WWII Tweets .... from 1940

By now, my guess is that most history lovers on Twitter are following the tweets of   Alwyn Collinson.   I make it a point to go through his tweets at least once every week to find  parallels of what went on in 1940 and what's going on now in 2012, more than 70 years later.  

Here is the site. Below are some of the latest ones.  1 year later  .... the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

In Egypt, 30,000 UK & Commonwealth troops are advancing deep into the desert- ready for surprise attack on Italians. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 7, 2012

Occupying Nazi authorities in Poland release propaganda photos boasting of round-up of Jews. More: ww2today.com/7th-december-1… twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 7, 2012

RAF distracting Italians from army massing in Egyptian desert- planning attack so secret even Allied troops told it's a "training exercise".
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 6, 2012

Terrible bombing damage in Bristol; 256 dead. Mayor: "The City of Churches has in 1 night become the city of ruins." twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 6, 2012

UK House of Commons just voted on proposals for negotiated peace with Germany (proposed by an independent Scottish MP). Defeated, 341-4.
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 5, 2012

Cities are burning on the Albania-Greece frontier; retreating Italian armies have set huge fires as they flee, to scorn victorious Greeks.
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 5, 2012

Pope is appealing for a Christmas truce; if war isn't over by Christmas, he'sgiven permission for afternoon Midnight Mass, due to blackout
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 3, 2012

New York Times shows Japan's possible targets for attack in the Pacific, but claims "Uncle Sam is not easily rattled": twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) December 2, 2012