Today in Labor History April 12, 1935: 150,000 college students protested across the U.S. in the first nationwide student strike against war. Between 1936 and 1939, the movement mobilized at least 500,000 college students (almost 50% of all American college students at the time) in annual one-hour strikes against war.

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"A drink to go with the food!"

April 12, 1917: On this date, Benton McDonald Austin was born. Member of the Office of Strategic Services, he parachuted into France near Sarlat at St Nathalene on June 9, 1944 as part of Jedburgh Team AMMONIA.

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https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/austin-benton-mcdonald.35856/

US ground crew prepare for another mission on the hanger deck of the USS Yorktown as other crewman take a break and watch a movie in the background - Aug 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #ussyorktown #pacific #usnavy #aircraftcarrier
KL Majdanek (KL Lublin), German concentration camp, Lublin, Poland
Part 1 of 3: Establishment and Beginnings of the Camp

The city of Lublin was occupied by the Wehrmacht in 1939. During the German occupation, it became a place of intense Germanization and repressive policies.

The Majdanek concentration camp (officially KL Lublin) was established by the decision of Heinrich Himmler (the Supreme Commander of the SS) during his visit to Lublin in July 1941. Construction of the camp began in the autumn of 1941, with command given to Odilo Globocnik, the SS and Police Leader in the Lublin district. Majdanek was intended to be a forced labor camp for 25,000 to 50,000 prisoners, employed in the expansion of the Third Reich and local SS projects. The construction plan was repeatedly expanded; ultimately, in March 1942, a plan for a camp capable of holding up to 150,000 prisoners and captives was approved, which would make it the largest camp in occupied Europe. The first prisoners were mainly Soviet POWs who arrived in cattle cars under harsh conditions, without food or water, causing enormous mortality from the very beginning of the camp’s operation.

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A German werkstatt repair team set to work putting the turret into the hull of a Tiger tank from s.Pz. Abt. 503 on the Eastern Front - Summer 1943 #tigertank #tiger #tank #ussr #sovietunion #easternfront #ww2 #worldwar2

Fantastically pertinent analysis of how american #liberalism (in its original non-partisan sense) won #WW2 by giving every individual soldier permission to innovate and collaborate, while #fascism stripped their army completely of that same ability.

https://youtu.be/b2OnJiVtJBQ

This really seems to explain how #Ukraine has been able to so effectively counter the aggression of #Russia.

Why Germans Couldn't Explain How US Squads Fought Without Orders

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Documentary: The Real Inglorious Basterds! The True Story of the Jewish Commandos Who Inspired Tarantino.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ou4PtFa3HM

The Real Inglorious Basterds! | True Story of the Jewish Commandos Who Inspired Tarantino | Full Doc

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