#1943

David Perell

david_perell

History is filled with moments where science said something was impossible but people did it anyways.My favorite example: Airplanes flew before scientists had a working theory for “heavier than air”

Gil Brandt

Gil_Brandt

15 active NFL players have been killed in action during wartime, 12 during World War II, two in Vietnam and one in Afghanistan. Let us remember them today:Cpl. MIKE BASCA

David Fedman

dfedman

One under appreciated outcome of American island hopping across the Pacific during WWII: a shift in the geographical literacy and consciousness of the American public. 1/ Take a listen to

Dexter Fergie

DexterFergie

A fantastic resource that I just stumbled upon today is Duke's Ad*Access digital collection, which has a large, keyword-searchable database of ads from the first half of the 20th cent.

Jim Bianco

biancoresearch

Yesterday the March Deficit numbers were reported. The 100 million $1,400 stimulus charts blew out the deficit. As this chart shows, the last 12-months the deficit was a hard to

Prof Kate Williams 💙

KateWilliamsme

During the Allied Invasions of Sicily in 1943,Philip’s ship HMS Wallace (covering soldiers going ashore) was targeted by German bombers . ‘We were the target for tonight & they would

Scotty

scottyeders

Dakota / C-47 Skytrain Thread The Dak was a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War 2.

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: One of the mendacious claims of the far right is that they want free speech & to protect culture. In fact they want hate speech to dehumanise minorities &

Ben Railton

AmericanStudier

There are many deeply, frustratingly American contexts for the police brutality in MN, 1st against #GeorgeFloyd & then against protesters. But I’m thinking in particular about the frame I'm seeing

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

The loss of higher categories of soldiers to the USAAF and technical branches posed challenges to the training and readiness of US Army Ground Forces in 1942-43. In the case

Dr. Richard Duckett

richard_duckett

AWOL: Dealing with DesertersA thread https://soeinburma.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/awol-dealing-with-deserters/ From late 1943 until the Japanese attack on India in March 1944, SOE had patrol groups known a 'P Force' operating on the

Greg Lewis

gregjlewis

75 years on from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen this is in memory of one of its prisoners, Lille-born Yvonne Rudellat.Yvonne was an agent of #SOE, the sabotage organization established on

Mike Overell

mboverell

Teaching our kids about ANZAC Day this year. In the spirit of remembering, here's one of the stories we shared.tldr: they're only this planet thanks to malaria. This is Bert,

Glennys Egan (she/her)

gleegz

Spent the afternoon digging through my late grandfather’s meticulous collection of treasures. He was born in 1919 and served in WWII. Would you like to see some things I found?

Ria Chatterjee

RiaChatter

Stopped & searched twice in 6 days @Ryan_Colaco says whilst he has hope in individual officers he does not trust the system, which he feels is institutionally racist. IOPC says

Gil Brandt

Gil_Brandt

On this Memorial Day, I remember Al Blozis, the New York Giants' all-pro tackle who lost his life in January 1945 fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, just six