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The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against the leaders of defeated Germany after the second World War. #history #historymemes #darkhistory #wwiihistory #historical
The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against the leaders of defeated Germany after the second World War. #history #historymemes #darkhistory #wwiihistory #historical
St Bartholomew‘s Gatehouse. A very rare Tudor treasure of London. One of only a handful. It guards the route into the church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, founded in 1123 as an Augustinian priory. Itself one of the oldest churches in the City. The survived the Great Fire thanks to high walls nearby acting as a firebreak. This building also survived both the First and Second World War blitzes. A unique building. #history #ww1 #medieval
St Bartholomew‘s Gatehouse. A very rare Tudor treasure of London. One of only a handful. It guards the route into the church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, founded in 1123 as an Augustinian priory. Itself one of the oldest churches in the City. The survived the Great Fire thanks to high walls nearby acting as a firebreak. This building also survived both the First and Second World War blitzes. A unique building. #history #ww1 #medieval
There’s war history hidden in these railings. 👇🏼 These aren’t ordinary fences. They’re made from metal medical stretchers produced for Britain’s Air Raid Precautions ARP during the Second World War. Designed in 1938 and 1939, hundreds of thousands were stockpiled in anticipation of mass civilian casualties during air raids. During the Blitz, stretchers like these were used to carry the injured from bombed buildings and streets. After the war, many became surplus while London’s original iron railings stripped for scrap during the conflict were never replaced. So councils repurposed what they had. The stretchers were bolted upright and reused as railings on housing estates across London. What looks like everyday street furniture is actually a surviving fragment of wartime emergency medicine hidden in plain sight. #history #historychannel #historyfacts #historynerd #historylesson #historybuff #historylovers #historygeek #warhistory #londonhistory
There’s war history hidden in these railings. 👇🏼 These aren’t ordinary fences. They’re made from metal medical stretchers produced for Britain’s Air Raid Precautions ARP during the Second World War. Designed in 1938 and 1939, hundreds of thousands were stockpiled in anticipation of mass civilian casualties during air raids. During the Blitz, stretchers like these were used to carry the injured from bombed buildings and streets. After the war, many became surplus while London’s original iron railings stripped for scrap during the conflict were never replaced. So councils repurposed what they had. The stretchers were bolted upright and reused as railings on housing estates across London. What looks like everyday street furniture is actually a surviving fragment of wartime emergency medicine hidden in plain sight. #history #historychannel #historyfacts #historynerd #historylesson #historybuff #historylovers #historygeek #warhistory #londonhistory
Ep.177 John George Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer Haigh was a serial killer in Britain after the Second World War, fuelled by greed and empty pockets. All sources available on Who Did What Now? #history #darkhistory #acidbathmurder #johngeorgehaigh #vintagecrime
Ep.177 John George Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer Haigh was a serial killer in Britain after the Second World War, fuelled by greed and empty pockets. All sources available on Who Did What Now? #history #darkhistory #acidbathmurder #johngeorgehaigh #vintagecrime
A Secret British Intelligence File Stayed Classified for 80 Years. When It Opened, Historians Were Shocked. For decades, historians suspected that the most sensitive operations of the Second World War were still buried in sealed archives. Most wartime files were opened after thirty or forty years. But one particular British intelligence file remained locked away for nearly eighty years. When it was finally released, researchers understood immediately why. The file contained records tied to one of history’s greatest — and most agonizing — intelligence secrets. Deep inside Bletchley Park, Britain’s elite codebreakers had cracked Germany’s Enigma machine. They could read Nazi military communications in near real time. This breakthrough, known as Ultra, was arguably the most powerful invisible weapon of the entire war. But the newly opened documents revealed something that made historians go silent. To protect the secret, British commanders sometimes allowed enemy attacks to proceed — deliberately — rather than risk revealing they had broken the code. If Hitler’s forces ever suspected Enigma was compromised, the intelligence advantage would vanish overnight. So officials made impossible calculations. Act and expose everything. Or stay silent and let people die. The documents described tense, agonizing meetings where men debated the moral weight of silence. In several recorded cases, they chose to say nothing — trusting that preserving Ultra would ultimately shorten the war and save far more lives overall. What stunned historians wasn’t just the strategy. It was the cold, extraordinary discipline behind it. These men carried secrets so heavy they couldn’t speak them for eighty years. True power has always operated in silence — calculating, protecting, and working with invisible forces that the world never sees coming. 👉 @thetalaslab
A Secret British Intelligence File Stayed Classified for 80 Years. When It Opened, Historians Were Shocked. For decades, historians suspected that the most sensitive operations of the Second World War were still buried in sealed archives. Most wartime files were opened after thirty or forty years. But one particular British intelligence file remained locked away for nearly eighty years. When it was finally released, researchers understood immediately why. The file contained records tied to one of history’s greatest — and most agonizing — intelligence secrets. Deep inside Bletchley Park, Britain’s elite codebreakers had cracked Germany’s Enigma machine. They could read Nazi military communications in near real time. This breakthrough, known as Ultra, was arguably the most powerful invisible weapon of the entire war. But the newly opened documents revealed something that made historians go silent. To protect the secret, British commanders sometimes allowed enemy attacks to proceed — deliberately — rather than risk revealing they had broken the code. If Hitler’s forces ever suspected Enigma was compromised, the intelligence advantage would vanish overnight. So officials made impossible calculations. Act and expose everything. Or stay silent and let people die. The documents described tense, agonizing meetings where men debated the moral weight of silence. In several recorded cases, they chose to say nothing — trusting that preserving Ultra would ultimately shorten the war and save far more lives overall. What stunned historians wasn’t just the strategy. It was the cold, extraordinary discipline behind it. These men carried secrets so heavy they couldn’t speak them for eighty years. True power has always operated in silence — calculating, protecting, and working with invisible forces that the world never sees coming. 👉 @thetalaslab
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938-present). The woman who reigned for 33 years over the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Daughter of Queen Juliana, granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina, mother of King Willem-Alexander. She fled the Nazi occupation to take refuge in Canada. Her marriage was a scandal for the country because she married a German in 1966, riots then occurred in Amsterdam. The whole country is furious because of the past of the Second World War. Became queen in 1980 after the abdication of her mother Queen Juliana, she reigned until 2013 because she abdicated herself for her son. She modernises the monarchy, travels a lot, defends the arts, education and social causes. #crown #queen #abdication #netherlands #fyp
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938-present). The woman who reigned for 33 years over the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Daughter of Queen Juliana, granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina, mother of King Willem-Alexander. She fled the Nazi occupation to take refuge in Canada. Her marriage was a scandal for the country because she married a German in 1966, riots then occurred in Amsterdam. The whole country is furious because of the past of the Second World War. Became queen in 1980 after the abdication of her mother Queen Juliana, she reigned until 2013 because she abdicated herself for her son. She modernises the monarchy, travels a lot, defends the arts, education and social causes. #crown #queen #abdication #netherlands #fyp
The lyrics describe a little flower blooming on the heath — Erika — and also reflect a soldier’s longing for his sweetheart with that name: simple, romantic imagery. There are no explicit political or militaristic messages in the lyrics themselves. Association with the Wehrmacht: Erika became extremely popular as a marching song used by the German military (the Wehrmacht) during the Second World War. According to historians, it was among the most widely sung marches in the German armed forces.
The lyrics describe a little flower blooming on the heath — Erika — and also reflect a soldier’s longing for his sweetheart with that name: simple, romantic imagery. There are no explicit political or militaristic messages in the lyrics themselves. Association with the Wehrmacht: Erika became extremely popular as a marching song used by the German military (the Wehrmacht) during the Second World War. According to historians, it was among the most widely sung marches in the German armed forces.
Season 1, Episode 6, The Germans In 2025, viewing "The Germans" is a complex exercise in historical context. In 1975, the Second World War was still a relatively recent and visceral memory for many viewers, making Basil's obsession with "mentioning the war" a direct parody of lingering national neuroses and xenophobia. Today, the episode is often analyzed through the lens of modern social standards, particularly concerning the Major’s use of racial slurs, which led to the episode's temporary removal from the UKTV streaming service in 2020. John Cleese has consistently defended the episode, arguing that the humor targets the bigots themselves—lampooning the Major’s fossilized ignorance and Basil’s own suppressed xenophobia. While some contemporary viewers find the language jarring, others see it as a valuable time capsule that exposes the casual racism of 1970s Britain by making the practitioners look ridiculous. The episode's enduring relevance lies in its ability to spark these discussions about how comedy should handle outdated attitudes while remaining objectively hilarious as a farce.
Season 1, Episode 6, The Germans In 2025, viewing "The Germans" is a complex exercise in historical context. In 1975, the Second World War was still a relatively recent and visceral memory for many viewers, making Basil's obsession with "mentioning the war" a direct parody of lingering national neuroses and xenophobia. Today, the episode is often analyzed through the lens of modern social standards, particularly concerning the Major’s use of racial slurs, which led to the episode's temporary removal from the UKTV streaming service in 2020. John Cleese has consistently defended the episode, arguing that the humor targets the bigots themselves—lampooning the Major’s fossilized ignorance and Basil’s own suppressed xenophobia. While some contemporary viewers find the language jarring, others see it as a valuable time capsule that exposes the casual racism of 1970s Britain by making the practitioners look ridiculous. The episode's enduring relevance lies in its ability to spark these discussions about how comedy should handle outdated attitudes while remaining objectively hilarious as a farce.
1️⃣ My grandfather lived through the Second World War, raised five children, worked in a factory for forty years, and watched the world change in ways he never expected. But through all of it, he followed one simple rule. He told me about it when I was going through a difficult time at work. I was ready to quit. Ready to walk away from everything. And he sat me down and said: “Never make a life-changing decision while the kettle is still cold.” 2️⃣ At first, I didn’t understand. He explained that when something goes wrong, your first instinct is to react immediately. To quit. To leave. To change everything right now. But that’s when your mind is at its worst. You’re emotional. You’re tired. You’re seeing the situation through the lens of how you feel in that exact moment. And decisions made in that state rarely turn out well. So instead of deciding, you make tea. You wait for the kettle to boil. You sit down. You drink it slowly. And only then do you think clearly. 3️⃣ He said the kettle is a timer. It gives you fifteen minutes. Enough time for the sharpest edge of emotion to pass. Enough time for your brain to shift from panic mode to problem-solving mode. You’re not suppressing your feelings. You’re just giving yourself space to feel them without immediately acting on them. And by the time the tea is finished, you’re calmer. You’re thinking more clearly. And the decision you make then is usually wiser than the one you almost made five minutes earlier. 4️⃣ My grandfather used this rule his entire life. When he wanted to argue with my grandmother, he made tea first. When he felt like quitting his job after a bad shift, he made tea first. When he received bad news, he made tea first. He said most of the worst decisions people make happen in the first ten minutes after something goes wrong. And if you can just pause, just wait, just let the kettle boil, you’ll save yourself from choices you’d regret for years. 👉 Don’t lose my account: @thetonyfisherx — New posts every day. People start making better decisions by giving themselves time to think.
1️⃣ My grandfather lived through the Second World War, raised five children, worked in a factory for forty years, and watched the world change in ways he never expected. But through all of it, he followed one simple rule. He told me about it when I was going through a difficult time at work. I was ready to quit. Ready to walk away from everything. And he sat me down and said: “Never make a life-changing decision while the kettle is still cold.” 2️⃣ At first, I didn’t understand. He explained that when something goes wrong, your first instinct is to react immediately. To quit. To leave. To change everything right now. But that’s when your mind is at its worst. You’re emotional. You’re tired. You’re seeing the situation through the lens of how you feel in that exact moment. And decisions made in that state rarely turn out well. So instead of deciding, you make tea. You wait for the kettle to boil. You sit down. You drink it slowly. And only then do you think clearly. 3️⃣ He said the kettle is a timer. It gives you fifteen minutes. Enough time for the sharpest edge of emotion to pass. Enough time for your brain to shift from panic mode to problem-solving mode. You’re not suppressing your feelings. You’re just giving yourself space to feel them without immediately acting on them. And by the time the tea is finished, you’re calmer. You’re thinking more clearly. And the decision you make then is usually wiser than the one you almost made five minutes earlier. 4️⃣ My grandfather used this rule his entire life. When he wanted to argue with my grandmother, he made tea first. When he felt like quitting his job after a bad shift, he made tea first. When he received bad news, he made tea first. He said most of the worst decisions people make happen in the first ten minutes after something goes wrong. And if you can just pause, just wait, just let the kettle boil, you’ll save yourself from choices you’d regret for years. 👉 Don’t lose my account: @thetonyfisherx — New posts every day. People start making better decisions by giving themselves time to think.
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight discusses setting the movie, The Immortal Man, during Second World War and where his inspiration came from #peakyblinders #peakyblinderstheimmortalman #cillianmurphy #rebeccaferguson #interview
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight discusses setting the movie, The Immortal Man, during Second World War and where his inspiration came from #peakyblinders #peakyblinderstheimmortalman #cillianmurphy #rebeccaferguson #interview
How many of you have Family, Friend or Associate that no matter how good of an answer or advice you give them, it's never good enough. Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television comprised of their "playful" patter made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War
How many of you have Family, Friend or Associate that no matter how good of an answer or advice you give them, it's never good enough. Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television comprised of their "playful" patter made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War
“They were just as racist to them as they were before they went overseas.” Many Black Canadians who served in the Second World War returned home to discrimination, despite their service. Douglas Melford Wardell Johnson and Susan Washington reflect on their father’s pride in being Canadian, and the barriers he and other Black veterans faced after the war. In Their Own Voices explores the post war and post service experiences of Canadian veterans and their loved ones. Visit the online exhibition: https://www.warmuseum.ca/in-their-own-voices/clip/douglas-melford-wardell-johnson-and-susan-washington-757/
“They were just as racist to them as they were before they went overseas.” Many Black Canadians who served in the Second World War returned home to discrimination, despite their service. Douglas Melford Wardell Johnson and Susan Washington reflect on their father’s pride in being Canadian, and the barriers he and other Black veterans faced after the war. In Their Own Voices explores the post war and post service experiences of Canadian veterans and their loved ones. Visit the online exhibition: https://www.warmuseum.ca/in-their-own-voices/clip/douglas-melford-wardell-johnson-and-susan-washington-757/
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