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Four British soldiers, one of them a sergeant, with three German captured Goliath tracked mines or beetle tanks shortly after the landing on Normandy during D-Day. The Wehrmacht created and employed this curious vehicle between 1942-1945, although its production was stopped in 1944. Inside the main body there were up to 100 kilograms of high explosives which were used for destroying tanks, disrupting dense infantry formations, and demolition of buildings and bridges. The vehicle was steered remotely via a joystick control box. The control box was connected to the Goliath by a triple-strand cable attached to the rear of the vehicle, which also used for transmitting power to the electric driven version. Two of the strands were used to move and steer the Goliath, while the third was used for detonation. Early models used an electric motor but, later used a simple, less expensive gasoline engine. They were used principally by specialized Panzer and combat engineer units in campaigns such as Italy and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. By the end of the war 7,564 Goliaths had been produced.

Pentagon Papers Released (1971)

Sun Jun 13, 1971

Image: Daniel Ellsberg, co-defendant in the Pentagon Papers case, talks to media outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on April 28th, 1973. Photo credit Wally Fong, AP [nbcnews.com]

On this day in 1971, the Pentagon Papers, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, were published by the New York Times, detailing secret information about the history of and disinformation about U.S. involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. The Pentagon Papers were the result of a study conducted by the Department of Defense which Ellsberg had contributed to.

The study revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its actions in the Vietnam War with coastal raids on North Vietnam and Marine Corps attacks, and that the Johnson administration had routinely lied to both Congress and the American public about involvement in Vietnam.

For his disclosure of the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg was initially charged with conspiracy, espionage, and theft of government property. These charges were later dismissed after prosecutors investigating the Watergate scandal discovered that the staff members in the Nixon White House had ordered the so-called "White House Plumbers" to engage in unlawful efforts to discredit Ellsberg.

On January 3rd, 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Due to governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, he was dismissed of all charges on May 11th, 1973.

The Pentagon Papers were only fully declassified in June 2011.

• Date: 1971-06-13
• Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, www.nytimes.com, www.washingtonpost.com.
• Tags: #Journalism.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

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I still can't get over it

I'm not trying to be disrespectful to mosques in any way, and yes, I know they're not allowed to use pictures so they resort to geometrical patterns. But still, when I look at images like this, something just feels 'off' – much like it does when you look at a haunted house. It just feels sort of otherworldly and unsettling to me. And the feeling is baked in to the visuals. It does not feel like it comes from a human world.

The same goes for something like this tbh:

Especially if I encountered it outside a church, it would really creep me out. It feels like it wants to bite me.

This was on my bucket list ; playing with a mini excavator.

Though the actual work was done by my step bro

Next I’ll do the form and order some lill stones to prep the surface, some steel reinforcement and put all in place before getting some concrete.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/44222803

Just started playing Death Stranding and the main character has it! Although the game calls it aphenphosmphobia. And I'm not sure it's a phobia, since it's a very rational fear for him.

I also dislike being touched, and I'm glad to have a word for it. Previously I just used the word autism, which is more accurate, but less specific.