Mastodawn

The #LevantCrisis began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945. #Syria & #Lebanon had been seized from #VichyFrance by #FreeFrench & #British action, on condition that France relinquish its colonies. It tried to renege at #WWII's end, and both Syrian nationalists & Britain threatened war.

Paria sans portefeuille Apr 27, 2025

#HannaDiamond discusses her book #JosephineBakersSecretWar

"Drawing on previously unseen material, Diamond reveals the vital role Baker played throughout the war, from counterintelligence work for the Allied landings in North Africa to serving in the French Air Force in 1944–45."

live: https://youtu.be/sguNundQrNg

#JoséphineBaker #BlackHistory #Résistance #résistantes #FreeFrench #FranceLibre #histFR #WWII #DeuxièmeGuerreMondiale #DeuxièmeBureau #books #livres @histodons @bookstodon

Josephine Baker's Secret War - The African American Star Who Fought for France and Freedom

YouTube

Paria sans portefeuille Apr 12, 2025

' “In #France,” Diamond said, “she is mainly known as a music-hall star, and in the US as a civil rights activist.” A whole chapter – the spying missions, the concerts that raised large sums for the #resistance, her subsequent uniformed service in the French air force – was far less familiar.'

on #HannaDiamond's #JosephineBakersSecretWar

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/06/josephine-baker-the-superstar-turned-spy-who-fought-the-nazis-and-for-civil-rights

#JoséphineBaker #BlackHistory #histFr #résistantes #FranceLibre #FreeFrench #DeuxièmeBureau #livres #books @histodons @bookstodon

Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights

Book highlights performer’s wartime contribution and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights

The Guardian

Paria sans portefeuille Jul 8, 2024

#JosephineBaker: Anti-Fascist Spy

Mitch Jeserich talks with #DamienLewis, author of "#AgentJosephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy"

https://player.fm/series/kpfa-letters-and-politics/josephine-baker-anti-fascist-spy

#Résistance #résistantes #BlackHistory #FreeFrench #FranceLibre #histFr #biographies #livres #books

#LettersAndPolitics

Josephine Baker: Anti-Fascist Spy

Guest: Damien Lewis is an award-winning writer who spent twenty years reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones for the BBC and other global news organizations. He is the bestselling author of more than twenty books, many of which are being adapted into films or television series; his latest is Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy.The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-july-8-2024/">Josephine Baker: Anti-Fascist Spy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org">KPFA</a>.

KPFA - Letters and Politics

DHMosquito Aug 31, 2023

Yak-9UM This is - amazingly - not a restoration of one of the thousands of the Yak-9s built in Soviet Russia during WW2, but a new-built example, using original drawings, by the Yakovlev concern in Russia. The main change from the original specification was to install a U.S. Allison V-1710 engine, rather than the Klimov VK-107A. This aircraft is seen at Sevierville, Tennessee at the Tennessee Aviation Museum and is in the colours of the famed Escadrille Normandie-Nieman, a Free French unit which fought on the Eastern Front during WW2. #warbird #Russian #Yakovlev #Yak #Yak9 #Sevierville #Tennessee #USA #avgeek #WW2 #fighter #aviation #Museum #SovietRussia #Allison #Allisonengine #warfare #Klimov #French #FreeFrench #EasternFront #Russia #EscadrilleNormandieNiemen #Normandie #Niemen