#world-war-2 — Public Fediverse posts
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A project nearly a year and a half in the making is ready at last — fan hacker Hemulen uploaded an English translation patch for Iron Storm: Operation Files, plus a retranslation patch for the original Iron Storm! Hemulen spoke with me about his process:
#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #セガ #セガサターン #translation #patch #Englishtranslation #workingdesigns #worldwar2 #WWII
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#OnThisDay, 14 May 1943, Vera Leigh returns to France to work as a courier for the British Special Operations Executive.
A fashion designer, Leigh had fled France in 1942 after running escape lines for Allied airmen.
After her return, Leigh carried documents and equipment such as guns and explosives around her network's area. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, she was executed at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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The Second World War "Antony Beevor's The Second World War is simply the ultimate Second World War history" Sale: $29.99 to $1.99 by Antony Beevor Rating: 4.6/5 (4,304 Reviews) #history #worldwar2 #military #nonfiction #booksky #books #reading #historybuff
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
Q. Should we discourage children from playing war games?
A. We might wish to discourage them, but it would be utterly useless at the present time, so we might as well give in gracefully and try to see that when war games are played they teach the lessons which we wish our children to learn — fair play, magnanimity in victory, courage in defeat and no hatred of peoples.Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1942-08), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 59More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/83…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #children #conflict #courage #fairplay #games #hatred #lessons #magnanimity #model #moralityplay #nationalism #pedagogy #play #prejudice #teachingmoment #wargames #WorldWar2 #ww2 #parenting
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Harry's Last Stand
The First Day of the Long Peace
May 8, 1945
JM Smith"The last week of war before the long peace was chaotic. The refugee encampment was off limits. However, I was part of a team that set up a food distribution tent near the shantytown of displaced Germans. We were told to look for SS soldiers and officers who might be hiding amongst the refugees. I never got sight of any."
#HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #JohnSmith #WorldWar2 #Peace
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Very early #OnThisDay, 6 May 1944, Marguerite 'Peggy' Knight parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance: couriers would move messages and equipment around an area.
Knight fought her way out of an attempted capture, and returned to the UK in September 1944.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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The Second World War "A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II" Sale: $29.99 to $1.99 by Antony Beevor Rating: 4.6/5 (4,303 Reviews) #history #worldwar2 #holocaust #military #nonfiction #booksky #war #reading #books
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📚 Hayo finished readingManstein: Hitler's Greatest General by Mungo Melvin
A thick biography written not by the general himself. The author does a critical comparison of factss and views from Manstein's own writing. This makes it an interesting psycho-historical document, as it gives a fascinating insight into why the generals in Germany did what they did. And it isn't pretty. Almost autistic belief in that Orders Must Be Followed, which enables them to sidestep any moral concerns. People like Manstein have been keeping dictators in their seat for centuries. Sadly I didn't learn much about the man himself.
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May 1, 2026
🔗 https://hayobethlehem.nl/library/book/manstein-hitler-s-greatest-general
#Reading #Bookstodon #Nonfiction #Biography #WorldWar2 #Germany #Europe #History #20thCentury