#operation britain

[picturebookshelf]

Asterix Adventure Games: Operation Britain (1987)

Text: Stephen Thraves -- Art: Albert Uderzo -- Concept: René Goscinny

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[histonics]

1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian airplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day.

[justarandombrit]

If anybody ever wants to know anything about the state of British politics, just show them this song and they'll instantly get it

(It's genuinely really good - the song and the satire, even if you don't give a shit about British politics I highly recommend it)

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1957 – Birth of Volunteer, Mairéad Farrell, in Belfast.

‘Your minds your strongest weapon, and that’s how we always counteract whatever they do, because they can’t control our minds, they can’t get inside them, and that’s their failure.’ –Mairead Farrell Mairéad was born in Belfast; the second youngest of six children and the only girl. She was twelve when the British Army took over the streets of Belfast in 1969. Mairéad found school work easy but…

[dweemeister]

DEAUVILLE and STE.-MÈRE-ÉGLISE, France (The New York Times) — For many, it will be the last big commemoration. The last reunion.

Eighty years after Allied armies invaded the beaches of Normandy, marking a definitive turning point in World War II, those veterans who are still alive and sound enough are expected to return to France this week from the United States, Britain and Canada to commemorate the moment — gingerly, slowly, happily.

They number less than 200. Their average age is about 100.

As some of the veterans arrived on Monday, descending from a hulking 767 onto the tarmac of the small Deauville airport — sometimes helped by multiple aides — many of those there to greet them grew teary in between their bursts of applause.

For a place saturated in the history of that grand landing, when some 156,000 Allied soldiers arrived on the coast and began to push the occupying Germans out of Normandy and then out of the rest of France, there is a deep sense of nostalgia.

“It’s very emotional,” said the airport director, Maryline Haize-Hagron, who like most Normandy natives, has an intimate story of D-Day. Her grandfather Henri Desmet, after watching American parachutists land in the marshes near his farm on June 6, used his flat-bottom boat to row dozens to dry land so they could continue fighting.

“It’s such an honor to be able to welcome them back,” she said.

Mr. Desmet, like most witnesses, is dead now. And this anniversary comes at a time that feels darkly critical — there is a war in Europe, far-right movements are gaining ground across the continent, there is a shifting politics of anger.

The veterans, for their part, have individual reasons for returning. Some come to honor their fallen comrades. Others want to enjoy the pageantry of it all, one last time.

[weedle-testaburger]

brits: hey can we just take trains from the east to the west without going through londo-

the train companies:

[a-typical]

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappé (2006)

[petermorwood]

I like this a lot, especially the inclusion of Tolkien as translator! :->

However, IMO it shouldn't be set during the Blitz but at the height of the Battle of Britain, and a good day for it might be September 15th 1940.

That was the day when Churchill, visiting a fighter control station during the height of massive raids, was told that every single RAF aircraft from 11 Group (defending London and the south-east) was in action. Churchill asked, "What about reserves?" and got a simple answer:

"We have none..."

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The 1969 film "Battle of Britain" did it like this. No CGI here, just practical effects, model aircraft and real ones (enough real ones to be the 35th largest air force in the world...)

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To enlarge a bit, the Blitz - while protracted and unpleasant - wasn't Britain's darkest hour.

That more likely came in 1942 with a string of retreats and defeats, including a couple where superior British forces surrendered to a much smaller enemy and one piece of amazing audacity.

Japanese victories in Asia, including the fall of Singapore;

Axis victories in North Africa, including the fall of Tobruk,

Operation Cerberus, the "Channel Dash", when two German battleships, a heavy cruiser and all their escort vessels sailed from France to Germany in broad daylight through the Straits of Dover.

An extraordinary sequence of misfortunes (bad weather, faulty radar) and cock-ups (over-strict radio silence, wrong ammunition) meant British Channel defences were - in a period phrase - "caught with both pairs of trousers at the cleaners", and caused virtually no damage to the enemy ships despite them being right on Britain's doorstep.

(Both German battleships were damaged by mines before they got home, but that wasn't a result of deliberate attacks. All of those were failures. Lots more information here.)

Cerberus wasn't as strategically damaging as Dunkirk, Singapore, Tobruk and too many others, but the impudence and success of it left a lot of egg on a lot of faces.

I have a very rough idea in my head that I don't think I can clearly articulate beyond "And that concludes tonight's reports on German air forc—WHAT'S THIS? IT'S KING ARTHUR WITH A STEEL CHAIR"

[nando161mando]

Prescott leaned into his northern roots and trade union affiliations with unflagging zeal. It is easy to see how, for the mainstream media, his unvarnished accent and sometimes mangled syntax made him a convenient foil to the Conservative Party, playing into the narrative of Labour as the party of “ordinary people”. Yet Prescott weaponised this image to give the Blair government a free pass for mass privatisation, devastating wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a surveillance society at home.

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/11/21/john-prescott-the-blairite-bulldog-who-forgot-the-working-class/

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[quotesfrommyreading]

Guides had never been trained for war or fighting, but like the skills they had acquired for their proficiency badges, the training they had received in their ordinary meetings and camps soon proved invaluable. During the past year, much had been done to prepare for war conditions. Now Guides came into their own, as men had to leave home to join the armed forces, and mothers who had stayed at home to look after their families had to work in factories to help the war effort. Overnight, the skills that Brownies and Guides had been learning became imperative for the survival of Britain. The school leaving age was fourteen, so membership of the Guides was important for many young women who would otherwise never have learned dressmaking, carpentry and cooking.

  —  How the Girl Guides Won the War (Janie Hampton)

[tuttle-did-it]

You know why I don't celebrate anything to do with the space race or the moon landing?

Fucking Nazis.

America sold its soul to win the space race against the Russians by giving Nazis like Wernher von Braun, Hubertus Strughold and Walter Schreiber a pass, and using the 'research' based off torturing, terrorising and murdering innocent prisoners during WWII in the most horrific way possible.

America's victory in space was built on the corpses and torture of millions in concentration camps, and rather than punish these Nazi scientists for their crimes, they were applauded because it helped them win the space race.

And I don't want to hear any 'but Teddy, if we hadn't won the space race, Russia would have won and we'd have ended up in a war we couldn't win!'

We do not KNOW that. But even if that is true, it is still incredibly evil to promise literal Nazis a free pass just because it helps America plant a flag on the moon.

Doing something evil for the sake of winning is still evil.

It would have been one thing if America had recognised this then and publicly acknowledged this. And discussed it in their education with children.

If they'd said to the world, 'we're doing this horrible thing because we believe it will avoid war, but these evil Nazis will go to prison after they help us win the space race [spoiler alert, they did not]. We must recognise the damage and horror that got us here, and recognise that we had to get in bed with the devil to win this, and for this we are ashamed.'

They didn't do that. They've never even acknowledged it. Those Nazis walked away heroes for ‘saving’ America.

And they didn’t even acknowledge the efforts of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan- the incredible Black women without whom NASA could probably never have done anything. It’s barely acknowledged now. But it is a fact.

This isn’t conspiracy theory bullshit. This is real, literal history. Actual factual history. And children are not taught this in schools. They’re just taught The Great ~Achievement~ made by white men in America.

So.

Fuck Nazis.

Fuck America, France and Britain (and everywhere else) for giving Nazis a free pass just because it was convenient for them.

Fuck the space race.

Fuck the moon landing.

Fuck the education faults of the space race.

Fuck the white washing of Black women who got them there, treating the women like shit, and not even acknowledging their achievements.

Fuck America for getting in bed with literal Nazis and not even educating their own people on this shameful history.

Fuck all the 'science' that was built off the torture and mass graves piled high with corpses of people in concentration camps from Nazis.

Fuck the moon landing.

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[mjalford98]

Finally released my stock footage compilation from last year's model railway exhibition in Swansea, featuring some fantastic models including Box, Overlord, and Allenby, with all imagery downloadable for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution License, crediting me as the author.

[falseandrealultravival]

Dialogue with Gemini (1) History of exchange between Japan and Britain

Q: It would be good to cover the history of exchanges between Japan and Britain in an NHK taiga drama. The history of friendship such as the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the history of hostility such as the Imphal Operation in World War II, and the history of reconciliation after the war. What plot could be written for a drama between geopolitically similar island nations?

A: Title: Across the Ocean: A Tale of Two Islands(plot)

The story begins in the late 16th century, during the seclusion period of Japan (Sakoku). A young shipwrecked English sailor, William Adams, finds himself on Japanese shores. With the help of a kind samurai, he integrates into Japanese society, becoming an advisor to the powerful Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Adams acts as a bridge between the two cultures, fostering initial trade relations. (This reflects the early positive exchanges)

Fast forward to the late 19th century. Japan is undergoing rapid modernization, and the British Empire is a dominant global power. The drama follows a young Japanese diplomat, Ito Hirobumi, who travels to London to negotiate the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The alliance, born out of mutual strategic interests against Russia, showcases the complex dance between cooperation and competition between island nations. (This reflects the period of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance)

The narrative then shifts to World War II. A Japanese soldier, Tanaka Soichiro, finds himself fighting in the brutal Imphal Operation against British forces in India. Witnessing the horrors of war and the cultural similarities between the fighting soldiers, Soichiro questions the path his nation has taken. (This reflects the period of hostility)

Post-war, the drama follows the story of a Japanese woman, Sato Hana, who travels to London to pursue her studies. She encounters prejudice but also finds friendship and understanding with a young British historian, Thomas Moore. Together, they grapple with the legacy of the war and the importance of reconciliation. (This reflects the period of reconciliation)

This NHK taiga drama would showcase the evolving relationship between Japan and Britain, reminding viewers of the shared humanity that transcends geographical distance and political conflict.

[alanmalcherhistorian]

British Home Front During World War Two.

Senate House. Senate House in Malet Street, London WC1 close to the British Museum is an Arc Deco building built between 1932 and 1937 and is now the library and administration centre for the University of London. Most days of the week many thousands of people walk past this building and the general public along with students at the University of London are seldom aware of its wartime…