#Armistice

Rob Griffith

Rob_Griffith_

21 August 1808 - The Battle of Vimeiro, Portugal - British troops under Lt.Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat the French commanded by General Jean-Andoche Junot. The next day Wellesley would

Peter Sandham

HKSandham

When was the last time the Divine Liturgy was performed in #HagiaSophia ? 28th May 1453? Wrong. 19th January 1919. A thread on the Great Church's brief, little known 20th

cedric mas

CedricMas

Le 20 juin 1940 va se dérouler l’une des séquences les plus tragi-comiques de la guerre, qui va donner l’occasion au soldat français de montrer qu’il pouvait être à la

Anne Boleyn

AnnetheQuene15

THREAD:I was recently blocked by a fellow socialist, for asking something (I thought perfectly reasonable) about the 'transgender vs women's right debate. And when reasonable questions get you blocked, well

Charles Holland

charlescholland

(1) THREAD - LOCKDOWN 2 REGS - full regs are here https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1200/contents/made (2) As predicted a free standing set of regs, and it revokes (or rather will revoke) the 3

Claire

ClaireRedacted

Porat Yosef Yeshiva is a Sephardic yeshiva in both the Old City and the Geula neighborhood in Jerusalem. Yeshivat Ohel Moed in Jerusalem in 1904 was the forerunner to Porat

Kirsty Brimelow QC

Kirsty_Brimelow

Thread:Overview of the new Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England)(No.4)Regs coming into force on 5 November. 32 pages.#lockdown They're less draconian than in March. Whilst there remain the same number of

Dan Kaszeta

DanKaszeta

Today is Remembrance Day/Veterans Day/Armistice Day, called varying things in different countries. In some places it is an official holiday. But 11th of November has an older meaning that pre-dates

🏹 Aallontie

armas_aallontie

Thread on Finno-Hungarian relations during the interwar period. 1/15 In 1919, Finland and Hungary found themselves in a similar situation. Both countries had just fought a war and were failed

Notes from Verona

rick_hough

Deciding to escape from Verona for the day, our objective was Fontanellato, a small town in north western Italy, approximately 20 kilometres west of Parma. Fontanellato is home to the

Adil Haque

AdHaque110

1. This THREAD has everything. Jus cogens. Hans Kelsen. The Israel-Egypt conflict.The right of self-defense and Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. Buckle. Up. 2. On August 1,

Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani

NafeesRehmanDr

Waziristan – Militancy and violence through the last 100 years. Thread on the military campaigns against, and of the tribesmen of Waziristan. 3rd Anglo-Afghan War-1919: The Pashtun tribesmen had long

The Irish Story

theirishstory

Today in Irish History, November 28 1920 – The Kilmichael ambush – #Kilmichael100 Tom Barry's IRA column wiped out a patrol of Auxiliaries. A vicious close quarter fight ad this

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

"All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension." So begins one of the most enigmatic and chilling horror series ever broadcast by ITV. This is ita story."...Sapphire

A l'ombre des mots

alombredesmots

1. C’est en 1920, il y a 100 ans, que de nombreuses communes des @cotesdarmor22, prennent la décision d’ériger un des #monumentsauxmorts de la Grande Guerre. @R1Le_Gall, @MonuMorts, @DURANDrobin, @JBigorgne,

irene anna kim

enerianna

happy national liberation day Korea!!!!! #광복절 marks the anniversary of Korea being freed from Japanese occupation, during which the Japanese government & military carried out horrifying war crimes and

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