#1940

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 97th Birthday Linda DarnellA thread http://waldina.com/2020/10/16/happy-97th-birthday-linda-darnell/ Today is the 97th birthday of Linda Darnell, a woman who's success was at times overshadowed by her personal life. The world is

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

My grandfather (on the left) play fighting with his youngest brother Judah. My guess is that this was taken around 1940 or 41. Judah was drafted in 1942 (his freshman

Jonathan Merritt

JonathanMerritt

THREAD: In "The Problem of Pain," C.S. Lewis wrestled with suffering and evil, and concluded, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

moutet

On this anniversary #18juin1940, I remember my father, who joined General de Gaulle in London on 19 June 1940. Three years later he was at Staff Army College in Camberley,preparing

Jenny Grant

SilenceInPolish

"If it's going to be wasted or perhaps handed over to the Hun, we'd better take it ourselves..." In June 1940, as Pétain seeks an armistice with Hitler, a difficult

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

On this day 1940 the #BattleofBritain is commonly considered to have reached its peak. Most commonly associated with the image of the pilots, ground crew & controllers of of ACM

AAbiodun 🇳🇬

AAbiodun_

Before-And-After Pics Showing How Famous Cities Changed Over Time. [A Thread]#1 Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 2000 And Now #2 Seoul, South Korea - 1900 And Now #3 Los Angeles, Usa -

Amjad⚙️

IQamjadID

ہماری تاریخ:1947: قائداعظم نے پاکستان کی بنیاد رکھی۔1948: خراب ایمبولنس میں وفات پاگئے۔1947: امیرالدین قدوائی نے قومی پرچم ڈیزائن کیا۔2019:

madison #BLM

reylobb

A I thought I’d make use of my sociology and psychology classes and talk about something that’s very important when having conversations about race: Implicit bias. Implicit bias is

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

The two @RoyalNavy fighter squadrons that are recorded as having participated in the #BattleOfBritain were each equipped, or equipping with the best naval fighters then available.808 Naval Air Squadron formed

Phillips P. OBrien

PhillipsPOBrien

The real answer to this question is France's contribution in the victory was extremely important--for reasons that are not always understood. Though the Germans conquered France, the Luftwaffe losses in

Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠

DrAlakbarov

This isn't the Third Reich. This is Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, in the 1930s.To his circle of fervent recruits, he was “Jack King” – the

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

The West is consistently under the grave misimpression that other countries think like we do. Thus, because we have become materialists above all else, if we levy sanctions and threaten

Ari

OGAride

Ze'ev Jabotinsky on #Antisemitism in 1940: “The objection to the Jew is not religious but racial, and he must therefore be persecuted even if baptized.” “Everybody knows that in propaganda

Colchester Civic Society

ColCivicSociety

#OnThisDay - 14 October 1940, during #WW2, "a large body of #Australians" arrived in #Colchester. It is said 10,000 troops marched along the High Street, laughing and shouting, their band

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

#deanehistory 66.Today’s instalment is a reflection on a trio of temporary measures. Value Added Tax, which was introduced in 1973 when we joined the EEC, was the direct replacement of