January 2021
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Good news coverage is always very important to keep yourself informed, but in times of war this importance is amplified manyfold. I still clearly remember when the Gulf war-Operation Desert storm broke out, it was probably one of the first times there was instant live news coverage of a…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The most destructive war in all of history, its exact cost in human lives is unknown, but casualties in World War II may have totaled over 60 million service personnel and civilians killed. As the saying goes ‘ a picture paints a thousand words’ even though it may paint…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Walther Funk, (born August 18, 1890, Trakehnen, East Prussia, Germany [now Yasnaya Polyana, Russia]—died May 31, 1960, Düsseldorf, West Germany), German Nazi and economist who was economics minister of the Third Reich from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsbank from 1939. He was tried and convicted as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Sentenced to life in prison,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Martin Luther King Jr would have turned 89 today if it hadn’t been for that fateful day in Memphis on April 4, 1968. King’s legal name at birth was Michael King, and his father was also born Michael King, but the elder King changed his and his son’s names.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. The operation was decided upon when large numbers of British, French, Belgian, and Canadian troops were cut off and surrounded…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Today marks the 80th anniversary where the Jews in Germany even lost control of their own names. On 17 August 1938, the Nazi regime decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin had to add “Israel” and “Sara,” respectively, to their…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There are 2 indisputable facts when it comes to the youngest members of society. A child is born with no state of mind, a baby does not know how to hate or how to love, he/she is taught how to do both and is conditioned to the environment he…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am a product of love,love between a man and a woman. I am a product of love, by 2 people who would do anything for me. I am a product of love, for anyone who looks into my angelic eyes can’t but love me. I am a product…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am always surprised how so many evil men live to an old age. The crimes they committed don’t seem to affect them in the slightest. But yet so many fled after the war, indicating they knew they had done wrong. For innocent people don’t run away. Laszlo Csatary, …
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