Tonight, we can watch a 1 minute 1939 British Pathé film on how Poland is preparing itself for defense and is a key part of the British-French alliance. Well, about that....Not that one can blame Poland of course.
world war ii
Just wanted to quickly build on Farley's post from earlier today. It's the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb and that deserves more play, though as anniversaries move from beyond.
On June 9, 1941, the military, with support from the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the United Auto Workers, ended the North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles. This remarkable.
On May 25, 1943, white workers rioted at Alabama Dry Dock after Fair Employment Practice Committee officials forced the company to promote 12 black workers to skilled positions. One of many hate strikes in World War II, this was an important moment in the struggle...
On March 20, 1945, four leaders of a strike among Black WACs at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, were convicted of disobeying orders and sentenced to hard labor. Privates Anna Morrison, Mary.
For a very long time, I have expressed frustration that Americans obsessively focus on World War II and the Nazis and don't pay enough attention to their own horrible histories..
On November 4, 1942, copper miners in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. One of far too many hate strikes during the war, this strike is particularly important because the miners were organized in Mine, Mill,...
I was already plenty aware that a lot of the myths Americans like to tell themselves about World War II and how great our soldiers were in freeing Europe were.
On June 25, 1943, Congress overrode Franklin Delano Roosevelt's veto of the Smith-Connally Act. Enacted after the United Mine Workers of America went on strike during World War II, the.
On June 5, 1944, white workers at an airplane plant outside of Cincinnati went on strike over Black workers being promoted. Happening a mere day before the U.S. invaded France to drive out the Nazis, it led to a lot of condemnation of the strike,...
Students at the University of California (Berkeley) participate in a one-day peace strike opposing U.S. entrance into World War II, April 19, 1940
Landscape Every now and then, it is worth watching footage of D-Day, just for the scale of it and the sheer fear that the soldiers felt, and for very good.