#1940

Jonathan Freedland

Freedland

Fascinating how present the memory of 1940 was in that address by the Queen. The photo of her broadcasting that year; “We’ll meet again”; the promise that this generation are

🎃Spaceraptor18👻

Spaceraptor18

I may not know what 10+47+3 equals but I do know every battle that took place during the second world war African FrontWestern Desert Campaign: June 1940 – February 1943Italian

James S Murphy

James_S_Murphy

There were more Black students in the Stuyvesant Class of *1940* (at least 23) than in the class of 2016 (9). THREAD @MaraGay @elizashapiro @nhannahjones https://twitter.com/KristenClarkeJD/status/1107814236263202816 Here are the 2016

Klaas Meijer

klaasm67

On this day in 1940 Germany invaded the Netherlands. The Nazi invasion of 750,000 men was opposed by an obsolete Dutch army of 280,000 men. The battle was lost and

Paul Reed

sommecourt

#Ypres1940: Today in 1940 the fighting at Ypres was reaching its crescendo. A delaying action as the BEF pulled back to #Dunkirk, it was where #WW2 met #WW1 on the

Phillips P. OBrien

PhillipsPOBrien

Intrigued by how people denigrate what the French had to face in 1940 while forgetting that the French were fighting a more powerful Wehrmacht than was used to attack the

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

So... close... to... getting... it...https://twitter.com/davidalangrier/status/1196799345389187072 Millennials/Zoomers: [point out how the economy has been fundamentally changed and effectively rigged against us, limiting economy mobility because of

James D Kightly

JDKightly

I'm going to have to write a fact based post about what the Defiant was (a bomber destroyer) and wasn't (an air superiority fighter) and why the war it was

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

THREAD/Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz on 14 November 1940 and the focus will rightly be on those terrible events. But down here in London, in my

Paul Reed

sommecourt

#Dunkirk80: At this time 1940 the Battle of the Dunkirk Perimeter was in full swing. It covered a much larger area than most imagine, crossing into Belgium, & large numbers

Historic Southampton

HistoricalSoton

THREAD - THE SOUTHAMPTON BLITZ:#OnThisDay eighty years ago - 23 November 1940 - the Luftwaffe targeted Southampton and the town suffered its most destructive raid of the Blitz so far.It

WarGravesCommission

CWGC

#OTD 80 years ago German forces invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and France. For Imperial War Graves Commission staff in these countries it was still business as usual – for now

Heidi Bachram

HeidiBachram

Growing up as a Catholic, Easter was abundant chocolate, thrilling egg hunts and hot cross buns. For my Jewish hubby it was *very* different. Easter was the time when antisemitic

AAbiodun 🇳🇬

AAbiodun_

13 Then and Now Photos of Famous Cities Showing How Much They’ve Changed. [A Thread]1. Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 1990 and now 2. Seoul, South Korea in 1900 and now 3. New

SéparationDeBiens🔥

MezMorvan

Thread sur certains perso DC qui ont leurs équivalents chez Marvel et vice-versa..... vous saurez qui c’est inspiré de qui..... Atom (DC comics 1940); Ant-Man (Marvel 1962). Marvel s’inspire de

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scochangbin

Stray Kids as Frida Kahlo portraits: a thread I absolutely adore Frida Kahlo and she's a true Mexican Idol for the Mexican Revolution through her art and political acts. She