#1940

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One thing that's remarkable about the #QueensSpeech, to American ears, is that, while she gracefully alludes to WWII, and even mentions her own 1940 children's broadcast, she does not use

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

On this day 1940 Adm/Flt Sir Charles Forbes, CinC @RoyalNavy Home Fleet set sail from Scapa Flow aboard his newly returned flagship, the battleship HMS Nelson, with V/Adm Sir Jock

Ángel Alcalde

Angel_Alcalde_

THREAD. 1) My book ‘War Veterans and Fascism in Interwar Europe’ explains whether and how ex-combatants became members and supporters of fascist movements and regimes after the First World War.

Matt Cameron

matt_cam

1/ By amending no more than THREE WORDS of the Immigration & Nationality Act, Congress could amend a 91-yr-old law to grant a pathway to citizenship to millions of undocumented

André Brett

DrDreHistorian

Today it is 81 years since an Australian prime minister first died in office. So, here is a morbid thread for morbid times: Aussie and Kiwi PMs who died in

Stephen Lautens

stephenlautens

Paid sick leave for federal employees, because other employees are a provincial jurisdiction, not to mention the fact that it is usually a union negotiated part of collective agreements? #cdnpoli

PhatCat

fiddlersgreen92

To my Twitter Friends:Just for fun, without description or explanation, share a still or screenshot from your Favourite Movie in X Genre... by decade.Mark the shot with the decade, like

Greg Chivers

defnotscifi

This curious movie credit posted by @johnfeath reminded me how much I like Q-ships, so here’s a dive into one of the weirder ways navies wage war.Put simply, a Q-ship

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

On this day 1940 a @RoyalNavy, @Australian_Navy & Free French force under V/Adm Sir John Cunningham, aboard the battleship HMS Barham, with the battleship HMS Resolution & aircraft carrier HMS

Hörfehler 🎧

hoerfehlerpod

1/5Heute vor 153 Jahren wurde Willie Maley geboren. Er war der allererste Trainer von Celtic aus Glasgow. Er gewann über 30 wichtige Trophäen mit dem Club. Er war insgesamt 43

potato enthusiast

BR3NDA

Today we're heading into the Bush near the last spike to find the ruins of an old tramway and sawmill. It was closed down in 1940. Found an old sign

Chris Richards 🐬🅰️ #UnitedLeft

EclecticRadical

“Do not forget that the Fascisti are to Italy what the American Legion is to the United States.”- Alvin Owlsey, national commander of the American Legion Alvin Owlsey was the

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of European diplomacy is surely that of Vincas Balickas, a Lithuanian diplomat who arrived in London in 1938 - and ended

Mark Barnes

mbarnesn16

#OTD in 1915 and 1940 two members of my family met with fate during #FWW and #SWW. Pix show my Great uncle Leslie Barnes and my uncle Edward Leslie Barnes.

Meenakshi Sharan

meenakshisharan

Generations before my grand father were zamindaars at Rasul Mandi in Pakistan,around where #KingPourva fought Alexander2 of my uncles,older than my dad,were settled in Delhi around 1940My 4yr old dad

Football Chatters

FootballChat555

Here is my thread where I will be covering footballers active before the Second World War!This is all based off my own knowledge and research, and I want to give