Tag: germany
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Daily pictures : Warsaw ghetto, 1943 ?
No, bigger, this is Gaza I have ordered a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no fuel, no water, everything is closed. We are fighting against human animals and we are acting accordingly Yoav Galant, Israel defense minister, October 9, 2023 The Jüdischer Wohnbezirk in Warschau [Jewish residential district in Warsaw] was gathering…
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Daily pictures : chips
an investigation by Ursula von der Leyen Russian military is taking chips from dishwashers and refrigerators to fix their military hardware, because there are no semiconductors anymore. Russia’s industry is in tatters Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, Strassburg, September 14, 2022
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History, on this day : Babi Yar, September 29, 1941
In the previous days, a placard has appeared in Kiev, that the German Nazi forces have seized on September 19, 1941, after 45 days of Soviet resistance All Yids of the city of Kiev and its vicinity must appear on Monday, September 29, by 8 o’clock in the morning at the corner of Mel’nikova and…
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[Sharing] Escaping Attrition: Ukraine Rolls the Dice – Big Serge
The Zaporizhia Summer Blockbuster It has been a while since I published anything long-form commenting on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, and I confess that writing this article gave me a modicum of trouble. Ukraine’s much anticipated grand summer counteroffensive has now been underway for about eighty days with little to show for it. The summer…
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[Sharing] Who is Responsible for Ukraine’s Failed Counteroffensive? – Scott Ritter, Sputnik
On a normal summer’s day, the road to Rabotino would be empty, save for the odd combine tractor and the vehicles driven by farmers and their families as they tend to the fields of crops they had planted in spring. The summer’s heat would reflect off the horizon, creating glimmering mirages, while the still air…
