The Lookout (Twitter)
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Since this part of history isn't that widely known:
At the outbreak of WW2, the Norwegian merchant fleet was the 4th largest in the world, including 19% of the world's tanker tonnage, with overall a high share of new and modern ships. https://twitter.com/The_Lookout_N/status/1920354012160737533#m
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Since this part of history isn't that widely known:
At the outbreak of WW2, the Norwegian merchant fleet was the 4th largest in the world, including 19% of the world's tanker tonnage, with overall a high share of new and modern ships. https://twitter.com/The_Lookout_N/status/1920354012160737533#m
The Lookout (Twitter)
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Soon after the German invasion, the government requisitioned the merchant fleet under the state company Nortraship.
This was some 1000 ships, manned by approx 30 000 men, that sailed for the Allies for the duration, under the Norwegian flag and the government in exile.
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Soon after the German invasion, the government requisitioned the merchant fleet under the state company Nortraship.
This was some 1000 ships, manned by approx 30 000 men, that sailed for the Allies for the duration, under the Norwegian flag and the government in exile.
The Lookout (Twitter)
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Norwegian ships sailed globally, in all theatres of the war.
A British estimate said that Norwegian tankers delivered 1/3 of the UKs petroleum products between April '40 and April '42.
The merchant fleet was a significant contribution to Allied victory.
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Norwegian ships sailed globally, in all theatres of the war.
A British estimate said that Norwegian tankers delivered 1/3 of the UKs petroleum products between April '40 and April '42.
The merchant fleet was a significant contribution to Allied victory.
The Lookout (Twitter)
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The crews had no choice but to serve for the duration.
473 ships were lost, the vast majority to enemy action.
Nearly 3000 Norwegian crewmen and around 900 foreign nationals were killed on Nortraship ships.
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The crews had no choice but to serve for the duration.
473 ships were lost, the vast majority to enemy action.
Nearly 3000 Norwegian crewmen and around 900 foreign nationals were killed on Nortraship ships.
The Lookout (Twitter)
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That recognition came many decades later, way too late for way too many of the war sailors.
If we, in addition to Nortraship, add in the Navy and the home fleet, ships sailing in Nor waters during the occupation, around half of Norway's 10 000 wartime killed died at sea.
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That recognition came many decades later, way too late for way too many of the war sailors.
If we, in addition to Nortraship, add in the Navy and the home fleet, ships sailing in Nor waters during the occupation, around half of Norway's 10 000 wartime killed died at sea.
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The Lookout (Twitter)
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After the war, when the crewmen trickled home, there was no official recognition, no understanding in society of the war sailors contribution to the allied victory, nor any recognition or help for the non-visible scars years of sailing under wartime conditions left.
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After the war, when the crewmen trickled home, there was no official recognition, no understanding in society of the war sailors contribution to the allied victory, nor any recognition or help for the non-visible scars years of sailing under wartime conditions left.
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @GLandsbergis: I had ringside seats for US Vice President @JDVance’s speech this morning in Washington. Like most people in the room I was prepared to be hit with another lecture, to see the fractures in the transatlantic relationship deepen before my eyes. But we were surprised, positively.
The tone has altered. JD Vance now considers Europe and the US to be important partners. So what exactly changed, and why?
My best bet is that what has happened during recent months could be described as US foreign policy disruption overreach. Fundamentally, the notion that America, in the spirit of Silicon valley disruptors, can offer a new and universally accepted worldview is based on the indispensability of the United States to other nations.
And what just happened was a reckoning that the US is still a tremendously important western ally, but... the worldview that it wants its allies to accept is simply not acceptable to most of them.
JD Vance offered a couple of...
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RT @GLandsbergis: I had ringside seats for US Vice President @JDVance’s speech this morning in Washington. Like most people in the room I was prepared to be hit with another lecture, to see the fractures in the transatlantic relationship deepen before my eyes. But we were surprised, positively.
The tone has altered. JD Vance now considers Europe and the US to be important partners. So what exactly changed, and why?
My best bet is that what has happened during recent months could be described as US foreign policy disruption overreach. Fundamentally, the notion that America, in the spirit of Silicon valley disruptors, can offer a new and universally accepted worldview is based on the indispensability of the United States to other nations.
And what just happened was a reckoning that the US is still a tremendously important western ally, but... the worldview that it wants its allies to accept is simply not acceptable to most of them.
JD Vance offered a couple of...
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @OAJonsson: Now this is what we need https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1920503258193293480#m
RT @OAJonsson: Now this is what we need https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1920503258193293480#m
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @JKleinschmidtIR: Fascinating.
A German social democratic MP known for his pro-Russian positions, Ralf Stegner, just had a "private" meeting with the chairman of Gazprom's supervisory council in Baku.
He was accompanied by other German politicians from SPD and CDU.
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RT @JKleinschmidtIR: Fascinating.
A German social democratic MP known for his pro-Russian positions, Ralf Stegner, just had a "private" meeting with the chairman of Gazprom's supervisory council in Baku.
He was accompanied by other German politicians from SPD and CDU.
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Claudia Salowski 📚🖊️ (@ClaudiaSalowski)
„Im Falle Ralf Stegners ist die Reise nach Baku noch aus einem besonderen Grund brisant: Stegner gehörte in der vergangenen Legislatur dem Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremium des Bundestages für die Geheimdienste (PKGr) an.
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Rob Lee (Twitter)
RT @ChristopherJM: The Zelensky and Trump call went very well, “like in the Vatican – the same good talk,” a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the call tells me. The presidents “talked about the [minerals] deal of course and much more about diplomacy and possible steps to push for the ceasefire” with Russia. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1920573788967833743#m
RT @ChristopherJM: The Zelensky and Trump call went very well, “like in the Vatican – the same good talk,” a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the call tells me. The presidents “talked about the [minerals] deal of course and much more about diplomacy and possible steps to push for the ceasefire” with Russia. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1920573788967833743#m
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @alexstubb: During the JEF Leaders’ dinner I, together with Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore , initiated calls with @realDonaldTrump and @ZelenskyyUa respectively.
We discussed the situation in Ukraine and prospects for a 30-day ceasefire. Things are moving.
RT @alexstubb: During the JEF Leaders’ dinner I, together with Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore , initiated calls with @realDonaldTrump and @ZelenskyyUa respectively.
We discussed the situation in Ukraine and prospects for a 30-day ceasefire. Things are moving.