May 23, 1945: The #Flensburg Government, which was formed and led by Admiral Karl #Dönitz in Germany after Adolf Hitler's suicide, is dissolved when its members are #arrested by British forces.
#WWII
VE 80 Commemorations
#armedforces #ve80 #victoryineurope #veday #wwii #swinton #salford #scc #visitsalford #walktheplank #salfordmayor #manchester #soldier #britishlegion #bnw #monochrome #royalbritishlegion
#leica #leicaq3 #q3
VE 80 Commemorations
#armedforces #ve80 #victoryineurope #veday #wwii #swinton #salford #scc #visitsalford #walktheplank #salfordmayor #manchester #soldier #britishlegion #bnw #monochrome #royalbritishlegion
#leica #leicaq3 #q3
"Elvis Presley, Ava Gardner, Édith Piaf, Maria Callas and Marlene Dietrich all flocked to the cabaret, drawn to the allure of performers labeled 'travestis.' The stars sought out the Carrousel to flirt with postwar Paris’s wild side. It was an intoxicating contradiction: cross-dressing was criminalized, yet the venue was packed with celebrities."
Outlaw to Icon: Bambi on Trans Survival, Fame, Ongoing Fight
https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-transgender-bambi-carrousel-a29e17da3c58a4585eb0f0f57e446c20 via AP
Photo: Thomas Padill/AP
#Bambi #Trans #Paris #WWII #Drag
#Crete #WWII #history #AfD #Nazis
"Eighty-four years and one day have passed since one of the most heroic moments of Greek resistance against Nazi Germany’s invasion. The Battle of Crete, which held out for over 20 days, remains a symbol of the struggle against Nazism in historical memory.
The brutal battles have been extensively documented, as have the atrocities committed by Nazi forces in retaliation for the fierce resistance by the local population. Yet, for some in Germany today, the Battle of Crete is still seen as a mark of heroism and valor…
AfD MP Rüdiger Lucassen made a post to 'honor' his father, Hans Lucassen, who fought as a German paratrooper in the Battle of Crete in 1941.
(. . .)
Lucassen’s party, the AfD, is not just a conservative party.
It is officially classified as extremist by Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
In 2021, the AfD was placed under surveillance as an extremist organization, and in 2025 it was confirmed as such."
#WWII Operation Downfall. The combined Allied naval armada would have been the largest ever assembled, including 42 aircraft carriers, 24 battleships, and 400 destroyers. Fourteen US "division-equivalents" were scheduled to take part in the initial landings.The operation had two parts: Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet. Set to begin in November 1945. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall
1945 #WWII Japanese leaders recognized their nation’s dark military situation, but they rejected any form of surrender. Instead, they devised a sequenced military and political strategy called Ketsu Go (Operation Decisive.) https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/there-are-no-civilians-japan
May 22, 1945 #WWII NYT "Japan's Students To Meet Invasion; 20,000,000 Are Mobilized, Farmers Also Ordered to Prepare to Fight" Began formation of an "agrarian militia" for defense of the homeland. Not only students and faculty members "but the entire people as well must comply".
Grumman TBF Avenger blazes through the smoke with the angle of the sun making interesting shadows Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #TBF #Avenger #Grumman #Torpedo #WWII #Warbird #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025
#viedarchiviste 1946:
"Divers contrôles effectués ont prouvé que des Cdt. de Secteur d'Internement ont emporté avec eux des documents d'ordre purement militaire et de service qui ne peuvent en aucun cas être considérés comme documents personnels."
oberst Lonfat bestreitet, das geringste mitgenommen zu haben #nihilsubsolenovum
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv, E5791#1000/949#2179*
immer diese subversiven bibliotheken, allen voran die Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek!
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv, E5791#1000/949#3335*
Dutch synagogues filled with life 80 years after WWII.
Tens of millions of people died during World War II, including 6 million Jewish people who were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
Dutch Jews were among the hardest hit. Three quarters of the Netherlands' pre-war Jewish population perished in Auschwitz, Sobibor and other camps.
Eighty years later, some of the community's shattered synagogues have been restored.
Two Fat Lardies new Chain of Command edition arrives 28th May with pre-order bundles ranging from bare rulebook to full kit of tokens, dice, and resin markers. The lard is my shepherd, I shall not want for platoon-level WWII action. https://l.d20.ninja/2p9x3k5e #ChainofCommand #TwoFatLardies #TabletopGaming #Wargaming #WWII
ICYMI:
Biden said to "Bibi": "You can't be carpet-bombing [Gaza]". "Bibi" replied: "Well, you did it. You carpet-bombed Berlin and dropped a nuclear weapon; you killed thousands of innocent people. Because you had to do it in order to win a war"
#WWII caused 80 M deaths, 60 M caused by the Axis. #Israel had 1964 dead; #Palestinians 75000 and counting.
So Biden fully supported bomb carpeting #Gaza and killing civilians, and starving to death those who survived.
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2025-05-22Genealogy Roundup, May 21 – Megan Smolenyak
Genealogy Roundup, May 21
A pope with direct family ties to kindness of Father Baker – I’m loving all the 6-degrees-of-the-Pope tales I’m tripping across, and this one by Sean Kirst is one of the most special.
Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe, vows ethical use of customer DNA data – So now we know the new owner of 23andMe. #GeneticGenealogy
Soldier Accounted For From WWII – Welcome home, CPL George “Jud” F Sepsey. Honored to have researched your family. #WWII #Hero
Pope Leo’s European Grandparents: The Mystery Solved – The other half of the Pope’s family tree
Photo by Coronel G on Unsplash
Source: Genealogy Roundup, May 21 – Megan Smolenyak
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May 21, 1945 #WWII “This letter started as a huge joke. But there's nothing funny in watching friends starve to death or in carrying body after body out of inadequate air-raid shelters to mass kerosene funeral pyres, and that is what I've done these past six months." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kurt-vonneguts-unpublished-world-war-ii-scrapbook-reveals-origins-slaughterhouse-five-180971046/
May 21, 1945 #WWII LIFE The Lives of Winston Churchill "I said, ‘Forgive me, Sir’ and plucked the cigar out of his mouth. By the time I got back to my camera, he looked so belligerent. It was at that instant I took the photograph." https://books.google.com/books?id=50kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=life+may+21+1945&source=bl&ots=RGzyZU_9ZU&sig=ACfU3U21Lovz9qQRYq3MiaU9_T4QIwWs_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjassjJhsbpAhXRpJ4KHYZvD-g4ChDoATAHegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=life%20may%2021%201945&f=true
May 21, 1945 #WWII NYT "Hope of Banning War Stirs Despite History's Somber Teaching" Accomplishments have been definite but limited. A new world organization, in some respects stronger than the old League of Nations, is being hammered out on the anvil of debate. #UN
TB-25J Mitchell NL25JZ makes a pass at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California. March 2025 #airshow #Mitchell #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #USN #B25 #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #Z9 #Warbird #WWII
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