December 2018
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Today marks the 77th anniversary of Japan’s biggest mistake in WWII, the attack on Pearl Harbor Allegedly Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” after the attack and he was proven to be…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? Water polo is not really known to be a violent sport .However today 60 years ago during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games a Water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Unions nearly resembled a world was 2 sea battle. The “Blood in the Water” match was a water…
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I was struggling to give this blog a title. I was thinking of naming it—Brothels in the Concentration Camp. However, I think that would not do justice to the horror and impossible choices these women had to make. In general, women who worked in brothels had a bit of autonomy over their lives. Some women enjoyed
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In this PC world these ads will not be shown anymore. Usually I don’t like Political Correctness, but in this case I am willing to make an exception, Thank goodness for that. Just warning you, there is a possibility you will not sleep again after seeing these. Size doesn’t…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: When we think of Christmas dinner now, we think of indulgence a non stop culinary feast, an abundance of food and drink. During WWII however, it was anything but that. In most occupied countries people were trying to survive on very little food. In the US, UK and Canada…
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2018 has been a year where we had to say goodbye to a great number of musicians. Here are just some of them and some of their music. May they all rest in peace. 7 January:France Gall February 1: Dennis Edwards March 12: Craig Mack April 20: Tim Bergling aka Avicii
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A single chess piece with little of no value, yet it is invaluable. A bit of carved wood part of the game of 32 pieces, 16 white ,16 black. A game played by millions and played by people of all religions and none. A game which equally unites and divides people. This pawn piece says
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In the 1930 we had the Nazis burning and banning books which were not complying to Nazi ideology. They were not only books by Jewish authors but also books like “the Hunchback of the Notre Dame” and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Or “the Time machine” and “War of the Worlds” by HG Wells. Or
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