TLW History Thread

[polymerpunkah]

Here's a trailer for a doc on the same subject I watched a few years ago.

 

 

[Kepler-186]

One for @Colonel Bumcunt

 

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-335-Year-War-the-Longest-War-in-History/?utm_source=Historic+UK+Newsletter&utm_campaign=71d941768e-newsletter-mar-2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_38bae6d875-71d941768e-97395684
 

 

[Kepler-186]

Udham Singh, Indian revolutionary hanged in 1940. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udham_Singh

 

His full, final speech to the judge was suppressed and finally released in the 90s. 
 

The last lines are: 

 

'Down with British Imperialism! Down with British dirty dogs!"

 

 

He

[Kepler-186]

80th Anniversary celebrations for the Battle of the Atlantic are on this weekend in Liverpool down at the Pier Head, and the link below has the times of the flypasts. 
 

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Fairey Swordfish and even a Supermarine Seafire. 
 

Few vessels docked as well. 
 

https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/whats-on/battle-of-the-atlantic-80-flypast-times-4156347

[Kepler-186]

Photos of the Battle of the Atlantic 80th anniversary from over the weekend. 
 

https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/news/battle-of-the-atlantic-80-flypast-times-and-what-planes-will-be-flying-over-the-river-mersey-4160595?utm_campaign=lvld-news-api&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=260102150&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91F0qmqV0fACWm8nPtB9bB1YOmyP0AARlsBAKvlziQoIg7d_LRXL4wRsPNancTaPwc9_zGx3E1B8wgpPKH9JBdxZlfIGEECswYtxwAMlp0c9b151I&utm_content=260102150&utm_source=hs_email

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 05/02/2023 at 10:48, VladimirIlyich said:

Coco and Hugo,peas in a pod.

Yeah, but it's a very stylish pod.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

[Tj hooker]

This is Brilliant 

 

[Lee909]

Amazing find

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65936594.amp

 

 

[Lee909]

Anniversary of Waterloo tomorrow

 

Yesterday was the battle of Ligny and the skirmishes around Quatre Bras with Ney and Wellington trying to hold positions and waiting on news of Ligny. Before Wellington retreats to Waterloo. 

 

A big part of the eventual French defeat is today with Blűcher disengaging and ending up closer to the battle(and eventually flanking the French)than Grouchy French who thought they were retreating in a different  direction 

[Kepler-186]

17th July 1936 was the beginning of the fascist coup in Spain and the first act of the Civil War. 
 

The YouTube video is quality and features Spain’s first astronaut Luis Carrero Blanco. 

¡No Pasarán! 
 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

On 17/06/2023 at 11:42, Lee909 said:

Amazing find

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65936594.amp

 

 

I bet you the fella who buried it was trying to destroy the evidence for his upcoming murder charge.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 17/06/2023 at 11:42, Lee909 said:

Amazing find

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65936594.amp

 

 

"Ah, that's where I left it."

 - Stringy 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Maybe I'm a nerd, but this is the first festival this year that's piqued my interest.

[Karl_b]

Has anyone watched 'The US and the Holocaust ' on the BBC? It's an astonishing piece of filmmaking, showing America's response to the atrocities of the Nazis. It gives some extraordinary context and insight, and highlights the hypocrisy/cognitive dissonance in American attitudes to immigration. 

 

It's one of the most compelling and moving things I've ever watched.

[Tj hooker]

1 hour ago, Karl_b said:

Has anyone watched 'The US and the Holocaust ' on the BBC? It's an astonishing piece of filmmaking, showing America's response to the atrocities of the Nazis. It gives some extraordinary context and insight, and highlights the hypocrisy/cognitive dissonance in American attitudes to immigration. 

 

It's one of the most compelling and moving things I've ever watched.

Is it on the BBC iplayer? 

[Karl_b]

8 minutes ago, Tj hooker said:

Is it on the BBC iplayer? 

 

It is mate, that's where I've been watching it.

[Tj hooker]

23 minutes ago, Karl_b said:

 

It is mate, that's where I've been watching it.

Nice one thanks 

[Kevin D]

1 hour ago, Karl_b said:

Has anyone watched 'The US and the Holocaust ' on the BBC? It's an astonishing piece of filmmaking, showing America's response to the atrocities of the Nazis. It gives some extraordinary context and insight, and highlights the hypocrisy/cognitive dissonance in American attitudes to immigration. 

 

It's one of the most compelling and moving things I've ever watched.

You can’t go wrong with Ken Burns:

 

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0122741/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_ken%20burna

 

I can vouch for The Civil War, Unforgivable Blackness, Jackie Robinson and The Roosevelt’s all being excellent.

[halewood pete]

On 06/06/2023 at 20:01, Tj hooker said:

This is Brilliant 

 

 

[Arniepie]

The 1973 coup against democratic socialism in Chile still matters – there, in Britain and beyond | Andy Beckett | The Guardian

[Captain Turdseye]

On 29/07/2023 at 15:07, Kevin D said:

You can’t go wrong with Ken Burns:

 

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0122741/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_ken%20burna

 

I can vouch for The Civil War, Unforgivable Blackness, Jackie Robinson and The Roosevelt’s all being excellent.

 

I can vouch for The Civil War too, as well as The West, Muhammad Ali, Prohibition and The Vietnam War. 
 

All excellent. Even his Baseball one. I’ve no interest in the sport but I’m past halfway in that series. 

[Harry's Lad]

BBC News - Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66608891

[polymerpunkah]

 

If you have any interest in this battle this is excellent.

 

Describes the events and the background, and gives you a look at, and the view from, the famous sites involved. 

 

The distance that Pickett tried to charge on the last day is ridiculous.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 27/08/2023 at 09:43, Harry's Lad said:

BBC News - Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66608891

You can imagine the anger of the French Resistance though and despite it being morally wrong unless you were watching the Nazis murder men woman and children for nothing much at all it's hard to condemn them.