once heard a streamer say if you're an American and you ever feel bad for Hiroshima or Nagasaki, quickly Google Nanjing Massacre, and then talk about unacceptable war crimes committed against civilians.
and you know what?
kinda has a point there.
ngl.
were the nuclear bombs necessary is a debate that will probably never be settled, but I don't think any decent person on this planet would ever argue that Nanjing was justified.
"He was a pretty religious guy and went to church every Sunday. He was even in a choir when he was young. He was always grateful for what he had. They portrayed him in the series as a quiet, almost morose kind of guy, but growing up, I saw another side of him. He wasn’t a backslapper, but he had a pretty good sense of humor. Babe and Malarkey both said that when the bullets started flying, my dad sang Irish songs."
I had chills reading this passage. Joe was amazing :')
Rudolf Hess spent almost half of his life within the walls of Spandau prison, meaning lots of prison birthdays. Eugene Bird tells us in his book 'The Loneliest Man in the World' of Hess's 76th birthday, and I decided to share it with you all for Hess's 130th birthday!
“It was Rudolf Hess's 76th birthday. He had put on his corduroy suit and after a walk in the garden enjoyed a lunch of duckling, red cabbage, dessert and a birthday cake made for him in the prison kitchen.
As he took his afternoon walk in the sun a group of about ten people had gathered in front of the gates demanding his release. They leaned two bunches of flowers against the gate and shouted over a loud-hailer about humanity. One bore a placard 'WHERE IS JUSTICE?'
Hess, continuing his walk at the rear of the prison, told me: 'I heard a loudspeaker and somebody's voice screaming. What were they saying? Were they protesting against me' I told him they were wishing him a happy birthday. 'They know?' asked Hess. 'Did they remember that?'”
Barber Shop at American Center, Brisbane, Australia
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities
Original caption: April 26, 1944 Barber shop at American Center, (Brisbane, Australia.) Photographer: Pfc Joseph McCoy
This black and white photograph shows a row of six barber chairs, each with a man sitting in it, covered with a cloth. Barbers stand behind each chair in white coats, cutting hair. You can see the feet of people in another row of chairs facing the first row on the left side of the photograph. More people sit in the back of the barber shop.
“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a "lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ Source.
Why can't Germany or any country in the EU call out Israel's genocide in Gaza? Irish MEP Mick Wallace asks the question as he rips into the bloc with this thumping speech at the European Parliament.
After rattling off the grim Palestinian death toll, he wonders how Berlin can stay silent, given its role in World War Two's holocaust and its little-known genocide in Africa. That saw over 75% of Namibia's Herero and Nama people killed, with their skulls shipped to Europe. Historians regard it as the first genocide of the 20th century.
Listen to Wallace's fiery soundbite. There were a few claps but mainly silence afterwards. Says it all.