#USSR

XVIII Airborne Corps

18airbornecorps

1 of XVIII: The atomic bomb did more than end WWII. It ushered in a new way of thinking about military force and state power. 2 of XVIII: And, in

Propagandopolis

propagandopolis

Propaganda in photos. Started this thread a year or so but didn't keep it up, thought I'd try and revive it. "Red army, save us!" – poster in Leningrad during

Let’s talk Vietnam

darrion_nguyen

THREAD: why are there many Vietnamese (not from the diaspora) pro-US - often anti-China as well? First of all, the excerpts from following quora answer is an excellent introduction to

Intel Air & Sea

air_intel

Said I would do this a while ago but I want to do a series of threads on Royal Navy Ships built in my home city. I'm starting with HMS

ø

dharmicsage

It actually surprises me that a top 3 account on this website has not heard of Bentov. Gonna attach a little thread with the research I once did for fun

GOPPouncer

Mellecon

So I thought long and hard before doing this thread. I think Trump is in trouble. I follow both @JesseKellyDC and @KurtSchlichter, and much as it pains me to agree

Igor Sushko

igorsushko

My translation of the 6th #FSBletters in the series from #WindofChange inside the FSB to Vladimir Osechkin. Written March 13th. Highly time-sensitive information of what to expect from Putin in

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Upate July 21: There’s no reason we should still be experiencing this crisis in the US. 1/ Six months in, we should still not be here. The crisis should

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

Recently I translated a part of a talk by Yulia Latynina, which described the remarkable story of the eradication of polio in the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The vaccine

Wild World of History

history_wild

1) Many of you are "old timers," but after my suspension I have a lot of new followers, so I thought a thread not only wrapping up a lot of

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadFor @NP_PDXI have good news for you.It'll make you admire @realDonaldTrump even more. Today Governor Gavin Newsom of California gave a press conference on the pandemic...and he got pushback.A reporter

Alice Gorman

drspacejunk

The Chinese Long March 5b rocket stage will re-enter Earth's atmosphere soon. It's part of China's second generation family of rockets.https://www.britannica.com/technology/Chang-Zheng The Long March rocket family is named after

SuperThunder⚡️

Thunder07101

Thread on Chinese #Flankers, i’ll try to keep it brief before it starts giving headache to all including me. So it all started when #China bought SU-27S in 1990s which

mia 𓌵

phendetta

Going to start a movie from every country thread. Starting with Côte d’Ivoire, we have the movie Moi, un Noir (1958) dir. Jean Rouch about three Nigérienne day laborers in

Existential Comics

existentialcoms

If you want to make sense of the current political moment, and why electoral politics under capitalism can never, and will never, serve anyone but the wealthy capitalists, look no

Matt Gurney

mattgurney

Hey, let's do some Cold War-era history tweeting. WHO'S WITH ME?!Today, we're going to talk about the multi-lateral force (MLF). This won't be comprehensive. There are smarter people here who