11/11 Happy Veterans Day! During WWI, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an armistice went into effect and all fighting between the allied nations and Germany ceased. At the time, it was the deadliest military conflict in history, with an estimated 9 million military deaths and 13 million civilian deaths.
November 11, 1918: 5:45 AM. The Allies and Germany signed the Armistice in a railway carriage at Le Francport near Compiègne, thereby agreeing to end fighting on land, sea and air in Europe, in the "Great War of 1914-1918". It took effect at 11:00 AM Paris time on the same day. Then, for the first time in four years, the bells of Big Ben rang over the streets of London.
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In an extraordinary coincidence, at about 10:45 am on June 28, 1914, the number plate of the car in which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife was traveling when both were assassinated was A 111 118.
In 1919, President Wilson declared November 11 to be Armistice Day, honoring those who served in the Great War. President Eisenhower changed the name to Veterans Day, now including those who fought in World War II and in subsequent wars, still keeping the historic symbolism of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Despite the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, ironically on June 22, 1940 Hitler will use the same railway carriage to have the French sign their surrender in World War 2, then he had the carriage flattened.
November 11, 1918: 9:30 AM. George Ellison, (aged 40), born in York, became the last British soldier to be killed in the "Great War of 1914-19". He was shot dead by a German sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.
November 11, 1918: 10:58 AM. a Canadian soldier, was shot by a German sniper just two minutes before the bugles sounded the end of the fighting.
November 11, 1918: 10:59 AM. American soldier Henry Gunther is credited as being the last Allied soldier killed in the First World War. Eye witnesses claimed the 23-year-old bravely (some believed foolishly) charged at German machine gunners with a fixed bayonet.
November 11, 1919: Britain introduced a 2 minute silence at 11:00 AM to remember those who died in the First World War. The silence coincides with the time in 1918 at which the conflict came to an end in Europe, with the cessation of hostilities.
November 11, 1921: The 1st British Legion Poppy Day was held. It was inspired by the poem, In Flanders’ Fields, written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. Since then, the Poppy Appeal has been a key annual event in Britain's calendar.
Armistice Soundwave quest to reimagine what the end of the First World War might’ve sounded like began with a single image.
November 11, 1942: The 2nd Battle of El Alamein ended in a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces. The British 8th Army was commanded by Lt General Bernard Montgomery. Churchill later said: "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein, we never had a defeat.”
![[Image: UU2oeiH.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/UU2oeiH.jpg)
His quote avoids the "Battle of Arnhem" (1944) defeat in part of Operation Market Garden. Churchill liked hyperbole. Although, it was the Australian 9th Division - the famous Rats of Tobruk, the crack Allied infantry unit of WWII which demolished Rommel and forced him to move his "hardened" German troops north to try and stop another "Tobruk" encounter with the Aussies. However, to be fair the newly British crack unit SAS played a critical role in taking down Nazis in North Africa. Those boys are legendary; they all were.
If you're looking for the latest colorful WWII action film and killin Nazis and you're a fan of Guy Ritchie, this is it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvwDen1Wrx8
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE (2024)
Based on the 2014 book "Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII" by Damien Lewis. Billed as a true story about a secret British World War II organization; the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations. Reacher (Alan Ritchson) is a super badass with bow & arrow & knives.
November 11, 1953: The BBC current affairs programme, Panorama, was broadcast for the 1st time. It was the brainchild of Dennis Bardens and Andrew Miller Jones, and was originally intended as a fortnightly reflection of contemporary affairs on all aspects of life in Britain. The show is still running today and is the world's longest-running Current Affairs documentary program, though the show's format has changed many times over the years.
On 1 April 1957, a news segment was broadcast about the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest with footage of Swiss peasants harvesting spaghetti strands from spaghetti trees. Many viewers were taken in and phoned in asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees; they received the reply "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." It was considered one of the best April Fools' hoaxes of all time.
Helluva of a first episode.
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The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a wreck discovered last year by the Royal Australian Navy is that of USS Edsall (DD 219). Lost in the Indian Ocean about 250 miles SSE of Christmas Island in 1942, the exact fate of the Edsall was unknown until a decade later when captured Japanese film revealed that the destroyer had been sunk after coming under attack by two cruisers, two battleships, and 26 dive bombers from three carriers. A post-war investigation uncovered several mass graves in East Indies and determined that at least five of Edsall's crewmen were captured and executed, all were beheaded, including captured Dutch sailors.
U.S. Navy Clemson-class destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219) (misidentified as "HMS Pope") being sunk on 1 March 1942 south of Java. A Japanese camera-man, probably on the cruiser Tone, filmed about 90 seconds of her destruction. A single frame from a film recorded from the deck of IJN cruise Tone was used as a propaganda photo later, misidentified as "the British destroyer HMS Pope". There was no HMS Pope. A USS Pope (DD-225) was sunk by air attack in the Second Battle of the Java Sea that same day but hundreds of miles away.
![[Image: BU2kMTC.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/BU2kMTC.jpg)
The last stand of the American destroyer USS Edsall, that staged a last stand against a huge Japanese fleet off Java in 1942, remained a mystery until 1980. Here is the full story.
Caroline Kennedy/Vice Admiral Mark Hammond Chief of Navy Australia video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdN19fR16PI
Statement from CNO on discovery of the location of the wreck of destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219)
L. Ron Hubbard wanted some of that action and claimed that he had served on USS Edsall during World War II and that, following her sinking, he swam to shore and remained in the jungle as the ship's sole survivor. He claimed that this is where he was during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, although Edsall had been sunk in 1942, and the U.S. Navy has no record of his service on the ship. Navy records show that Hubbard was in training in New York when the war broke out. He was supposed to be posted to the Philippines, but his ship was diverted to Australia. There he angered the US naval attaché for assuming "unauthorized duties"; he was relieved from his assignment and returned to the United States.
Is there something coming??...
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Global Catastrophic Risk Management (RAND Corp report)
...UFO disclosure. LMAO!
![[Image: wfUv7Jo.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/wfUv7Jo.jpg)
Once you go down the Thiel rabbit hole you will understand why so many are concerned about his connection to Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk. This meme barely scratches the surface.
![[Image: 3bTjeBp.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/3bTjeBp.jpg)
Peter Thiel: From Gaza AI War Criminal To White House Puppet Master
For now I'll go with still a better choice than democrats. Time will tell on how well that ages.
AC/DC performing "Thunderstruck" live at River Plate, 2009. This was perhaps one of the best concerts. Just look at the energy of the Argentine crowd, they gave their all!
![[Image: 12ADlWM.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/12ADlWM.jpg)
The future is so bright I gotta wear shades.
![[Image: 2U48fzT.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/2U48fzT.jpg)
These are called PLZT (Polarized Lead Zirconium Titrate) anti-flash blindness goggles. Designed in the 1970s, they are intended to protect the pilots’ eyes during a nuclear weapon flash. Training was done in a simulator. They are basically sunglasses and they immediately close down at the first indication of a nuclear blast.
The Amazing PLZT Goggles
Trump Dynasty...
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November 11, 1918: 5:45 AM. The Allies and Germany signed the Armistice in a railway carriage at Le Francport near Compiègne, thereby agreeing to end fighting on land, sea and air in Europe, in the "Great War of 1914-1918". It took effect at 11:00 AM Paris time on the same day. Then, for the first time in four years, the bells of Big Ben rang over the streets of London.
In an extraordinary coincidence, at about 10:45 am on June 28, 1914, the number plate of the car in which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife was traveling when both were assassinated was A 111 118.
In 1919, President Wilson declared November 11 to be Armistice Day, honoring those who served in the Great War. President Eisenhower changed the name to Veterans Day, now including those who fought in World War II and in subsequent wars, still keeping the historic symbolism of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Despite the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, ironically on June 22, 1940 Hitler will use the same railway carriage to have the French sign their surrender in World War 2, then he had the carriage flattened.
November 11, 1918: 9:30 AM. George Ellison, (aged 40), born in York, became the last British soldier to be killed in the "Great War of 1914-19". He was shot dead by a German sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.
November 11, 1918: 10:58 AM. a Canadian soldier, was shot by a German sniper just two minutes before the bugles sounded the end of the fighting.
November 11, 1918: 10:59 AM. American soldier Henry Gunther is credited as being the last Allied soldier killed in the First World War. Eye witnesses claimed the 23-year-old bravely (some believed foolishly) charged at German machine gunners with a fixed bayonet.
November 11, 1919: Britain introduced a 2 minute silence at 11:00 AM to remember those who died in the First World War. The silence coincides with the time in 1918 at which the conflict came to an end in Europe, with the cessation of hostilities.
November 11, 1921: The 1st British Legion Poppy Day was held. It was inspired by the poem, In Flanders’ Fields, written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. Since then, the Poppy Appeal has been a key annual event in Britain's calendar.
Armistice Soundwave quest to reimagine what the end of the First World War might’ve sounded like began with a single image.
November 11, 1942: The 2nd Battle of El Alamein ended in a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces. The British 8th Army was commanded by Lt General Bernard Montgomery. Churchill later said: "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein, we never had a defeat.”
His quote avoids the "Battle of Arnhem" (1944) defeat in part of Operation Market Garden. Churchill liked hyperbole. Although, it was the Australian 9th Division - the famous Rats of Tobruk, the crack Allied infantry unit of WWII which demolished Rommel and forced him to move his "hardened" German troops north to try and stop another "Tobruk" encounter with the Aussies. However, to be fair the newly British crack unit SAS played a critical role in taking down Nazis in North Africa. Those boys are legendary; they all were.
If you're looking for the latest colorful WWII action film and killin Nazis and you're a fan of Guy Ritchie, this is it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvwDen1Wrx8
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE (2024)
Based on the 2014 book "Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII" by Damien Lewis. Billed as a true story about a secret British World War II organization; the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations. Reacher (Alan Ritchson) is a super badass with bow & arrow & knives.
November 11, 1953: The BBC current affairs programme, Panorama, was broadcast for the 1st time. It was the brainchild of Dennis Bardens and Andrew Miller Jones, and was originally intended as a fortnightly reflection of contemporary affairs on all aspects of life in Britain. The show is still running today and is the world's longest-running Current Affairs documentary program, though the show's format has changed many times over the years.
On 1 April 1957, a news segment was broadcast about the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest with footage of Swiss peasants harvesting spaghetti strands from spaghetti trees. Many viewers were taken in and phoned in asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees; they received the reply "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." It was considered one of the best April Fools' hoaxes of all time.
Helluva of a first episode.
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a wreck discovered last year by the Royal Australian Navy is that of USS Edsall (DD 219). Lost in the Indian Ocean about 250 miles SSE of Christmas Island in 1942, the exact fate of the Edsall was unknown until a decade later when captured Japanese film revealed that the destroyer had been sunk after coming under attack by two cruisers, two battleships, and 26 dive bombers from three carriers. A post-war investigation uncovered several mass graves in East Indies and determined that at least five of Edsall's crewmen were captured and executed, all were beheaded, including captured Dutch sailors.
U.S. Navy Clemson-class destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219) (misidentified as "HMS Pope") being sunk on 1 March 1942 south of Java. A Japanese camera-man, probably on the cruiser Tone, filmed about 90 seconds of her destruction. A single frame from a film recorded from the deck of IJN cruise Tone was used as a propaganda photo later, misidentified as "the British destroyer HMS Pope". There was no HMS Pope. A USS Pope (DD-225) was sunk by air attack in the Second Battle of the Java Sea that same day but hundreds of miles away.
The last stand of the American destroyer USS Edsall, that staged a last stand against a huge Japanese fleet off Java in 1942, remained a mystery until 1980. Here is the full story.
Caroline Kennedy/Vice Admiral Mark Hammond Chief of Navy Australia video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdN19fR16PI
Statement from CNO on discovery of the location of the wreck of destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219)
L. Ron Hubbard wanted some of that action and claimed that he had served on USS Edsall during World War II and that, following her sinking, he swam to shore and remained in the jungle as the ship's sole survivor. He claimed that this is where he was during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, although Edsall had been sunk in 1942, and the U.S. Navy has no record of his service on the ship. Navy records show that Hubbard was in training in New York when the war broke out. He was supposed to be posted to the Philippines, but his ship was diverted to Australia. There he angered the US naval attaché for assuming "unauthorized duties"; he was relieved from his assignment and returned to the United States.
Is there something coming??...
Global Catastrophic Risk Management (RAND Corp report)
...UFO disclosure. LMAO!
Once you go down the Thiel rabbit hole you will understand why so many are concerned about his connection to Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk. This meme barely scratches the surface.
Peter Thiel: From Gaza AI War Criminal To White House Puppet Master
For now I'll go with still a better choice than democrats. Time will tell on how well that ages.
AC/DC performing "Thunderstruck" live at River Plate, 2009. This was perhaps one of the best concerts. Just look at the energy of the Argentine crowd, they gave their all!
The future is so bright I gotta wear shades.
These are called PLZT (Polarized Lead Zirconium Titrate) anti-flash blindness goggles. Designed in the 1970s, they are intended to protect the pilots’ eyes during a nuclear weapon flash. Training was done in a simulator. They are basically sunglasses and they immediately close down at the first indication of a nuclear blast.
The Amazing PLZT Goggles
Trump Dynasty...
One of the most dangerous trends of our times is making the truth socially unacceptable, or even illegal, with "hate speech" laws. — Thomas Sowell