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Jan 1943: FD Roosevelt and Churchill, at the Casablanca Conference, resolved to retaliate against Japan on multiple fronts in the Pacific, starting in New Guinea.
One result was the April 1944 landing of 22,500 troops at Aitape (ai-ta-pee), on New Guinea’s north coast.
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The fight for New Guinea’s airfields was part of a threefold effort to attack the Japanese Empire:
1) to divert attention to the Southwest Pacific in time for USA to strike in the north;
2) to eliminate the Japanese SW Pacific Area HQ at Rabaul;
3) to retake the Philippines. Image
April 21 1944:
The Greatest Generation.
Approaching Aitape, New Guinea.
Australian Air Force ground crews of Mobile Works, Design and Survey & Signals Units receive last-minute instructions on the hot deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank).
They were to rebuild the enemy airfields.⤵️ Image
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Pourquoi l'Histoire a-t-elle retenu si peu de destins féminins ? 👉 Éléments de réponse dans le #DébatDeMidi autour de @TChauvineau #matrimoine #parité :
franceinter.fr/emissions/l-et…

Pour réhabiliter leurs mémoires, revenons sur le parcours de quelques-unes d'entre elles. #Thread ⬇️ Image
WU ZEITAN fut la seule impératrice de l’histoire de Chine. Son règne fut long mais on s'en souvient peu et mal : les élites l'avaient détestée et elles ont hésité, dans les annales, entre le silence et l'entretien d'une légende noire.
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HARRIET TUBMAN aura réussi à libérer 300 esclaves (à commencer par elle-même). Et pendant la Guerre de Sécession, elle est la seule femme à la tête d'un régiment de 150 hommes.
🎧 Ecoutez @ELOFONT raconter cette vie riche, mouvementée et passionnante :
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