#armed conflict

[nocternalrandomness]

82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings

The D-Day beach landings (Operation Overlord) on June 6, 1944, stands as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, establishing a crucial Western Front to defeat Nazi Germany.

[alwaysbewoke]

[transport-methodology-101]

Toyota - “Tactical Reconnaissance Development”(?!)

This (controversial) ad is referencing “Toyota War," a conflict in Chad during the 1980s where Toyota Hilux pickup trucks were heavily used as technicals (vehicles with mounted weapons). The ad depicts various generations of the Hilux from late ‘60’s release, implying its long history and association with armed conflict: a salute (pun intended) to the Toyota Hilux’s rugged reliability, flexibility and longevity.

[bachichamlet]

The Gaza war is an environmental catastrophe

Toxic dust, water-borne diseases, carbon emissions: Dr. Mariam Abd El Hay describes the harms of Israel’s assault to the region’s ecosystems

i think people should read this article

[paintingsandhistory]

President Molé Confronted by Insurgents

Artist: François André Vincent (French, 1746-1816)

Date: 1778-1779

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Mathieu Molé

The son of Edouard Molé (d. 1614), who was for a time procureur-général, he was educated at the University of Orléans. Admitted conseiller in 1606, he was président aux requêtes in 1610, procureur-général in succession to Nicolas de Bellièvre in 1614, and took part in the assembly of the Notables summoned at Rouen in 1617. He fought in vain against the setting up of special tribunals, or commissions, to try prisoners charged with political offences, and for his persistence in the case of the brothers Louis and Michel de Marillac he was suspended in 1631, and ordered to appear at Fontainebleau in his own defense.

Hitherto Molé's relations with Cardinal Richelieu had been fairly good, but his inclination to the doctrines of Port Royal increased the differences between them. It was not until after Richelieu's death that he was able to secure the release of his friend, the abbé de St Cyran. In 1641 he was appointed first president of the parlement, with the preliminary condition that he should not permit the general assembly of the chambers except by express order of the king. After Richelieu's death the pretensions of the parlement increased; the hereditary magistrature arrogated to itself the functions of the states-general, and in 1648 the parlement with the other sovereign courts (the cour des aides, the grand conseil, and the cour des comptes) met in one assembly and proposed for the royal sanction twenty-seven articles, which amounted in substance to a new constitution.

In the long conflict between Anne of Austria and the parlement, Molé, without yielding the rights of the parlement, played a conciliatory part. In the popular tumult known as the day of the barricades (26 August 1648) he sought out Mazarin and the queen to demand the release of Pierre Broussel and his colleagues, whose seizure had been the original cause of the outbreak. Next day the parlement marched in procession to repeat Molé's demand. On their way back they were stopped by the crowd. Molé was threatened with death unless he brought back Broussel or Mazarin as a hostage. Many magistrates fled; the remnant, headed by the intrepid Molé, returned to the Palais Royal, where Anne of Austria was induced to release the prisoners.

Molé's moderating counsels failed to prevent the outbreak of the first Fronde, but he negotiated the peace of Rueil in 1651, and averted a conflict between the partisans of Condé and of the Cardinal de Retz within the precincts of the Palais de Justice. He refused honours and rewards for himself or his family, but became keeper of the seals, in which capacity he was compelled to follow the court, and he therefore retired from the presidency of the parlement.

The Mémoires of Molé were edited for the Société de l'histoire de France (4 vols., 1855) by Aimé Champollion-Figeac, and his life was written by Baron AGP de Barante in Le Parlement et la Fronde (1859). See also the memoirs of Omer Talon and of De Retz.

[allthegeopolitics]

Congo says 773 killed in the past week of fighting between troops, rebels in Goma | CBC News

Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong conflict, Congolese authorities said Saturday. The rebels' advance into other areas was slowed by a weakened military that recovered some villages from them. Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told a briefing in the capital, Kinshasa, adding that the death toll could be higher.

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[speculativism]

As far as I can tell there seem to be about 112 armed conflicts currently taking place in the world.

Some of these conflicts hardly ever get a mention in international news broadcasts. The BBC radio coverage is poor, occasionally spotty. The BBC World Service News is better than the BBC Radio Four News. Television news is useless. American stations are rubbish. France 24 and Al Jazeera are sometimes good.

Trying to understand the reasons why these various regions is extremely complicated. Some conflicts are classified either as "international" or "non-international" and some of these regions have multiple conflicts taking place within their borders.

This information is from Geneva Academy website: https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts

In the Middle East and North Africa there are armed conflicts in Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Yemen and Western Sahara.

In the remainder of Africa there are armed conflicts in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.

In Asia there are armed conflicts in Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Pakistan and The Philippines. Plus international incidents of soldiers being shot dead in the conflicts between, respectively: India and Pakistan, and between India and China.

In Europe and Eurasia Russia is currently occupying Crimea (Ukraine), Transnistria (Moldova), as well as South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Georgia), while Armenia is occupying parts of Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan). Europe is also the theatre of an international armed conflict (IAC) between Ukraine and Russia, and of two non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) in Ukraine opposing governmental forces with the self-proclaimed ‘People’s Republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.

South and Central America: The six non-international armed conflicts that are taking place in the region are split evenly between Mexico and Colombia.

[t-jfh]

What makes Zelenskyy an exceptional leader, according to four experts who’ve seen him up close and personal.

What makes Zelenskyy an 'exceptional' leader, according to four experts who've seen him up close and personal

The Ukrainian President has proved a curse for Russia, uniting his nation while garnering western support for his cause. But how good a mili

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It’s Not Enough for Ukraine to Win. Russia Has to Lose.

Anything less will encourage Russian imperialism and embolden autocrats around the world.

The Atlantic

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It’s Not Enough for Ukraine to Win. Russia Has to Lose. — The Atlantic

Anything less will encourage Russian imperialism and embolden autocrats around the world.