#The second world war

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Albina Mali-Hočevar, born in Vinica on the 25th of September 1925 Albina was a Slovenian resistance fighter who fought for the liberation of Yugoslavia during World War Two (photo c1945)

After Germany invaded Yugoslavia in 1941 Albina joined the people’s liberation movement at just 16, though she was originally chosen to be a nurse Albina fought in multiple battles, she ended up wounded twice when she was 17 and went on to be wounded again three days after her 18th birthday because of a exploding mine. Albina continued fighting and working till the end of the war as a nurse (suspected to have even worked as a flying nurse) and lived until she was 75yrs old.

Some years later she was recognised for her bravery and was awarded the Yugoslavian Order of the partisan star, 3rd class.

Said in accounts of Albina while she worked as a nurse:

"The nurse Alina always paid more attention to the wounded than to herself"

"She knew neither fear nor exhaustion while there were wounded [partisans] to be taken care of”

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We Were the Lucky Ones (2024)

A Jewish family separated at the start of World War II is determined to survive and reunite.

A brilliant, thought-provoking, and extremely moving true story of a Jewish family during WWII. A quality production that is very impactful.

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"The United Nations Fight For Freedom"

"The United Nations Fight For Freedom", a propaganda poster showing the flags of 26 allied countries/governments of World War II who were the original signatories of the Declaration of United Nations which formalized the allies of World War II. This poster was created by U.S. Office of War Information and dated 1 May, 1942.

These 26 original signatories consisted of the 4 "big four", 4 dominions of the British Commonwealth, 9 independent countries in the American continent, 8 European governments in-exile and 1 British dependency. There were 21 later signatories, making a total of 47 signatories of this declaration.

Note that in this poster Great Britain means "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", Russia means "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" and China means "Republic of China" (now commonly known as Taiwan).

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Street scene during the Second World War in Hamburg, Germany

German vintage postcard

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Edward Sackville-West (1901-1965) The Rescue.

A Melodrama for Broadcasting based on Homer's Odyssey, 1945 with six illustrations by Henry Moore

The Rescue by Edward Sackville-West was first performed on BBC radio in November 1943. Over three million people tuned in to listen. An orchestral score by Benjamin Britten accompanied the play.

Based on the last books of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, The Rescue recounts Odysseus's return to his homeland, the Mediterranean island of Ithaca. With soldiers away fighting on the front, the theme of homecoming in The Rescue resonated strongly with its audience of mostly women and civilians.

When the text was published, Henry Moore provided drawings to illustrate some of the scenes. One of these, The Shadow on the Wall, shows the profile of a man against a brick wall. It is the profile of the protagonist Odysseus, incised by his wife Penelope onto a wall so that the grey stone showed through the whitening where she had scratched it.

In this image, the masonry wall dominates the lightly drawn profile.

The Courtauld Gallery, London

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I know I'm a week late but I do think people are misunderstanding the point of the Anthony Bourdain quote about Kissinger

The point was never "Anthony Bourdain has good politics and is an unproblematic fave," the point is that even someone with mainstream liberalish politics who goes to Cambodia for a food tour - a, let's be honest, very bougie type of trip to be part of your job - and has a basic understanding of history and a bare minimum of human decency can come away from that bougie food tour wanting to murder Henry Kissinger with their bare hands. The point is that Henry Kissinger fucked up this country so bad the only reason he wasn't lynched decades ago is because it's on the opposite side of the world and the people who were in proximity to him never really saw what it was. The point is that if we could see firsthand what our First World politics do to the Third World we would understand that monsters walk among us and it's a cultural failing that we let them die at home at 100 years old surrounded by their friends and family.

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The Intense War movies on Netflix you should watch

The Intense War movies on Netflix you should watch

The Intense War Movies on Netflix You Should Watch – Photographer: Special (Courtesy/Netflix) If you have been a Netflix subscriber for several years, you surely know that in recent months the streaming giant has integrated the great war films, since it is one of the favorite genres of millions of users of this platform, for this reason, this title currently has some of the best tapes of the…

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Things World War II was about:

-the post-ww1 reorganization of Europe

-Japan and the USA's long-term cold war over who gets to claim the South Pacific as their sphere of influence

Things World War II was not about:

-saving the Jews

-fighting the Communists

-defeating white supremacy

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French girls wearing their German boyfriends uniforms during World War 2. The photo on the right was found on a German POW.

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Gls advance beneath railroad underpass east of Vellerdingen as fighting continues in France, December 5, 1944.

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The Windermere Children (2020)

Having escaped from the horrific clutches of the Holocaust, a group of children recuperate with the help of a few counsellors in the hope to redeem their lives.

An incredible, thought provoking and very moving and also uplifting story about survival against the odds and coming together and finding friendships that heal. A really good movie about the part of history I did not know as much about. I highly recommend it.

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Lee Miller. Elizabeth Cowell wearing a Digby Morton suit. London. 1941.

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Church of Oradour-sur-Glane after the Second World War, Limousin region of central France

French vintage postcard

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The Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ukraine during the Nazi invasion and the russian invasion. X