#1941

Japan waged biological warfare against China during WWII: "Between 1932 & 1945, the Japanese conducted an extensive program to study biological weapons, which they tested on Chinese prisoners. At a
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Short history thread: #OnThisDay Operation Retribution (Unternehmen Strafgericht) took place: Nazi Germany & its allies bombarded and then invaded Yugoslavia for refusing to side with them in WWII. 1/8 My
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THREAD Here's an example of someone, in this case, @ggreenwald, using the term "Nazi like" to describe United States policy on the Mexican border. The term is often used to
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Thinking about Catholic anti-Nazis. This is Fr. Joseph Kentenich, Palottine priest, founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, & author of Marian devotions. He languished in Dachau during the war for his
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[Thread] Parfois me reviennent les images de mon sujet de recherche, l'incarcération des Japonais-Américains pendant la 2nde guerre mondiale. J'y pense souvent, j'ai peur souvent. Je me suis efforcée de
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Early this morning, daylight saving concluded in New Zealand. This is, I think, a good opportunity to highlight two Kiwi innovations: it was the first country in the world to
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My friend did the research and found out that today is likely the day of the Blitz in the 1941 scene and let me briefly geek out about this scene.
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This week, many families in Ontario are going to learn that their child is in a large class while another classroom sits empty down the hall. It's because of the
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*bzzzzzzzz* I got you babe Time for another installment of #DavesCarIDService Here's a nice one to start off: these GIs are enjoying a well earned rest along the Champs Elysees
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Todos habéis oído hablar de Anna Frank y su diario, pero muy pocos conoceréis la historia de Tanya Savicheva y su diario. Sin embargo, este fue usado como prueba en
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Greeting everyone and welcome to a scorcher in SE London. We're standing outside Woolwich Arsenal Station, originally opened in 1849 and rebuilt in 1906. Woolwich is a garrison town and
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.@bankofengland’s MPC on hold today, as expected, with Bank Rate remaining at historic lows of 0.1% and the stock asset purchases maintained at £895bn (*but* with Andy Haldane voting to
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Carnival Cruise told Trump, “We can match those big Navy hospital ships with some fully staffed cruise ships.”GM & Ford said, “Hold our cars, we can make ventilators by next
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So the Bluetooth logo has a fascinating story behind it Especially this bit The story starts in 1996, when Intel, Ericsson, and Nokia met to plan the standardization of a
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Return of Luftwaffe bombers to #Belfast on the night of 4-5 May 1941 was known as the 'Fire Raid'. 1000's of incendiary & high explosives where dropped on the city
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1. In the U.S., today is V-J Day, commemorating the victory over Imperial Japan in 1945. I'd like to remember the American, Filipino, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, British, Fijian, Papuan,
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