Apr 17, 1950 TIME The Survivor. The tale of Eddie Rickenbacker's 22 days on a raft in mid-Pacific was one of the most publicized adventures of #WWII. Though his record of aerial victory in #WWI (21 German planes, four observation balloons) was beaten by 22 US fighter pilots in the vaster air battles of WWII. https://time.com/archive/6607709/heroes-durable-man/
Past and Present: P-47G NX47FG Thunderbolt (rare Razorback variant) make a pass by Blue Angel #5 at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #P47 #Thunderbolt #Warbird #WWII
Apr 16, 1950 #WWII Recalling recent British and American statements that a peace treaty for Japan was long overdue, the association said that the Japanese people also deeply regretted that a settlement was delayed so long. A peace treaty was required to liberate 82 million people from the present deplorably strained conditions, and to regain independence as a member of the family of nations.
Genealogy Roundup, April 16 – Megan Smolenyak
Genealogy Roundup, April 16 Boonville World War II soldier who died as a POW is finally coming home – Welcome home, Pvt Harland J Hennessey. Honored to have researched your family. #hero #WWII Two women have sent each other the same weathered birthday card for 81 years – So these friends have been sending each other the same silly birthday card for 81 years!
http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/16/genealogy-roundup-april-16-megan-smolenyak/
Comedy duo Laurel & Hardy At a Victory Caravan in Washington DC, 1942. With them in the Jeep is Desi Arnez, dancer Eleanor Powell, and opera singer Rise Stevens.
#Animation #EarlyAnimation #LotteReiniger #WWII
The charming story of how Lotte Reiniger became one of the great pioneers of early animation.
This film was made by BBC Ideas - short films for curious minds
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/
30 Jan. 1944 Churchill asks Owen O'Malley for his view on new Soviet report denying responsibility for Katyń massacre:
merely to ascertain the facts because, we should none of us ever speak a word about it
Compare the archival document with the version in his #WWII history
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/22929/ Remains of Ancient Roman Wall Paintings Found in Spain #AmericanHistory #AncientHistory #AncientHistoryBlog #AncientPhilosophy #ArtBlog #ArtistsBlog #ContemporaryArt #EU #Europe #EuropeanHistory #HistoryBlog #HistoryOfPolitics #HistoryOfReligion #LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory #MedievalHistory #MilitaryHistory #ModernArt #ModernPhilosophy #Philosophy #PhilosophyBlog #RenaissanceHistory #Spain #TravelAndCulture #WorldHistory #WWI #WWII
The efficiency of Japanese stock markets 1924-43 changed with contingent events, institutions & gov't intervention, according to Hiryama & Noda using a capitalization-weighted price index. A war-related risk premium reduced market efficiency in the 1930s. OA in the Asia-Pacific EcHR
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12297
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Auschwitz A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli, 2011
Auschwitz was one of the first books to bring the full horror of the Nazi death camps to the American public; this is, as the New York Review of Books said, "the best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available."
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#WWII At least 37 countries, including several European, Asian, and Commonwealth nations, have participated in the coalition’s discussions. Six are reportedly ready to commit troops so far, while others have been asked to provide intelligence, weapons, or naval support. The United States is not a member of the coalition. Meanwhile, the Russian state media reported that Putin has invited the leaders of China, Israel, Brazil, Slovakia, and Serbia to attend the May 9 celebrations in Moscow. https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-invites-eu-leaders-on-may-9-to-counter-putins-victory-parade/
#China's audacious #BeltAndRoadInitiative #BRI continues to fly under the radar in #US #CorporateMedia.
Meanwhile, the #Trump administration is busy self-sabotaging and cutting off the transnational belts and roads that #UnitedStates built since #WWII.
"…duality to how the US is seen: as both a country that wantonly violates international law and as the only one capable of upholding that system of law and order. This duality, always tense, is no longer sustainable."
Many war orphans in Okinawa suffered from harsh living conditions and overwhelming loneliness, and the trauma they carried still lingers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/okinawa-war-orphans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #wwii #battleofokinawa #socialwelfare #children
Kate Sheridan leaves Ireland for London seeking freedom and work. But war looms and danger lurks. She meets Charlie Butler, a dashing pilot who charms her, but can she trust him? Will their love survive their families' objections and the trials of war?
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