June 2021
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: “Little Boy” was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare. The Hiroshima bombing was the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: One of the biggest mistakes Hitler made during WWII was actually partnering up with Benito Mussolini and his army. The Italian army was extremely effective before the war and well into 1941. The Italian army invaded Ethiopia and Albania and crushed the defending armies. However this was against countries…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Who doesn’t remember the iconic car from Back to the Future? Or should I perhaps say the ironic car from Back to the Future,because although it couldn’t have hoped for a better marketing tool then the movie franchise, the DeLorean DMC-12 completely failed. Despite it’s ultra-cool appearance not many people actually…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On the day it is in ,international women’s day, it’s the perfect time to celebrate women at war and World War 2 to be precise. Women fulfilled many roles during WWII be at on the battlefield or on the home front.They were nurses, pilots, secret agents or workers in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: One of the aspects of WWII I find most disturbing is really what happened after the war, so many of the Nazi criminals got away with murder and were never brought to justice. Often helped by Nazi sympathizers or worse yer by allied forces. Aribert Ferdinand Heim (28 June…
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Originally posted on I didn't have my glasses on….: “there are no shortcuts to any place worth going” -beverly sills ? ? ? — empire bluffs trail, empire, michigan, usa – june 2021
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Basically I could make this blog the shortest ever. None of the Nazis were Aryans. I could leave it with that because it’d be true. Below is the definition of Aryan. ‘Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Dachau is a small picturesque town in in Upper Bavaria not too far away from Munich, but despite its pretty and even fairy tale like appearance, it will be forever associated with death and destruction. The Dachau concentration camp was opened on March 22 1933. It was the first regular…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: A tear rolls down my face because you made me cry, not because you hurt me. A tear rolls down my face because you made me sad, not because you did me wrong A tear rolls down my face and I wonder why, because I don’t know you. A…
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