Bit of a long shot, but does anyone here know anything about the female British typists who went to Germany in 1945 to type up the peace treaty? My grandmother was one of them!

#wwii #worldwarii #potsdam #peacetreaty #postwar #Germanhistory #britishhistory #history #europeanhistory #militaryhistory

Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:

2M #Russian and #Ukrainian #troops killed, wounded or missing.

This comes with other CSIS reporting which estimates that #Russia has suffered “more losses than any major power” since #WWII.

theguardian.com/world/2026/jan…

Ukraine war briefing: Nearly 2 million military casualties to date, study finds, with Russia bearing brunt of losses

Drone strike on Ukrainian passenger train kills five and Poland urges Musk to cut Russia’s Starlink access. What we know on day 1,435

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}