#WW2
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1944: British 8th Army reached the Fiumicino River in Italy. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=315
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1943: Allied troops captured Pompeii, Italy. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=307
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1942: [Photo] King George VI inspecting HQ of Combined Operations #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22309
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1942: [Photo] Crusader and Covenanter tanks in exercise in Yorkshire, England #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=23376
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1942: [Photo] MS Berry at Mare Island Navy Yard #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=1247
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1941: Reinhard Heydrich was named Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=185
History can be complicated...
"Canada Nazi row puts spotlight on Ukraine's WWII past"
#History #Canada #Genealogy #Holocaust #News #WW2 #Nazi #Ukraine
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1940: London and Liverpool came under aerial attack at night. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=95
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1939: [Photo] German and Soviet officers shaking hands in Poland #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=10231
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1938: [Photo] Chamberlain speaking to Mussolini at Munich #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=18698
Jasper Maskelyne, magician, entertainer, and WW2 camoufleur was born on September 29, 1902.
At the outbreak of WW2, he volunteered for service with the Royal Engineers with the view his magical skills could assist in camouflage.
His actual contributions to the war effort are controversial, his grandiose telling of his war history not confirmed by British historical records.
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1938: German, Italian, French, British leaders met at Munich to decide on Czechoslovakia. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=87
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1931: [Photo] Chicago Chinese-Americans protesting against Japanese invasion of China #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=23007
Today in WW2 History, 29 Sep 1911: Reginald Jones, future scientific intel expert, was born #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1027
Ook in het hofje van het #Museum Otto Weidt is deze held op een moderne manier vereeuwigd | This hero has also been immortalised in a modern way in the courtyard of the #Museum Otto Weidt
#Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt in #Berlin
#WW2 #WWII #Holocaust #Shoah #Shoa #antisemitisme #Antisemitism
NEW INTERVIEW! "A film about love, the love that binds us to the people we care about most" - Darren Emerson (LETTERS FROM DRANCY) #VR #Documentary #WW2
https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/darren-emerson-letters-from-drancy/
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1945: [Photo] LtGen Lu Han overseeing Japanese surrender at Hanoi #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22384
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1945: [Photo] Type 95 Ha-Go light tank being surrendered on New Britain #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=7745
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1944: RAF bombers dropped 909 tons of bombs on Kaiserslautern, Germany. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=55
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1945: [Photo] Aerial view of devastated Tokyo #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=20710
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1943: US 3rd Infantry Division captured Avellino, Italy. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=307
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1942: [Photo] Sutherland, Nimitz, Ghormley, and Harmon aboard USS Argonne #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=12038
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1941: [Photo] Churchill inspecting ruins of Coventry, England #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=9378
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1942: Jinichi Kusaka was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Navy 11th Air Fleet. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=445
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1941: The Second Battle of Changsha commenced. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=183
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1940: [Photo] Crash-landed Bf 109 on French beach #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=10366
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1939: [Photo] Molotov and Ribbentrop signing border agreement in conquered Poland #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=16561
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1938: Chamberlain informed Beneš that UK would negotiate in best interest of Czechoslovakia. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=87
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1939: Merkulov reported to Stalin that his NKVD group had arrested 923 in Poland thus far. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=149
Absolutely Games et Team17 ont récemment dévoilé une nouvelle bande-annonce de Classified: France '44, mettant en avant plusieurs personnages des forces spéciales alliées du jeu.
L'article complet par ici : https://www.histogames.com/HTML/news/2023/septembre/024-classified-france-44-presente-ses-forces-speciales.php
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1937: Cruiser Zhaohe was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guangdong, China. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=78
Today in WW2 History, 28 Sep 1871: Pietro Badoglio, future marshal and prime minister, was born #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=227
The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists was founded in 1929. Its fascist and openly anti-Semitic ideology was that Jews and Russian-speaking citizens must be removed from Ukrainian society at any cost. They enthusiastically collaborated with Nazi Germany in the 1940s to exterminate Jews, Russians, and anyone who attempted to protect them. The OUN was only forced out of Ukraine after the USSR took control of the country, upon the end of the Second World War.
The Ukrainian fascists found new homes in Canada, where the ideology of anti-communism was extremely potent. Peter Vronsky, a former documentary Director at the National Film board revealed that:
“a little known US-financed group in Canada called the "Canadian Christian Council for the Resettlement of Refugees" privately lobbied the Canadian government in the 1950s to admit former Nazi Waffen-SS 'foreign legion volunteers' like the Moslem Bosnian-Albanian Nazi SS troopers, Ukrainian SS volunteers, and others, to come to Sudbury wholesale to work in the mines.”
The Jewish News of North California reported that the Canadian government admitted more than 2,000 Ukrainian members of the Nazi 14th SS Division in the 1950s. This was done to crush the burgeoning leftist Ukrainian diaspora that was building up during the previous few years.
One way of getting into postwar Canada "was by showing the SS tattoo," Canadian historian Irving Abella told 60 Minutes interviewer Mike Wallace in 1997. "This proved that you were an anti-Communist."
#^https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/ukcdnm
#Trudeau #canada support #ukrainian #nazi #WWII #WW2 #history #ukraine #neo-nazi
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1993: James Doolittle, former aviator, passed away #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=56
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1945: [Photo] Emperor Showa visiting Douglas MacArthur #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=843
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1944: [Photo] Polish resistance fighter surrendering from his sewer position #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=8628
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1943: British 78th Infantry Division captured the major airfield complex near Foggia, Italy. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=307
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1942: [Photo] Control car of US Navy blimp K-11 #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22960
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1942: Lydia Litvyak shot down a German Ju 88A-4 bomber. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=433
Is Chrystia Freeland A Fraud Or A Nazi Sympathizer?
Freeland is supposedly a credible voice on Ukrainian history, and yet she has applauded the country’s Nazis on multiple occasions.
by Davide Mastracci via The Maple
#CdnPoli #Freeland #Antisemitism #WW2 #Nazis
https://www.readthemaple.com/is-chrystia-freeland-a-fraud-or-a-nazi-sympathizer/
Recently bought Judy Batalion's book The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance which documents the under reported role of women in the Polish Jewish Resistance. Women Jews worked as couriers between the ghettos, smuggling information, weapons, and people under grave risk, yet their stories were largely lost. At this link, Judy Batalion discusses why.
#Poland #WW2 #Jew #Holocaust #Resistance #Herstory
https://time.com/5953135/hidden-history-jewish-women-fought-nazis/
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1940: The Tripartite Pact was signed. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=84
Today in WW2 History, 27 Sep 1941: 23,000 Jews were massacred at Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=136
A harrowing tale from Sept 1942 - one of many tragedies of war.
#ww2 #history
https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/2023/09/26/september-26th-1942-a-near-tragedy-for-three-raf-squadrons-3/
New Il-2 Sturmovik video:
Flying the Macchi MC.202 Serie VII Folgore ('Thunderbolt') of the Regia Aeronautica against a Curtiss P-40M Warhawk (also known as the Kittyhawk Mk.III) of the RAF over the Mediterranean in 1942.
Was impressed by the 202's performance and handling, although its armament was a little underwhelming.
Nice to try a different plane in a different theatre of WW2, though.
#Gameplay #Aviation #FlightSim #Dogfight #WW2 #Mediterrenean
Today in WW2 History, 26 Sep 1944: Allied troops captured Mook, the Netherlands. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=52
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who was wondering why everyone, even our Parliamentarians, seems to have forgotten who the sides were in World War 2. I think all the members who stood and clapped share the responsibility and the shame.
MPs Plead Ignorance After Applauding Nazi War Veteran
Canada’s federal parties are pleading ignorance and pointing fingers after MPs gave a standing ovation to a Waffen SS veteran.
by @alexcosh via The Maple
#CdnPoli #WW2 #Nazis
https://www.readthemaple.com/mps-plead-ignorance-after-applauding-nazi-veteran/
World War Two: The Australian commando raid in #Singapore
Posting my latest podcast - multiple threads - WW2 Pacific / Woman scientist-oceanographer - enjoy!! #WW2 #WomenInScience https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amalia-kussner-miniature-artist-of-the-gilded-age/id1556933183?i=1000628754699
Boeing-Stearman PT-17 of the Collings Foundation, on the grass at Stow, Massachusetts. The Foundation owns a wide range of armour and aircraft exhibits, some of which rotate through its Stow HQ. This is a classic example of the US biplane trainer, on which thousands of Allied airmen were trained in the US during WW2. #Stow #Massacusetts #USA #CollingsFoundation #BoeingStearman #biplane #aviation #avgeek #WW2 #aviationphotography #trainer
I saw mention the other day of #veteran of #WW2 from #Ukraine being recognised by the Speaker as President #Zelensky visited #Canada's #parliament. I'm no historian, but knowing something of the complexities of #history in the region, I remember thinking "I hope they checked him out thoroughly". Sadly, they didn't...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66908958
I am personally interested, the next time #Zelensky is taken to the Polish Parliament, which #Nazi will they bring to applaud him.
#Poland has #Stockholm syndrome, she fell in love with her rapist. 2/2 . - Megatron
#ukraine #russia #canada #nazis #Otan #Putin #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #ww2 #wwii
#BREAKING:
#Canada enters a conflict with a new country, this time #Poland
The Polish ambassador to Canada:
"#Canada & #Ukraine leadership at OurCommons cheered a member of #WaffenSS #Galizien, notorious UA military formation of #WW2 responsible for murdering thousands of Poles & Jews."
"Poland best ally #Ukraine has, will never agree on whitewashing such villains! As #Poland Amb. to #Canada I expect an apology." 1/2
Sep 24, 1942: Special Operations Executive agents Lise de Baissac and Andrée Borrel are the first female SOE agents to be parachuted into France on this date in 1942. Borrel was executed in July 1944 at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp; de Baissac survived the war and died at age 98 on 2004.
Is everyone in Canada drunk? How does this happen? Does no one do due diligence on these events?
"Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologized Sunday for honouring a man who fought in a Nazi unit during the Second World War." #Ukraine #Canada #WaffenSS #WW2 #Cdnpoli #Nazis https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anthony-rota-ukrainian-veteran-apology-1.6977117
"… we thank him for all his service."
…
"[I] subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to do so."
I'm curious what "service" Canadian House Speaker Rota thought he might be thanking 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka for, if it wasn't in Waffen-SS Galicia Division. And what did the MPs (from all parties) think they were applauding?
At very least, our representatives need a history lesson.
Today in WW2 History, 24 Sep 1943: James Johnson was awarded Bar to his Distinguished Service Order medal. #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=694
My late father, Joseph George Bell, was a farmer in #NorthKelsey during #WW2 and volunteered for #AirRaidPrecautions, later known as #CivilDefence. He told a few stories.
One of these stories was of a visit to an RAF Control Room where he saw an attack on Sheffield by air-launched V1 flying bombs. This did happen, but the traceable history is a little different.
There was a #SectorControlRoom at RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, which is pretty close. The #Sector it covered runs across England, #Lincolnshire to #Liverpool
There was such a air-launched V1 attack, on Christmas Eve 1944, aimed at #Manchester. I have not found accounts of any others. Several V1s fell short, at least 1 near to Sheffield.
To get over the southern end of the #Pennines these missiles would have had to cruise at over 2000 feet, higher than usual for a V1. The launch point would be roughly as far East as #Norwich
Air-launched cruise missiles are older than you think.
New Il-2 Sturmovik video:
Flying the Bell P-39N Airacobra in the colours of Soviet Ace V. F. Sirotin against the Messerschmitt Bf 109G in the colours of JG 1.
Not an easy fight for the P-39, especially with the 109 trying to climb out of reach. Luckily, it could never get quite far enough away.
And what a spectacular kill! Utter disintegration!
#Gameplay #Aviation #FlightSim #Dogfight #P39 #Sirotin #Ace #Bf109 #WW2 #EasternFront
Moving family story of former Secretary to president of Ukraine
Years later, the Bolsheviks confiscated his land and property and declared him an enemy of the people, the worst accusation one could expect at the time. He, a father of four, was sent to concentration camp.
I don't know how long he stayed there, but he survived and came back broken. #ukraine #holodomor #ww2 #USSR
Thread by @IuliiaMendel on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1705406808171429968.html
Clothing Britain's Spies During WW2:
Small details matter....
Miguel Covarrubias did quite a few great cartoon parodies of him. A lot of people in the FDR circles saw Mr Longfish as a Fascist import from Europe.
https://youtu.be/Cic8qRfzBJo
(His work is a great way to illustrate the Interwar period.)
#propaganda #interwar #interwarperiod #ww1 #ww2
New Il-2 Sturmovik gameplay video:
Hitting bombers at a German airbase with an Ilyushin Il-2 1941 (2 series).
Couple of decent passes with rockets and guns. Took a bit of flak (in the literal sense!), but the aircraft known to German ground troops as 'The Flying Tank' took it in its stride.
Still need more practice with strike missions, but definitely think I'm getting better!
Mooi initiatief.
De geschiedenis verandert men er niet mee. Het niet verloren laten gaan van deze verhalen en de namen van deze mensen help ons hopelijk om niet in herhaling te vervallen.
Today in WW2 History, 20 Sep 1942: [Photo] AEC Mk I armored car in the Western desert, Egypt #ww2 #onthisday http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=16354
New footage shows historic World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific
[#archives #WW2] Mise en ligne des rapports (numérisés) des préfets des départements pendant la #SecondeGuerreMondiale (par département) :
- Gouvernement de Vichy (1940-1944) : https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/IR/FRAN_IR_060472
- Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (1944-1946) : https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/UD/FRAN_IR_001521/c_1205-1233
#archivesenligne #archivesnationales #2GM #histoire #France #FrenchHistory @histodons @archivistodon @geneafr
As a #German, there were very few times my grandparents would voluntarily talk about #WW2... except for the rationing part.
So here is a #recipe from that time, which I'm having right now :)
Ingredients:
Coffee
Stale bread
Sugar
Butter
Milk* (optional)
- Cut or pull the bread into bite-sized pieces & add to a tin mug (or a ceramic one).
- Sprinkle sugar onto the bread
- Pour hot coffee & milk* over the bread
-Add curls of butter to the top
Voilá.
It's not a pretty dish, but cozy!
After ⚔️#WW2, the Communists gained control of 🇷🇴#Romania by election fraud. In 1955 🇷🇴#Romania joined the #WarsawPact and the 🇺🇳#UnitedNations.
The ☭#USSR withdrew its army in 1958 after 14 years of occupation.
Then, Nicolae #Ceaușescu came to power and ruled 🇷🇴#Romania with an iron hand, spending lavishly on a national palace and government building for himself and the government while his people starved.
Unexploded #WW2 shells found in Polish church wall
https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/09/18/unexploded-ww2-shells-found-in-polish-church-wall/
@jeffjarvis. I wrote this earlier this morning after reading this.
I'm not going to waste a gift article on this except to say, I'm waiting for the #WashingtonPost to cover as extensively #Trump's comments about #Biden getting us into #WW2 and how #Trump beat #Obama. And stop putting into coherent English #Trump's mush of words. Quote the "sentences" just as he says them.
I'm not going to waste a gift article on this except to say, I'm waiting for the #WashingtonPost to cover as extensively #Trump's comments about #Biden getting us into #WW2 and how #Trump beat #Obama. And stop putting into coherent English #Trump's mush of words. Quote the "sentences" just as he says them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/18/biden-democrats-anxiety-age/
17 September 1904 | A Pole, Franciszek Idzik, was born in Oleśniki. A butcher.
In #Auschwitz from 24 May 1941.
No. 16300
He perished in the camp on 4 November 1941.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2 #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts
17 September 1928 | Polish Jewish boy, Chaim Grosbard, was born in Lublin. He emigrated to France.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Beaune la Rolande on 5 August 1942. He did not survive.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
The Battle of San Pietro Project is a multi-disciplinary investigation, involving landscape reconnaissance, survey, & recording, supplemented by historical research & oral history.
We aim to catalogue all visible archaeological features relevant to the Battle of San Pietro Infine, which took place between 8-17 December 1943. Our next field season is in April 2024. You can join us in this exciting project! Visit www.mhlcassino.co.uk for more info #militaryhistory #ww2 #italy #conflictarchaeology
8 September 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Edita Weiszová, was born in Prague (in the pic at the age of 2)
She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
Margo and Richard Ryen in a scene from “Gangway for Tomorrow” (1943) — a fascinating anthology film about how five wartime airplane workers ended up in the carpool to the factory. Margo’s story of an escape from Nazi-occupied France is the most harrowing.
New Il-2 Sturmovik video:
Wanted to fly the Nakajima Ki-84c Hayate ('Gale') again, as I had a really good experience with it last time.
I took it into a head-to-head dogfight against the Lockheed P-38L Lightning.
Given the American twin-engine fighter's performance and record in the Pacific, I didn't expect the Ki-84 to achieve such swift success!
#Gameplay #Aviation #Dogfight #FlightSim #WW2 #Pacific #Japan #USA
After the war, Andrée Geulen was recognized as Righteous among the Nations by the Israeli institute Yad Vashem in 1989.
She died May 31, 2022 at age 100. (6/6)
#WW2 #Resistance #Holocaust #antifa #Belgium
https://yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-teachers/geulen.asp
Andrée Geulen was personally responsible for the placement of 300 Jewish children into refuge.
This photo was taken after liberation and shows Geulen holding two young children whom she helped rescue during the war. (5/6)
This photo of Geulen was featured in an exhibition that first appeared at The Cooper Union in 2005. The exhibit, "Resistance and Memory in Belgium 1940 – 1945: Multiple Narratives,"
was curated by Professor Anne Griffin of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Cooper Union. (4/6)
One of the most awe-inspiring photographs of the European anti-fascist resistance was an unposed photo of Geulen taken by a street photographer in Brussels as she was on her way to rescue two Jewish children.
As she walks down the sidewalk, a German officer ominously walks a few paces behind her. (3/6)
Geulen’s role with the CDJ was to persuade Jewish parents in Brussels to give up their children to the care of CDJ “who would place them as ‘hidden children’ in the care of Catholic families, schools, & religious institutions under false identities.”
She would meet the children and accompany them to the family, school, or monastery where they would be sheltered. (2/6)
Sep 6, 1921: On this date Andrée Geulen was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium.
She was a member of the Belgian Resistance during WW2, specifically working to hide Jewish children from the Nazis. She became involved in the Comité de Défense des Juifs (CDJ) in the Spring of 1943 and remained active with the CDJ until Sept 1944 when Brussels was liberated by the Allies. (1/6)
4 September 1943 | A transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at #Auschwitz. After the selection 232 men and 106 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 662 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
As the years pass, I’m more and more convinced that #WW2 began on 7 July 1937, when Japan invaded China.
The 1 September 1939 invasion of Poland is an easy to remember date and is Eurocentric, which make sense when you look at who won the war and wrote the history books.
This is not criticism per se, just a personal observation.
3 September 1927 | French Jewish girl, Suzanne Buch, was born in Paris.
She was deported to Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 7 August 1942. She did not survive.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
The Auschwitz Museum announced in June the discovery of pictures of the first mass transport of prisoners to the Nazi camp in 1940.
I sought new details about the Canadian provenance of the pictures and how their authenticity was established.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-auschwitz-prisoner-transport-photos-canada/
【 How'd you trust #Japan govt on #Fukushima issues❓
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GOJ claims "Dai-ichi #nuke PL cleanup,including bldgs by 2051
https://x.com/leilaniathenai1/status/1499891873875259394?s=46
Biggest grifter, since Imperil JP w/ "We're winning #WW2"
Defers fundamental measures,but profits colluded contractors w/huge #tax #money 】
↑
https://x.com/leilaniathenai1/status/1697545189613818096?s=12
30 August 1888 | Austrian Jewish woman, Hermine Hupka-Brüll, was born in Vienna. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
In April 1944 she was deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt. On 9 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz & murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
Ida Lupino in uniform as a lieutenant in the Women’s Ambulance and Defense Corps in early 1942.
She joined the WADC and began training in mid-1941 in anticipation of returning to her native England to assist the war effort there. Her focus changed after the Pearl Harbor attack, of course.
De Havilland Mosquito TT.35. The last 'flourish' of the DH Mosquito was a post-war target tug, converted from the last bomber version built, the Mosquito B.35. This example hangs in the roof of one of the hangars at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, United Kingdom, wearing the classic 'anti-camouflage' of the target tug, silver upper surfaces, with bold yellow and black stripes. The swift Mosquito was an ideal aircraft for towing aerial targets! There is no longer a flying example of the type in Europe, however, The People's Mosquito (a Registered Charity) is now building one! For more details, see www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk #DeHavilland #Mosquito #IWM #Duxford #targettug #avgeek #aviation #TT35 #hangar #ThePeoplesMosquito #TPM #UK #UnitedKingdom #Europe #museum #WW2
26 August 1923 | A German Jewish woman, Ilse Kahn, was born in Wermelskirchen. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
In November 1942, she was deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz. She perished in the camp on 28 February 1943.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
Now recruiting for season 2! Join our team of trained archaeologists to investigate this crucial WWII conflict in the Italian landscape. Two options-full accommodations with hotel, ground transportation, & food; or come as a day attender. Be a part of this unique adventure project! For more info, visit www.mhlcassino.co.uk or email admin@mhlcassino.co.uk
#conflictarchaeology #archaeologytrip #battlefieldarchaeology #researcharchaeology #italy #sun #mountain #photography #landscape #cloud #ww2
Another Book
Nalty, Bernard C. (1 January 1986). Strength for the Fight: A History of black Americans in the Military. Simon and Schuster, Free Press. pp. 154–157, 228.
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#BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #StillWeRise #BlackHistory #Military #WW2
Books
Delmont, Matthew F. Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. 1st ed. Viking, 2022.
Miller, Donald L. (2007). Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 227–229.
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Finally, the Park Street Riot, the Battle of Bamber Bridge, and similar events give historians a more comprehensive view of World War II, reminding us that battles weren't just fought against external enemies but also against deeply entrenched prejudices.
Understanding such events is crucial because it provides context to the broader civil rights movement.
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Events like the Park Street Riot were emblematic of the broader struggles for civil rights and equality.
Such incidents exposed the irony and hypocrisy of black soldiers being asked to fight for freedom abroad while being denied basic rights at home and even within the military.
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Only a few interracial pairs found enduring love leading to marriage. The vast segment of Bristol's populace that embraced Black Americans hadn't yet warmed to the idea of interracial matrimony.
The Park Street Riot in 1944 highlights the racial tensions that existed even among allied forces during WW II. The experience of black GIs in Europe during this period is complex and multifaceted.
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A military curfew was imposed on Bristol for several days following the incident. The Bristol community largely sided with the black soldiers,
Yet, the British police lacked formal jurisdiction to prohibit white women from befriending black men. However, they thought “undue familiarity was very dangerous and undesirable.” This extended to officers requesting women's ID and visiting their residences “to give some good advice”.
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One of the chief antagonistic points was white soldiers’ jealousy and anger at white British women accompanying black American soldiers. This was the case with American troops as well as some British soldiers.
The predominant sentiment Bristol residents harbored for black soldiers was of warmth and amicability. However, dynamics shifted when romantic relationships came into play.
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Additional MPs were brought in to restore some semblance of order. The black soldiers were then directed to the Tram Centre for transport back to their bases.
The march to the Tram Centre caused some GIs to panic. A few carried knives, and in the process of disarming them, an MP shot a black soldier who was attacking another MP.
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On July 15, 1944, in Bristol, escalating tensions peaked as a group of black soldiers, angered by being denied entry to what they perceived as premier local pubs, assembled on Park Street and Great George Street. Some of the Black soldiers were accompanied by white British women and were stopped by MPs. Fights erupted.
Soon, over 400 black soldiers clashed with 120 Military Police. Buses cordoned off the affected streets.
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Larger “race riots” between the two white and black American troops transpired in places like Chipping Norton (November 1943), Bamber Bridge in Lancashire (June 1943), and Launceston in Cornwall (September 1943). However, tensions peaked in Bristol post-D-Day, even after many American troops had departed.
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Given this environment, it's unsurprising that hostilities between black and white Americans occasionally escalated to physical confrontations. Causes ranged from black soldiers facing maltreatment to issues of romantic rivalry. In Bristol, where a significant number of Black Americans resided, local white women often dated black soldiers, leading to several altercations.
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A U.S. reporter in Gloucestershire remarked that “negroes were welcomed with open arms on a footing of complete equality.”
Multiple historians like the one below have commented that residing in England was transformative for black Americans, catalyzing the Civil Rights movement. Black G.I.s were increasingly reluctant to accept the treatment meted out by their white peers.
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In 1943, NAACP chief. Walter White, journeyed to Britain and deduced that in England, many Black American soldiers encountered “their first experience in being treated as normal human beings and friends by white people.”
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Broadly speaking, Black soldiers endured lengthier workdays and lesser living conditions compared to white soldiers.
Bristol's residents viewed the U.S. military's racial discrimination as preposterous. In fact, Britons found Black soldiers more polite, orderly, and engaging than their white counterparts.
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In Bristol, numerous black soldiers played roles in supply logistics, with many functioning as dockers or driving the distinct ‘Deuce and a half’ trucks. They resided in (segregated) accommodations around the city – such as the Drill Hall in Old Market, the Muller orphanage in Ashley Down, and residences in Henleaze, among other locations.
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After these guidelines were published, uproar ensued in newspapers across the country. Also, a confidential note from a high-ranking British officer surfaced, recommending that Britons avoid mingling with “negroes,” alleging they were “of a simple mental outlook” and lacked “the white man’s ability to think and act to a plan.”
These sentiments were widely criticized, annd everyday Britons voiced opposition.
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Local women were discouraged from interacting with Black American troops and advised to avoid them on streets, distance themselves if seated near one in a theater, and expedite their service in shops indicate that Black soldiers shouldn't come back. Most pointedly, local white women were advised that “on no account must coloured troops be invited into the homes of white women.”
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Bristol authorities made an attempt to deter British women from socializing with Black American soldiers. The advisory committee of the Ministry of Information for Bristol noted that “individual and unofficial warnings should be spread about” through the Women’s Voluntary Service and housewives’ groups.
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Major General Ira Eaker, the commander of the Eighth Air Force, stated that white troops instigated 90% of these altercations, which also included a few fatalities, all concealed by the US Army.
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The profound racism within the US Army led to regular conflicts between black and white GIs, often escalating to violence.
Fistfights commonly erupted in pubs where black and white GIs mingled, especially if black soldiers engaged in conversations with white British women. Some incidents even involved gunfire, primarily from white soldiers aiming at Black soldiers.
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Numerous Black American soldiers stationed in Bristol were positioned near the docks, with barracks located in places like Bedminster, Brislington, Henleaze, Shirehampton, and the Muller Orphanage at Ashley Down.
When the first Americans reached the UK in 1942, British authorities decided not to challenge the American practice of segregation or upset white American sensibilities.
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The 'Tuskegee Airmen', comprising the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, achieved one of WW2's most impressive combat records. For a black American to train as a WW2 pilot, he had to outperform his white counterparts.
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Yet, black Americans proved their worth throughout the war, especially in intense battles like the 1944 Ardennes offers (the Battle of the Bulge), where commanders called upon every available soldier.
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