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WW2 Tweets from 1942
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I livetweet the Second World War as it happened on this date in 1942 & for 4 years to come (2nd time around). Created by Alwyn Collinson, realtimewwii@gmail.com
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WW2 Tweets from 1942
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Quisling & other Nazi collaborators are widely hated by other Norwegians, who socially ostasice them with an "ice front"- encouraged by British intelligence, who smuggle propaganda stamps into Norway: pic.twitter.com/sNatn6choh
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The London Times: "The word Quisling is a gift from the gods [as] a new word for traitor." You could hardly invent "a more brilliant combination of letters. Aurally it contrives to suggest something at once slippery & tortuous."
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Quisling- his name now slang for Nazi collaborators across occupied Europe- has been ordered to force Norwegian cooperation with the German war effort.
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Hoping to force greater collaboration from German-occupied Norway, Hitler has appointed Norwegian fascist Vidkun Quisling to head the Nazi puppet government in Oslo: pic.twitter.com/BWsMekaNhT
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WW2 Tweets from 1942
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Japanese bombers are raiding the Australian navy base of Port Moresby, New Guinea- striking ever closer to mainland Australia. pic.twitter.com/j9MOKKWkFq
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I've been live-tweeting the Second World War since 2011. If you find this project interesting or enlightening, I'd value your support. Help keep history alive by joining my Patreon: patreon.com/RealTimeWWII
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WW2 Tweets from 1942
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Food is running out for Bataan's besieged garrison; without fodder for the cavalry's horses, the American & Filipino defenders have butchered & eaten them.
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Furious American counterattacks forcing invaders back over sheer cliffs of Bataan; US Captain: "Scores of Japs leaped, shrieking, to the beach below"
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In the Philippines, US troops are under constant assault; Japanese boats landing behind their lines, on coast of Bataan, last American holdout. pic.twitter.com/A7lnQexw00
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From next week, the USA will operate on "War Time": President Roosevelt orders all clocks put forward 1 hour year-round to save daylight & fuel.
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"One Chinese woman had half her face blown away. I'll never forget her pleading eyes. Large maggots crawled out of the remains of her nose."
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Phyllis Briggs, British nurse in a Singapore hospital: "In the heat & filth, many bombing victims have infected wounds, crawling with insects."
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Japanese bombers are smashing Singapore day & night, killing hundreds of civilians; 1 Singaporean woman mourns her child, slain in a midday raid: pic.twitter.com/vvp6muQX4p
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Sole MP to vote against government is James Maxton, Scottish far-left pacifist, who opposes military action, even against Hitler: “The plain fact is that war means the slaughter of millions.” pic.twitter.com/4rxNZAHLWx
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Churchill, on Parliament's debate about his handling of the war: "No dictator country fighting for its life would dare allow such a discussion." pic.twitter.com/9DNYbKaegQ
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British Parliament is debating a vote of no confidence in the government. After three days of debate on conduct of the war, House of Commons supports Churchill & his national coalition by 464-1. api.parliament.uk/historic-hansa…
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"Unity of Strength": British propaganda poster celebrates soldiers from across the Empire fighting togther to defeat the Axis: Australia, Canada, India, Africa, & New Zealand. pic.twitter.com/BOvRC6TdpU
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Hitler: Jewish "plutocrats" & "Bolsheviks" started this war "to destroy Germany; instead, it will end with the worldwide destruction of Jewry."
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Hitler has made his annual speech to vast crowds in Berlin's Sportpalast: he calls Churchill a "drunken gabbler", Roosevelt a "mad fool", but admits "war may not end this year." pic.twitter.com/bFKPez1NKI
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Scottish Highlanders are trying to fortify Singapore's main golf course against expected Japanese landings, only to be told: "Nothing can be done until after a meeting of the club committee."
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