Show threadWinston SmithJan 29, 2023
@RealTimeWWII
"This photo was used in the titles of The World at War, shortly after it was first shown Toni Frissell was contacted by a man who turned out to be that boy. He’d been raised by relatives and at that time was working as a lorry driver in London and had his own family"
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Black IntellectJan 24, 2023

The Mail Maidens of Six Triple Eight: How US Army Sent its First Battalion of Black Women to Britain to deliver 17m Lettters to American Troops at Height of WWII

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11657445/Six-Triple-Eight-Army-sent-black-women-UK-WWII-Oprah-star-Netflix-film.html

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Six Triple Eight: How US Army sent first black women to UK in WWII as Oprah to star in Netflix film

The pioneering servicewomen made up the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion - and were based in Birmingham during the Second World War.

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Richard D. BartlettJan 27, 2020
For those keeping score at home: we are still in the first month of the decade and there are already 2 new strains of apocalypse to keep track of #WWIIl #coronavirus
Madermir GonzálezJan 6, 2020

📽🆘️ #WWIIl || #SevereRevenge ||
#TrumpsWar || #EEUU |

🇮🇷Uno de los principales medios estatales de #Iran ha publicado hoy este vídeo haciendo referencia a uno de los últimos tweets de #Trump.
#NoMoreaTrump

Bram_FinkelJan 5, 2020
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#SoleimaniAssassination
#IranUsa
#NoWarWithIran
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Knop 🏳️‍🌈 ​Jan 5, 2020
#WWIIl spell it right god darn it... now it's 2 i's and a small L.

These trends... nope.
PunkonanJan 5, 2020
Las tropas hankies y su coalición retiran su apoyo al ejército iraki VS el gobierno iraki plantea la retirada inmediata de las tropas extranjeras. #empiezaelbombardeo #USA #WWIIl