World War II
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Today, we Latvians, remember our soldiers in WW2 who fought in nazi uniforms. Although they were part of the Waffen SS, they were not nazis and rather fought for their families and...
A thread on my favorite facts about each numbered SS Division. Please reply with your own. https://t.co/YikcxoLkLx
#AVMTrivia | India's first dubbed film. In 1942, India too was forced into WWII. People feared the Japanese invasion & left Madras. In the studio, only one employee stayed back...
With regard to the use of balloons in military operations, I think it's important to point out that the OSS proposed using balloons in psychological warfare campaigns as early as W...
This is the CRAZIEST story. π Japanese Balloon Bombs of World War 2. Between 1944 and 1945, Japan supposedly launched over 9,000 balloon bombs over the US. Over 300 made it to...
Nobody wins until Nuremberg Trials 2.0. https://t.co/P1fh8GycDR
Tower tributes to World Wars..... https://t.co/qrUaIHEE7Q https://t.co/AIChwrf8Kl
On the night of 16/17 January in 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose left India in modern Indiaβs greatest escape. He crossed Afghanistan, Soviet Russia and walked up the steps of German For...
Sir Winston Churchill neither caused nor contributed to the Bengal Famine of 1943. As someone who has spent countless hours reading through hundreds of pages of primary sources, w...
Time magazine cover (October 18, 1943) showing a portrait of Francisco Franco over Spain, with the caption: 'Franco of Iberia - An advance against him is an advance against Hitler....
1 of 4: The Japanese made a critical mistake by attacking Pearl Harbor when none of the seven US aircraft carriers were in port, including the USS Enterprise. USS Enterprise wo...
During WW2, the factories building B17βs and other military components wished to remain hidden from aerial view, just in case the Japanese were able to reach the West Coast. So t...
βWhoever saves one life, saves the world entire.β 29 years of Schindler's List. https://t.co/JTQl8VqZh6
1/ Russian women have set up a "private knitting company" called the Night Witches to address a severe shortage of underpants on the front line. A shortage of fabric has led to the...
1944 - Birth of the WEF: The Red House Report, is a meeting at the Maison Rouge Hotel in Strasbourg. Nazis commissioned an elite group of industrialists to plan for Germany's post-...
Iβve been enjoying the @BBCRadio4 reading of @BenMacintyre1βs book on #colditz. Last Fridayβs episode especially caught my ear, with a section on Birendra Nath Mazumdar. So hereβs...
βSubhasβ sacrificeβ β Indian print from 1948 showing nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose offering his head to Mother India as she frees herself from the chains of the British dr...
We all know that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose cultivated a close relationship with Berlin in order to free India from the clutches of British power. However, the Nazis also saw India...
Anti-Semitism Working in Favor of the Jews (Thread) - - - A big reason behind WWII was the Labor Zionist Movement; prior to the war, there was little support and funding for a Je...
While history is rife with racism of every stripe, the American outpouring of hate toward the Japanese after the Pearl Harbor is unique for its sudden onset and its official sancti...
The Battle of Falais Pocket was a decisive battle in WWII Normandy campaign that swung the tide in favor of the Allies. A key contributor to the Alliesβ success was the recon done...
War, the game of money. Canada and the US had such a good propaganda campaign in WWI-WWII, that they received well over $20 billion from their citizens. Asking for their money, a...
Joseph Kennedy, father of JFK, said that in January 1941 FDR had assured him: "I have no intentions of going to war... I've said it 150 times at least" This was a deception. By D...
Yes, Americans Overwhelmingly Opposed US Entry into World War II https://t.co/UxqIWqLKeq