#79th anniversary

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Tidmouth Runaway

It's The Railway Series 79th Anniversary

Probably the most biblically accurate version of them, even having their correct wheel arrangements

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[secondworldwarremembrancedays]

79th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War - Victory Parade in Moscow.

Live Stream. A parade is taking place on Red Square in Moscow in honor of the 79th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

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Based on a dream…

[sudriantraveler]

All three engines are now great friends.

Wasn't Henry pleased when he had his new coat. He is very proud of it - as all good engines are - but he doesn't mind the rain now, because he knows that the best way to keep his paint nice is not to run into tunnels, but to ask his driver to rub him down when the day's work is over.

Happy 79th Anniversary to The Railway Series!

Also, as a bonus, here are two more sketches I did featuring the cheeky little blue shit.

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Happy 79th Anniversary to Thomas 🥳🥳

[thatcheeseycandle]

HAPPY 79TH ANNIVERSARY FOR RWS AND T&F!!

(insert a cool art/fic/media/etc thing cause I definetly did not lose the idea I had for celebrating this anniversary couh cough)

[california-112]

“Put on warm clothes, you might be outside all night.”

The Great Escape (1963)

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“Hey, what are you two doing out here in the dark?” It was Nixon, bounding up from the house where Strayer was collecting his officers before they pushed on to Coudeville. “You know, you sure made a hell of a choice on first dates, Duchess.”

“Apple blossom time is so last year, Lewis,” Joan shot back, smile back on and ready to return fire, no trace of the quiet, contemplative woman of before.

“Do I get that kiss now? You did promise. Or have you forgotten since yesterday?”

Joan raised her eyebrows, remembering that she had, indeed, said that - and only yesterday, too. How far away the Upottery airfield seemed now, after everything they’d seen today. She adjusted her helmet, laid a hand on Lew’s shoulder and leaned in to give him a peck on both cheeks, in the French fashion. “Bienvenue a Normandie,” she said with a soft smile, stepping back.

“There one in there for Dick, too?” Lewis said, grinning in the dark. “After the day he’s had I think a hero’s welcome wouldn’t be amiss. Captured a map that had every single Kraut gun in Normandy on it.”

He was glad, suddenly, that it was dark, because the prospect of Joan kissing him - even in the friendly, collegial way she’d kissed Lewis - brought a flush to his face, and he wasn’t sure why. Maybe it was the wine. Why on earth had Lew even asked?

-The Darkening Sky, Chapter 26, Day of Days

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The 79th Anniversary of D-Day!

On June 6, 2023, the world will mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the day Allied forces invaded Normandy, France, in the largest seaborne invasion in history. The successful invasion led to the liberation of France and the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. To honor the heroes of D-Day, there will be a number of events held in Normandy and around the world. In Normandy, there will be a…

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Wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Moscow.

On May 8, 2024, on the eve of the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin wall.

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Happy 79th anniversary of these photos of easy company in hitlers nest !! (Berchtesgaden, may 3rd 1945)

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To commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, a short thread of photos colourised by DBColour (Colourising History on Facebook). Descriptions run from top-to-bottom.

Piper Bill Millin, seen here landing on Sword Beach with his bagpipes with Lord Lovat’s Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade. IWM B 5103.

Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade after landing on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944. British Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. LCI(L) 135 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla carrying personnel of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada en route to France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN Nº. 3205043) Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword Beach, 6 June 1944.

LCA (Landing Craft Assault) containing soldiers from the Winnipeg Rifles head for the Normandy Juno beach - June 6, 1944.

Commandos approach Sword Beach in a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). Ahead, the beach is crowded with tanks and vehicles of 27th Armoured Brigade and 79th Armoured Division.

Troops of 3rd Infantry Division on Queen Red beach, Sword area, circa 0845 hrs, 6 June 1944. In the foreground are sappers of 84 Field Company Royal Engineers. Behind them, medical orderlies of 8 Field Ambulance, RAMC, can be seen assisting wounded men.

A Horsa glider near the Caen Canal bridge at Benouville, 8 June 1944. No. 91 (PF800), carried Major John Howard and Lieutenant Den Brotheridge of No.1 Platoon, 'D' Co., 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the early hours of D-Day. © IWM B 5232

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Happy 79th anniversary to the Railway Series!

Here's my second of two entries for this year's art collab.

I tried my best to make this resemble the style of real UK newspapers from the 30s 😁 A video slideshow of all the collab entries can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4RJZz1mkc

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Today is the 79th anniversary of the Normandy landings

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