bojacobs , 22 days ago to histodons group

D-Day and nuclear radiation:

American military leaders were aware of the dangers of radioactive particles long before #Hiroshima or #Trinity.

On #DDay there was a special unit, Operation Peppermint, that came ashore in Normandy with Geiger Counters in anticipation that the Nazis might "pepper" the beaches with uranium particles to sicken and slow the invasion.

Militarization of radioactive particles predated fission weapons.

#nuclear #radiation #RadiologicalWarfare #dday80 @histodons @sts

https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/survey-instruments/mid-to-late-1940s/victoreen-models-247-a-and-247b-ion-chambers.html

RPBook , 1 month ago to militaryhistory group

This is brilliant — volunteers knitted a life-size Churchill AVRE #tank to mark the upcoming 80th anniversary of #DDay.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024-04-30/life-size-knitted-tank-created-by-small-army-of-volunteers

#DDay80 #SecondWorldWar @worldwarshistory @militaryhistory