"We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing..." (Churchill, on VE Day)
The 8th of May will mark 80 years since Victory in Europe was declared, after a back-breaking, titanic struggle by the generations who came before us, to crush the horrendous evil of the Nazi regime.
History to be remembered.
#143 - https://boxd.it/Un0E #2025MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #AmazonPrime #Drama #Romance #History #SecondWorldWar #Movie Some lovely and heartbreaking content sprinkled among the brutal treatment by the Imperial Japanese Army of Australian prisoners during the Second World War. Some is very difficult content.
‘Hitler’s hatred of the scientist had intensified. There was a price on his head’: the tragic story of Robert Einstein, Albert’s cousin https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/19/hitlers-hatred-of-the-scientist-had-intensified-there-was-a-price-on-his-head-the-tragic-story-of-robert-einstein-alberts-cousin #AlbertEinstein #Secondworldwar #Lifeandstyle #Historybooks #Nazism #Books
Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting | Sam Wolfson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/16/joe-rogan-guests #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #Israel-Gazawar #BernieSanders #Farright(US) #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #JoeRogan #ElonMusk #Podcasts #USnews #Men
The Red Army of the USSR began the Second World War (1939-45) with a series of shocking defeats, but from late 1942, it rallied and held on to key cities like the capital Moscow, Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), and Stalingrad (Volgograd). #History #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #SovietUnion #USSR #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2700-en/
The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil fields. #History #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #SixthArmy #Stalingrad #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2696-en/
An Author Help client recently sent me a photo of her dad reading A Ray of Light. Apparently, once he'd finished it, he told her and her mum the story.
I wrote it to spread awareness of #Lidice and the North Staffordshire miners, which I think deserves to be much better known. So it's heartening to hear of someone reading it and then telling the story to others 
I'm asking for #help again, fediverse.
I'm researching Operation Colussus, when British paratroopers landed in Southern Italy in February 1941.
I'd like to get in touch with people living in, or from, Calitri in #Italy. If you know anyone, can you please ask them to email me (Russell@RussellPhillips.uk) or DM me here.
Please #boost.
#FediHelp #SecondWorldWar #histodons
@italy @histodons @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory
The Battle of Moscow (Oct 41 to Jan 42) was Germany's first major land defeat in the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Moscow #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #USSR #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2686-en/
The siege of Sevastopol (Oct 41 to Jul 42) was an attack by Axis forces on the base of the USSR's Black Sea Fleet during Operation Barbarossa of the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Crimea #ErichVonManstein #SecondWorldWar #SiegeOfSevastopol #Ukraine #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2683-en/
This map collection explores the geopolitical transformation of Europe between 1914 and 1949. #History #Europe #FirstWorldWar #SecondWorldWar #WWI #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-301-en/
Lebensraum ('living space'), is a geopolitical concept which was adopted by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, to justify the military domination of Central and Eastern Europe, and then the USSR. #History #Lebensraum #AdolfHitler #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24277-en/
The siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) began during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #EasternFront #German-SovietWar #Leningrad #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #SiegeOfLeningrad #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2680-en/
The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in southwest France was the murder on 10 June 1944 of 643 civilian men, women, and children by the Waffen SS during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #France #Massacre #NaziGermany #OradourSurGlane #SecondWorldWar #WarCrimes #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24264-en/
#121 - https://boxd.it/JX9q #2025MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #Documentary #SecondWorldWar #TheFew #Movies #Youtube A very excellent doc filled with memories recounted by a handful of "the Few". Excellent.
Please help, fedi. I'd like to contact Norman A Hughes, the artist that painted this, or his heirs:
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/operation-colossus-153852
I want to contact them to discuss licensing that image, but I can't find any trace of him online.
Boosts appreciated.
#FediHelp #art #artist #copyright #painting #SecondWorldWar #histodons #MilitaryHistory
@histodons @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory @art
Trump chose the wrong hill to DEI on | Stewart Lee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/23/trump-chose-the-wrong-hill-to-dei-on #Trumpadministration #NativeAmericans #Secondworldwar #StewartLee #USpolitics #Culture #USnews #Race
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, was intent on attacking the USSR in the summer of 1941. #History #AdolfHitler #German-SovietWar #JosephStalin #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2674-en/
