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The Republic of Ireland was and still is a neutral country but during WWII there were many Irish volunteers who fought with the allies against the Axis power.Like The first RAF bomber pilot to be shot down and killed in 1939 was Willie Murphy from Cork. His navigator, Larry Slattery, from Thurles, became the longest-serving ‘British’
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I pride myself to be a bit of a movie buff, but to my amazement I had never heard of this Oscar nominated and ‘Photo Play-Medal of Honor’ winner. Today marks his 140th birthday. He has been credited for directing at least 124 movies and shorts, which is an amazing feat by any measure. Herbert
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On January 14,1942 U123 surfaced so close to New York Harbor that the rides at Coney Island could be seen silhouetted against the evening sky. Captain Reinhard Hardegen expected the U.S. east coast to be blacked out after more than a month at war and was surprised to see the glow in the sky from
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Statistics often make me uneasy. Stripped of context, they can be twisted to tell a misleading story—and it frequently is. Yet, there are moments when numbers, stark and raw, help us grasp the scale of events too vast for words alone. It is one of those moments. Between July 15, 1942, and September 13, 1944,
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But ever since I began blogging about the Holocaust, I have encountered images that have left me speechless—none more so than those depicting the suffering of children. On August 18, 1939, Wilhelm Frick ordered all physicians, nurses, and midwives to report children under the age of
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++++contains scenes of animal cruelty++++++++ When I cam across this story I didn’t know what to think of it except for, no matter at what angle you look at it ,this is cruelty. Topsy was born in the wild around 1875 in Southeast Asia and was captured soon after by elephant traders. Adam Forepaugh, owner
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Anyone who ever had to go through a medical procedure will know how important the job of a nurse is. When you arrive at the medical facility it is usually a Nurse who sees you first, A nurse will care for you set you mind at ease, often they get to do the mots horrible
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Time drips like honey from a spoon,Then races past a silver moon—One breath, a blink, a silent year,Another stretched in quiet fear. A moment laughs, then takes its leave,The next one lingers, makes you grieve.A summer gone in children’s cheers,A winter carved from frozen tears. It waits in line, then leaps ahead,It fills the heart,
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For a long time in Dutch historiography and discourse, the entirety of the Indonesian War of Independence was referred to by the euphemistic term politionele acties, as used by the government at the time. In the Netherlands, the prevailing impression was that there had only been two distinct, short-term police actions intended to restore Dutch
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