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#HannaDiamond discusses her book #JosephineBakersSecretWar
"Drawing on previously unseen material, Diamond reveals the vital role Baker played throughout the war, from counterintelligence work for the Allied landings in North Africa to serving in the French Air Force in 1944–45."
live: https://youtu.be/sguNundQrNg
#JoséphineBaker #BlackHistory #Résistance #résistantes #FreeFrench #FranceLibre #histFR #WWII #DeuxièmeGuerreMondiale #DeuxièmeBureau #books #livres @histodons @bookstodon
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' “In #France,” Diamond said, “she is mainly known as a music-hall star, and in the US as a civil rights activist.” A whole chapter – the spying missions, the concerts that raised large sums for the #resistance, her subsequent uniformed service in the French air force – was far less familiar.'
on #HannaDiamond's #JosephineBakersSecretWar
#JoséphineBaker #BlackHistory #histFr #résistantes #FranceLibre #FreeFrench #DeuxièmeBureau #livres #books @histodons @bookstodon
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#JosephineBaker: Anti-Fascist Spy
Mitch Jeserich talks with #DamienLewis, author of "#AgentJosephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy"
https://player.fm/series/kpfa-letters-and-politics/josephine-baker-anti-fascist-spy
#Résistance #résistantes #BlackHistory #FreeFrench #FranceLibre #histFr #biographies #livres #books
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Yak-9UM This is - amazingly - not a restoration of one of the thousands of the Yak-9s built in Soviet Russia during WW2, but a new-built example, using original drawings, by the Yakovlev concern in Russia. The main change from the original specification was to install a U.S. Allison V-1710 engine, rather than the Klimov VK-107A. This aircraft is seen at Sevierville, Tennessee at the Tennessee Aviation Museum and is in the colours of the famed Escadrille Normandie-Nieman, a Free French unit which fought on the Eastern Front during WW2. #warbird #Russian #Yakovlev #Yak #Yak9 #Sevierville #Tennessee #USA #avgeek #WW2 #fighter #aviation #Museum #SovietRussia #Allison #Allisonengine #warfare #Klimov #French #FreeFrench #EasternFront #Russia #EscadrilleNormandieNiemen #Normandie #Niemen