June 2016
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Most people will know the name ‘Enola Gay’ the plane that dropped the 1st Atomic bomb on Hiroshima but surprisingly not that many people will have heard of the plane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki, some even think that Enola Gay dropped both. Bockscar, sometimes called Bock’s Car, is the name of the United
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The notorious Heinrich Himmler himself ordered a Nazi doctor to artificially inseminate concentration camp prisoners though various experimental methods. Dr. Carl Clauberg artificially inseminated about 300 women at Auschwitz, who were strapped down and taunted mercilessly. Clauberg told his victims that he had used animal sperm to create a monster inside of them. Carl Clauberg
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Most of us will have heard of the Rock band Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl’s(from former Nirvana fame) musical ensemble. But that is not the Foo Fighters I am talking about, although Dave Grohl did take his name from this WWII phenomenon. Ever since mankind figured out that the world isn’t a flat plate but a
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This man is true inspiration to me in a very personal way.Like me he had only the use of one eye, but unlike me he risked his life many times. Leo Major was a French Canadian man born in 1921. He probably didn’t think he was going to be more of a hero than the
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Nowadays people look at the likes of Beyoncé,Lady GaGa,Rihanna,etc and think Girl power. Now,Nancy Wake that was Girl power , the real deal and thank god she was on our side. “I don’t see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.” Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC,
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When I first starting compiling these Forgotten WWII stories, I reckoned I would be able to do 20-25 max, since so much was already written about the era. But how wrong I was! Every time I do one story another one pops up. As in this case I was actually doing research on the real
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I know what you are thinking” This is going to be one of those Isis or refugee stories” ! No it is a WWII story, but it does indicate that that part of the world has been troublesome for quite a while. On the 8th of June in 1941, British,Australian,Indian and Free French forces entered
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Very little is know in the west about WWII in China except for the fact that it really started before anywhere else.One could argue that the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War at July 1937 was really the start of WWII in Asia. One could also argue that the first mass atrocities of WWII started at
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Before I get into the main story there is something I have to say. This is only my opinion based on my observation and it is not a political statement.The events in this story do have stark similarities to what is happening now, where countries are closing their borders for refugees. The MS St. Louis
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With the World cup well on its way it is time to go back into darker history of football . Although as a Dutchman it aches me to admit that the Germans generally put up a good team for the tournament, there is however a black mark in the German football history. KIEV, Ukraine —
History of Sorts 
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