#Wwii

Phil Fortunato thinks reducing greenhouse gas pollution will STARVE THE RAINFORESTS.You have to laugh so you don't cry that people like this are in positions of power. #WAleg Now we
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@drdanisanchez tweeting for @tweetistorian about WWIII in Africa again. We are finally going to talk about getting drunk in WWII Free French Africa. YAY! Stick around and I'll give you
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The biggest geopolitical impact of corona c/d be in Europe. The fight over coronabonds is about the EU getting its act together. Word of a compromise was met w/ cheers.
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Although stealing a pen from an individual is an abomination, I do lift a pen from every place I stay. These tend to go into one of my implement boxes
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Why criticizing "positive thinking" in Trump is not simply "negativity." I answer this question a zillion times a week so here goes. "Positive thinking" is a shorthand for a movement
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One dynamic that has always existed, but we're seeing play out so frequently now:When tenants break the law, they are evicted, have their credit destroyed, and can even be jailed.When
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Thread: Cursory glance shows a certain blindness to reality among some of the more right leaning media outlets regarding news Boris Johnson is considering opt outs from the Human Rights
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#GDR #OTD 1968 – Artist and pioneer of political montage John Heartfield dies in East Berlin (1) John Heartfield, born Helmut Herzfeld – changed name as a protest against anti-British
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Am I the only one thinking of places to go in case Trump wins? For us Canada is the logical choice for many reasons, the most important of which being
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Thread.Different PerspectiveImagine you were born in 1900.On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the
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This is so incredibly rude. "Gentians in Bloom" is a 75,000 word Wangxian and Jiang Cheng/Wen Qing WIP.... except the second pairing is actually Lan Xichen/Wen Qing, which isn't revealed
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Does anyone in India know this piece of history?Answer must be a firm "No" from most of us! Now please read on.Remembered in Japan,forgotten in India, that's how our history
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This morning I interviewed my mom for a project, and was shocked to discover that our family history is basically a blueprint for a Tom Waits album My grandfather had
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ThreadEd Snow was 17 when he jumped into Normandy on D-DAY. He was in the 101st Airborne F Company. Here's a pic of him in his warpaint and mohawk gearing
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the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, or Victory Museum, is the Russian national WWII museum. It was built during the final years of the USSR on a massive 5,000
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(1) THREAD#QuestionDuJour What are the most serious historical fallacies in western academic textbooks?It's a topic we can't avoid any more. Let's start.... (2) Among the most serious historical fallacies:A. Whig
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