#wwii

#WWII #MilitaryHistory #Nazis #Argentina

"Previously unseen documentation of Nazi criminals in Argentina have been released to the general public by the government. Presidential decrees that were also classified are now available for all to read."

https://buenosairesherald.com/politics/argentina-releases-huge-trove-of-declassified-nazi-and-dictatorship-documents

Buenos Aires Herald: Argentina releases huge trove of declassified Nazi and dictatorship documents. “Previously unseen documentation of Nazi criminals in Argentina have been released to the general public by the government. Presidential decrees that were also classified are now available for all to read.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/03/buenos-aires-herald-argentina-releases-huge-trove-of-declassified-nazi-and-dictatorship-documents/

The experience of surviving the battle of Imphal in northeastern India during World War II has never left Tetsuo Sato, a 105-year-old former Japanese soldier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/imphal-operation-japan-soldier-recall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #india #imperialjapanesearmy

#USpol #GERpol #JDVance #VanceIsLying #disinformation #NoAfD

In least surprising news, fascist #Vance is lying once again, and in the process proving he's an enemy of German democracy and its Constitution, including applying the lessons from the Holocaust.

He's thereby pissing on hundreds of thousands of graves of American soldiers who died in #WWII fighting German fascism.

Don't let him get away with it.

#fightfascistseverywhere

#VeteransDay was originally called Armistice Day in the #UnitedStates to mark the end of #WWI. After #WWII & the #KoreanWar, it was renamed, & its scope was expanded to honor all US #military #veterans. Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday in May, specifically honors those who gave their lives for the country.

[but we know what #Trump thinks about military #ServiceMembers & veterans: “suckers & losers”]

#IdiotInChief #idiocracy #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQH1eUKBazgJAqYoHpOVCuU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

The #VEDay commemorations this year in #Britain, #France, #Canada & other US #allies will mark 80yrs since the end of #WWII in #Europe after #Germany’s surrender.

Trump’s claim that the #US “did more than any other Country” [his capitalization] to defeat #Nazi Germany might be contested in #Russia, which marks #Soviet victory in WWII on May 9. Russian Victory Day, which is meant to honor the 27M Soviets who died, is a national holiday & 1 of the most important days on their calendar.
#idiocracy

My father fought in the last & strangest battle of WWII.

He was in the 36th Division, 142nd Infantry Regiment.

The battle of Castle Itter happened on 5 May 1945.

It was only the second time US & German forces fought together.

It would make a great movie!

https://youtu.be/OFqoyLsK9tU

#WWII
#TheGreatestGeneration

Battle of Kursk: Largest Tank Battle in History - World History Encyclopedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2704/battle-of-kursk/

#history #WWII

In total #disrespect of #Veterans, #Trump says he is renaming #VeteransDay as ‘Victory Day for World War I’

Trump said he would also label May 8, known as “V-E Day” for “Victory in Europe”, as “Victory Day for World War II,” to commemorate the end of #WWII, but, clearly unbeknownst to the #IdiotInChief, only the war in #Europe came to an end in May. The Americans—quite famously—continued to fight the Japanese until August 1945.

#idiocracy #USpol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/complete-moron-donald-trump-announced-wwii-victory-day-on-wrong-date/

@peachfront @Free_Press

This #fuckingidiot
World War II officially ended in Asia on September 2, 1945, at 3:24 with the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri

https://youtu.be/g_UIS96rri0

#usa #europe #japan #asia #wwii

The Eastern Front (1941-5), called the Western Front or Great Patriotic War by the Soviets, was by far the bloodiest of the Second World War (1939-45). #History #German-SovietWar #EasternFront #GreatPatrioticWar #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #SovietUnion #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2716-en/

@MAKS23

Ok so for the record

WWI started in July 1914 . The USA declare war to Germany only in April 1917 . Despite his conviction that Germany must be defeated, President Wilson went to war to ensure the US played a leading role in shaping the peace.

WWII started in September 1939. The USA didn’t first declared war to Germany or Italy. In fact after the Pearl Harbor attack on the 7 th December 1941 , the USA did nothing regarding the European front.

../… TBC

#usa #europe #wwi #wwii

– Tikken ble født i Bergen samme dag som skuddene falt i Sarajevo, 28. juni, 1914. Oppveksten var trygg og beskyttet i et borgerlig hjem fylt med sang og musikk, men den uvanlig sjarmerende piken visste å bryte grenser. I ung alder reiste hun på utveksling til Tyskland, hvor hun fikk oppleve hvor hjernevaskede tyskerne var av Hitler. I Paris møtte hun sin første store kjærlighet, den ungarske jøden og abortlegen Didier. Forholdet ble umulig, Tikken fikk jobb i England, hvor hun lot seg overtale til å inngå ekteskap med briten George Bernardes, selv om hun ikke elsket ham. De fikk sønnen George jr., men ekteskapet var ulykkelig. I 1939 forsøkte Tikken å flykte til Norge, men Bernardes kom etter. Men da var krigen, som skulle forandre alt, ikke langt unna.
#andreVerdensKrig #WWII #norge #TikkenManus https://infosec.exchange/@severud/114436514511984771

– De fleste av oss har vokst opp med historiene om Kompani Linge, Gutta på Skauen, Gunnar ”Kjakan” Sønsteby og Max Manus. Heltefortellingene fra 2. verdenskrig er sterke og flotte, og de har vært med på å forme vår nasjonale identitet de siste 60 årene. Men heltehistoriene har stort sett kretset omkring hva gutta gjorde. Endelig kommer en utgivelse som viser et uvurderlig kvinnebidrag, en kvinne som med integritet og visdom var en avgjørende klippe i norsk motstandsbevegelse, Ida Nikoline Lie Lindebrække; Tikken.
#andreVerdensKrig #WWII #TikkenManus

https://www.bokklubben.no/boeker/tikken-manus-sabotoerenes-hemmelige-med-kaja-froeysa/produkt.do?produktId=3754348

“One of Citroën’s most creative acts of defiance involved a seemingly insignificant component: the oil dipstick.”
#resistance #sabotage #WWII #Citroën #engineOil

https://engineerine.com/engineering-resistance-how-citroen-used-innovation-to-fight-the-nazis/
https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/114436141131656479

Palau, where brutal World War II clashes once unfolded, is again on the frontline as China and the United States and its allies prepare their forces in an intensifying contest for control over the Asia-Pacific region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/01/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-palau-pacific-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #palau #taiwan #pacificocean #defense #wwii

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Dutch professor Dr. Mathilde Roza explores the lasting contributions of First Nations and Métis soldiers to the 1945 liberation of the Netherlands in a unique museum exhibit.'

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/people-and-stories/mathilde-roza #RadboudUniversiteit #Nijmegen #WWII

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Hoe inheemse Amerikaanse soldaten hun verleden meenamen tijdens de bevrijding van Nederland in 1945

https://www.ru.nl/onderzoek/onderzoeksnieuws/hoe-inheemse-amerikaanse-soldaten-hun-verleden-meenamen-tijdens-de-bevrijding-van-nederland-in-1945 #WWII

80 years ago:
Allied diary from Polish army in exile notes execution of #Mussolini, Italian capitulation, and suicides of #Hitler and #Goebbels at end of April; fall of Berlin (2 May)

#WWII
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#WWII seen thru Stars & Stripes OTD 1945 (US War Dept. to Seattle #Library)
Some solid war news, some rumor.
True: Berlin encircled, Red Army approaching Prague, partisans kill Mussolini.
Hitler kills himself OTD, but not known yet
Fears of Nazi "Alpine Redoubt" proved wrong

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