Trump and Putin are carrying out a pincer movement on Europe’s democracies. Suddenly, it all feels a bit 1939

Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the problem, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian

🌊⚓ Explore os navios afundados da Segunda Guerra Mundial com este incrível painel interativo:

🗺️ Sunken Ships of the Second World War
🔗 https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/fe88b5e18c6443c7afaf6e32f8432687

Este dashboard combina mapas e dados históricos para mostrar onde e como centenas de embarcações foram afundadas entre 1939 e 1945.

🔍 É uma ferramenta fascinante para entusiastas de história naval, pesquisadores e curiosos sobre os vestígios submersos da guerra.

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Mitsubishi G6M1 Heavy Escort Fighter - Destination's Journey

Photos of the Mitsubishi G6M1 long-range escort fighter derived from the Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber. Later converted to transports

Destination's Journey
Blohm & Voss Bv 155 - Destination's Journey

Photos of the Blohm & Voss Bv 155 a German high-altitude interceptor project developed during the WW2 to counter high altitude bombers

Destination's Journey
Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

Romania was one of the earliest customers of the PZL P.24 fighter They served as Romania’s frontline fighter during the late 1930s and were still in service when Romania joined the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Romanian P.24s provided air defence around Bucharest and the Ploieşti oilfields from attacks by Soviet bombers
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/pzl-p-24-in-romanian-service/
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Greece purchased 30 PZL P.24F and 6 PZL P.24G fighters between 1938 and 1939. Although a production licence was purchased, only one P.24F was completed. The P.24F was armed with 2 × 20 mm cannons and 2 × 7.92 mm machine guns, while the P.24G carried 4 × 7.92 mm machine guns. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/pzl-p-24-in-greek-service/ #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #fighter #GreekAirForce #PZL #PZLP24 #PZLP24 #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2

Thanks to everyone that came to my talk about Operation Ironclad this afternoon at We Have Ways Fest.

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Trump’s Ice raids recall a painful past for these Americans: ‘I see myself in those children’

Survivors of previous eras of xenophobia say the harms done have lasted generations – and what’s happening now threatens to do the same

The Guardian
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This was an interesting talk. The description sums up We Have Ways Fest.

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