On this day in 1856, the Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War. Russia lost the war to a coalition of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia. #Crimea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
On this day in 1945, during WW2, Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna. Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig. #WW2
A German guard once asked Maureen O'Sullivan what was in her suitcase. She laughed. “A wireless, of course!”.
Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Mar 1944 , Maureen 'Paddy' O'Sullivan parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.
The SOE supported the French Resistance. Radio operators were at the greatest risk of capture as their position could be triangulated. O’Sullivan was never captured.
One of the members of the Danish Resistance held by the Gestapo in the attic of Shellhus in an effort to prevent a raid on the building was Brandt Rehberg. Rehberg was involved in escape lines, shepherding Jews from Copenhagen to neutral Sweden. The effort saved all but 500 of Denmark’s 7,000 - 8,000 Jews from the Nazis. Rehberg was arrested by the Gestapo in early 1945 & was imprisoned at Shellhus, but survived the RAF raid. (3/3)
The Operation Carthage bombing raid utilized 20 de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bombers, escorted by 30 P-51 Mustang fighters. A video documentary of Operation Carthage may be seen here: (2/3)
Mar 21, 1945: On this date, Operation Carthage, a British bombing raid on the Shellhus, Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, took place. The building was destroyed in the raid, 18 prisoners freed, & Gestapo activities were disrupted - but these successes came at a high cost. A nearby school was bombed & the raid caused 123 civilian deaths. The bomber pilots were only told after VE Day the true consequences of the raid. (1/3)
Monument en mémoire des soldats morts au combat contre le fascisme dans les environs de la ville de Nikšić au Monténégro 
Trebjesa, Monténégro - 2024
#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
Betty MacDonald, Zuzka Lauwers, Jane Smith-Hutton, & the actress Marlene Dietrich – worked for the Office of Strategic Services' Morale Operations Branch, generating propaganda against the Axis powers.
Propaganda Girls: The Secret Women of World War II Intelligence by Lisa Rogak describes the vital role they played to win the war.
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/world-war-ii-propaganda-women-morale-operations/
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Recommended free course for today:
Collaboration and Resistance in World War II - Open Yale Courses
Of course #Germany would retain control over this huge "reservation"; however, this chimeric project was abandoned as Germany attacked the Soviet Union and launched the Final Solution.
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#ww2
#finalsolution
#history
@israel @palestine @iran @lebanon @yemen @syria @ireland @histodons @russia @uk @australia
Lee Miller, the photojournalist who brought dignity to those who suffered during WWII.
The photos she took and the words she wrote in ‘Vogue’ magazine were and remain an indictment of the Holocaust
@Npars01 @davetroy
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economic warfare that led to #ww2
And there was the BIG TALK, like what #Trump has done this week and especially today 2025 Mar 11
“The only thing that makes sense is for #Canada to become our cherished #FiftyFirstState," Trump posted on Tuesday. #51State
TARIFF TYRANT TRUMP KICKS CANADA HARDER!
If you think #imperialism is great and that it is right that the strong should dictate conditions to the weak because they are strong, you need to go back to grammar school and study the second world war.
#ww2 #mightMakesRight #back2GammarSchool
I'm gonna list out my interests, and there's a ton of 'em. Classic autism move, getting obsessed with weird topics that stick with you forever.
Heads up, #Fediverse, you might lose it when I drop 100+ hashtags in one post. That's just how autism rolls I guess.
## Interests and Obsessions
Substances and Legalization:
#Drugs #LSD #Shrooms #Psychedelics #THC #Psilocybin
Tech and Privacy:
#Linux #Debian #QubesOS #GrapheneOS #GooglePixel #Auxio #AntennaPod #PGP #Obtainium #PeerTube #FreeTube #Privacy #Security #Thunderbird #CapyReader #RSS #AtomFeeds #NewPipe #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Openreads #Signal #LocalSend #ThinkPad #FreeSoftware #FSF #ElementaryOS #Elementary #PaldoLinux #GNOME #i3wm #Monero #Mullvad #iVPN #LinusTorvald #Fairphone #DivestOS #Tor #TailsOS #Whonix
Politics and Activism:
#AnarchoSyndicalism #Anarchism #Syndicalism #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #TransRights #HumanRights #WorkersRights #Unions #Decentralization #Organizing #GrassRoots #DirectAction #AntiCapitalism #FuckSpotify #Piratpartiet #PirateParty #Piracy #ThePirateBay #EdwardSnowden #Wikileaks #JulianAssange #MeredithWhittaker #RichardStallman #RightToRepair
Music and Artists:
#ZoëStraub #Bandcamp #ShadowOfIntent #Alestorm #AlisonSudol #CœurDePirate #RussianPop #YuliaSavicheva #SavichevaMusic #Music
Content Creators:
#DougDoug #DistroTube #MattRose #TheHatedOne #EricParker #The8BitGuy #BernadetteBanner #LynnSaga #LukeSmith #UndineAlmani #DarkViperAU
History and Tragic Events:
#NorthKorea #WW2 #ColdWar #KoreanWar #Unit731
Fashion and Identity:
#GenderFluidity #Dresses #Lingerie #Bra #Panties #Women #Females #Pins #Buttons #Statues
Culture and Media:
#Buddhism #Warframe #Moomin #Books #Joker2019 #SocialIssues #AlternativeSocialStructures
#Traveling and Destinations:
#Austria #Vienna #Salzburg #Idlib #Pyongyang #Moscow #Bergen
Miscellaneous:
#AntiReactionContentCreators #ReactionContentBad #Crying
Yeah, I know it's a lot. But that's the beauty of an autistic brain I guess, we go deep on what fascinates us.
Either you @Rainer_Rehak have no clue about their relationship to #propaganda #Nazis like #EberhardTaubert, or you're painting those #xenophobic #racist #blackrock & #USpuppets in the best light.
Don't you have #WW2 history #education in Germany?
Consolidated Coronado PB2Y - World War II Postcard
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/consolidated-coronado-pb2y-world-war-ii-postcard-221415432.htm
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The second tweet, posted 20 hours later, reads: \"That's not something that any history book feels the need to bring up. The queer history of the world is constantly erased, and then we are told by indignant bigots that our identities are simply modern trends.\" This tweet has received 7 comments, 168 retweets, and 1,211 likes.
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