#WWII

Atlanta Black Star

ATLBlackStar

Since there has been talks about racist brands, here’s a thread few who have names and/or logos that have racist origins. Of course our original Black Stars knew about these

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

The seizure of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943 is best known for the bloody storm landing conducted by the US V Amphibious Force on Tarawa Atoll from 20-23 Nov.,

Charles

chukroxx

I don’t want to hear about the benefits of capitalism until, AT A MINIMUM, the federal government pays out reparations for slavery. In EVERY OTHER AREA we understand as a

Mother of Tanks ✨🎄✨

Mother_of_Tanks

For those just tuning in, @18airbornecorps posted a thread this morning on “Those Damned Engineers” and challenged me to a friendly competition. I was to make a complementary thread on

ᴮᴱOdette Roulette⁷ 💗💛💙 🐳 (on a partial hiatus)

odetteroulette

There is an idea, rooted squarely in toxic masculinity, that empathy is weak. This is a misunderstanding of what empathy is.Empathy is actually really something only very strong ppl can

Guns, Ganders, and Goats

MENA_Conflict

So I've 100% ranted about this before (at least twice) but here goes again, after today's "lol actually the MG42 was a bad gun because I don't understand how machine

The Dupuy Institute (TDI)

dupuyinstitute

Some initial observations on the Russian Army Battalion Tactical Group (BTG) concept as implemented in Ukraine: (1) BTGs are simply battalion-sized, task organized combined arms teams. All major armies have

Peter Manseau

plmanseau

Thinking this Memorial Day about American civil religion and something it seems we’ve lost over the last few years – something essential to who we once liked to believe we

Sara Sheridan

sarasheridan

In the wake of comments re JKR being the 1st successful female author let's be clear she was not even the 1st successful SCOTTISH female author. A THREAD Hugely popular

David B. Larter

DavidLarter

Forrest, trees:"The 30-year shipbuilding plan would average $34.1 billion per year—an amount that would be 'unprecedented since World War II,' the CBO said in its analysis on Thursday."https://about.bgov.com/news/biden-c

Republican Voters Against Trump

RVAT2020

Introducing the RVAT CLASS OF 2020 SENIOR SUPERLATIVES!As we near Election Day, we're celebrating the countless Republicans who've told the world why they're not voting for Trump.Follow along, and reply

Catherynne M. Valente

catvalente

They played the song all portentously like it really was this magic song out of nowhere that no one knew but went right to your soul…Yeah, it was the theme

Yair Wallach

YairWallach

1/ It is often argued that the expulsion of Palestinians was written into the Zionist programme from its very beginning. A thread on why this is wrong. ---------- 2/ In

Chris Whong

chris_whong

This weekend we found a pigeon in front of our house that was clearly in some kind of distress... it was walking around, but wouldn't scare like a normal pigeon

Pasquale "Pat" Scopelliti

ThyConsigliori

1) Today's short thread is a very small introduction to a very long thread. In it, we reverse directions of our focus. Have you ever turned a pair of binoculars

Emperor Cornteen

cuziwuzinverted

Weird to say, but I feel more patriotic as a lover of baseball, the history of it, the Yankees, the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson, Marvin Miller, and my dad who