1942 the 1st Armored Division landed at Oran equipped with Medium Tanks M3. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
4 9 65
Ceryl
@politicdormouse.bsky.social
3 days ago
Dorothy Robson UK physicist engineer. 1940 BSc in Physics w Electrical Engineering @ Uni of Leeds. #WWII worked for Ministry of Aircraft Production on development of bombsights. Based @ Northern Bomber Command. d. #OTD 5 Nov 1943 after test flight crash age only 23 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dor….
Dorothy Robson beside a Halifax bomber rear turret in 1942 in B&W photo #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #HistSTM #HistSTEM
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Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
1 day ago
Canadian-built Valentine tanks remained substantially the same throughout their production, but there were still a few upgrades applied. #OTD in 1942 the Soviet representative at the Angus Shops compiled a list of changes in the Valentine VIIA tank. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
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Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
1 day ago
T-60 tanks photographed #OTD in Red Square. Even though these were relatively lightly armed and lightly armoured tanks, they could be built at Moscow's automotive factories, making them essential to the city's defense. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
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Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
1 day ago
T-34 tank driving through the streets of Moscow #OTD in 1941. The annual October Revolution parade was still held that year despite the nearing German forces. Troops marching in the parade continued towards the front lines to fight in defense of Moscow. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
1 6 62
Tank Archives
@tankarchives.bsky.social
2 days ago
The Pz.III Ausf.N was the last tank of the series, equipped with a short 75 mm gun for close support instead of the ageing 50 mm gun that was no longer competitive. #OTD in 1942 Hitler ordered a second batch built, converted from Pz.III Ausf.M tanks #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
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