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mcmccollum<p>Today in 1917, one of the largest man-made explosions before the atomic bomb occurred in Halifax when two ships collided in it's harbor. One was carrying ammunition for the war in Europe and caught fire causing a blast that killed nearly 1,800 people and wounding 9,000 more. </p><p>Relief efforts were hampered by blizzards in the days that followed. But to this day Boston still receives its Christmas tree from Nova Scotia in gratitude for the aid it was able to provide to Halifax. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/historydon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historydon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/halifax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>halifax</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_</span><span class="invisible">Explosion</span></a></p>
Tuomas Tammisto<p>Reading now (finally) André Swanström's "Hakaristin ritarit" (2018; The Knights of the Swastika), an in-depth account of Finnish volunteers to the Waffen-SS.</p><p>Based on available sources, Swanström shows that contrary to previous narrative, Finnish SS-volunteers were not predominantly "apolitical", but many from fascist backgrounds and likely participated in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> (later confirmed).</p><p>Important and chilling book.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/historydon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historydon</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://atena.fi/kirjat/hakaristin-ritarit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">atena.fi/kirjat/hakaristin-rit</span><span class="invisible">arit</span></a></p>
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