On this day in 1914, British troops clash with the advancing German army near the Belgian town of Mons. Despite offering a spirited defence, the Tommies are unable to hold off the much stronger German force and are pushed back. It’s the British Army’s first major battle of #WW1. pic.twitter.com/a9lsv0WQ71
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 23, 2024
Day: August 23, 2024
Nuclear war is much closer than we dare imagine. https://t.co/dJJrT9rAtL #nuclearwar #Armageddon #geopolitics
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) August 23, 2024
Dawn of a Critical Era for GeoInt. https://t.co/POQmAZ6fLh #geoint #Surveillance #intelligence
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) August 23, 2024
On this day in 1305, the Scottish rebel William Wallace is hanged and then drawn and quartered before a jeering London mob. pic.twitter.com/SeZbzXdzSO
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 23, 2024
On this day in 1939, Berlin and Moscow surprise the world by announcing a treaty of non-aggression. A secret protocol written into the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact clears the way for a joint German and Soviet invasion of Poland. pic.twitter.com/kzcouY4FBP
— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 23, 2024
Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information. https://t.co/1Ee8tuo9IK
— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) August 23, 2024
Russian State Media:
“She is trying to choose her words & mumbling something about victory…In other words, Kamala seems to be under the influence”
~ Olga Skabeeva
Actually Kamala Harris was giving quick tips on how to prepare & cook poultry. See for yourself! Looks sober too! pic.twitter.com/DvW4uSvnv8
— Prune60 (@Prune602) August 22, 2024
Recent Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction appear to have prompted Ukrainian withdrawals from limited positions southeast of Pokrovsk, and Russian forces have likely failed to achieve their apparent objective of tactically encircling Ukrainian forces in the area. https://t.co/wRDQIhvgLr pic.twitter.com/IU36vlF2CN
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) August 23, 2024