April 2019
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Ever since I was a young lad I was interested in WWII,mainly because I had a personal connection to it. But for some reason I was never really that interested in WWI, probably because the Netherlands had managed to stay out of it. However the last few years I have become more interested in the
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Maastricht is well known for one of it’s musicians Andre Rieu and also for the treaty which was signed on 2 February 1992 which shaped the EU.However it was also a battlefield at the start of WWII The Battle of Maastricht was one of the first battles that took place…
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Originally posted on The Holocaust and World War II: Well, as I sit down to write this on Monday afternoon the flames from the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral are lighting up the Paris night sky. Word has come that firefighters have been able to save the two bell towers, and I am so thankful…
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Of all stories relating to spies and collaborators during WWII this most be one of the most intriguing ones. When I first read about Violette Morris and saw the date she died,26 April 1944, I assumed she was killed for being a member of the French resistance. Why I thought that I don’t know. Born
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On 5 May 1980, Anna Bachmeier,aged: 7 years and 5 months, did not go to school to spite her mother. When trying to visit a friend her own age, Anna was abducted by Klaus Grabowski, a 35-year-old butcher. He is said to have held Anna for several hours at…
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I just want to make this perfectly clear from the outset I have no issues with Greta Thunberg. I admire what she does and stands for, but I just don’t fully agree with her. Today I questioned in a Facebook group if we should take her word as gospel. To my shock I got a
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: For a small nation the Dutch have been involved in a great number of battles and wars, often against nation multiple the size of the Netherlands. Although the Dutch didn’t win all the battles there were quite a few where they were the victors On the 25th of April…
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