After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.
In each of the 3 wars, the #Palestinian cause was taken up in a larger global struggle 👀 : first, #WorldWarII, then the #ColdWar, then the #jihadist war against free societies.
#Palestine has served as an excellent rallying cry for OTHERS who only fight [#inTheirName].
Just watched the season finale of The New Look on Apple TV+
My review? Very good. 9/10.
Will cater to fans of modern fashion design as it covers Christian Dior + Coco Chanel, but also anyone that has an interest in World War II history and stories of Nazi occupation.
As we celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, join us in reflecting on the invaluable roles women played during #WorldWarII, both on the home front and in uniform.
From welding and riveting in shipyards to driving trucks, flying planes, and breaking codes, women showed unwavering resilience and dedication.
Here Be Dragons or: NUCLEAR YINYANG (sub-subtitle: "her love became a nuclear bomb")
8000 words inspired by #BreathOfFireIV covering: friendship, renting apartments, envy, #WorldWarII, and the #ethics of death. also several #music references to the point where the footnotes are practically a playlist of my time writing this #essay
Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona. Fourteen such cars were passed one afternoon on this highway
#Oppenheimer feared nuclear annihilation – and only a chance pause by a Soviet submarine officer kept it from happening in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, as it gave him time to rethink before firing his nuclear torpedo/.
“World War III was very likely averted as a result of a brief delay in time caused by a sailor who happened to be stuck in the right place at the right time..."
Today is the "Day of Remembrance" of FDR's (U.S. President during WW II) Executive Order 9066 authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, signed Feb. 19, 1942.
This is for anyone who is into #Radio#History I’m looking for good archives of radio news from the 1930s particularly from places such as what was then known as Czechoslovakia, Norway, Finland, Poland and anything else.
I’ve got a bit from Germany but what I really want is full length broadcasts, not 20 minute compilations of little tiny clips, I hate that stuff.
I want to be able to download these as well. New #Audio#AudioHistory#WorldWarII#OldTimeRadio
The canning industry was one of the most important in #USNorthwest & Alaska before #WorldWarII & Chinese workers were majority of workforce while enduring harsh conditions & #discrimination.
Sisters under the Rising Sun is a story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters.
Off the Lazio coast, the foundations of the Europe we live in today were laid 80 years ago.
On a small Italian island the Ventotene Manifesto was born, a document about peace, solidarity, and federalism.
The revolutionary idea came about during World War II and it's not only one of the founding documents of the European Union, but also a reminder that there is still much work to be done.