December 2016
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Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 103,Lockerbie bombing I am not going in to great detail into the story because so much has already been written about the terror attack. I will highlight some of the passengers stories. A total of 270 people, including young children and students, died in the
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Europe was hit by yet an awful terror attack and my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. It is only going to be a matter of time before the loony left,neo liberals and the far right will be spouting their theories on who and what is to blame.On the one
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Millions volunteered or were drafted for military duty during World War II. The majority of these citizen-soldiers had no idea how to conduct themselves to prevent inadvertent disclosure of important information to the enemy. To remedy this, the US government established rules of conduct. The following is excerpted from a document given to each soldier
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The Riegner Telegram was a telegraph message sent on 8 August 1942 from Gerhart Riegner, then Secretary of World Jewish Congress (Geneva), to its New York and London offices. The cable confirmed the alarming reports that had reached the West previously about the German intention to mass murder the European Jews. Riegner was office manager
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On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive against the Western Allies through the Ardennes Forest of eastern Belgium. It would become known as the Battle of the Bulge. Three German Armies attacked a long a 50-mile front. American troops manning the line were thrown into confusion. Even the high command was
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It is amazing how big event can sometimes overshadow smaller but nonetheless awful events. A friend of mine had mentioned the event of Cine Rex to me. On the 16th of December the German launched one last offensive campaign in the Ardennes which is widely know as the battle of the Bulge. On Dec.
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It can be argued that the deadliest weapon during War World II was propaganda, below are some examples of WWII propaganda from the allied forces and the axis powers. “Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people…Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for
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Finland’s role during WWII is slightly complicated.The military history of Finland during World War II encompasses three major conflicts. The first two––the defensive Winter War in 1939–1940, and the Continuation War alongside the Axis Powers in 1941–1944––were waged against the Soviet Union. The third one, the Lapland War in 1944–1945, followed the signing of an
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On the 72nd anniversary of his disapperance
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I absolutely love the BBC/Amazon Prime TV Drama “Ripper Street” and I think the last season was the best season so far. I only found out recently that the main character in the show was based on the actual inspector in the Jack the Ripper case, Edmund Reid. Detective Inspector Edmund John James Reid (21
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