History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The last few days I have seen articles about the German government commemorating those who were involved in the 20th July 1944 assassination plot. In a way I can understand it why they are doing this, but having that said I don’t agree with it. Yes it is true…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I miss you , even though I don’t know you and we’ve never met. I miss you ,because you could have been the composer who composed my favourite piece of music. I miss you, because you could have been the poet who wrote my favourite poem I miss you…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: My smile will last forever. Your hate will disappear. My smile only brings joy. Your hate brings nothing but fear. My smile warms people’s hearts. Your hate brings nothing. My smile is pure Your hate is filth. My smile is that of an Angel. Your hate is pure evil.…
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Vél d’Hiv It always amazes me how easy it was for some Europeans to give up their Jewish neighbours. I know it’s easy for me to say that in retrospect, because I don’t know how I would have reacted if put in that situation. But I have a feeling I would have spoken out about…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: A little known fact of WWII is that Japan attacked North America several time. Aside from the Pearl Harbor attack, the other attacks were relatively unsuccessful Below a summary of some of those attacks. On June 3–4, 1942, Japanese planes from two light carriers Ryūjō and Jun’yō struck the…
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I could have picked any name out of millions of victims to write about today. So why did I select Margot Frank-Cohen? No particular reason other than that she would have been 100 years old today. A few decades ago, it would have been utter nonsense to talk about someone’s 100th birthday. Hardly anyone would…
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The plan of the Nazis was to eradicate anyone who they deemed not worthy. This didn’t mean only killing but also ensuring that not one person, who the Nazis considered subhuman, would be born. On July 14,1933 the Nazi regime fulfilled the long-held dreams of eugenics proponents by enacting the Law for the Prevention of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The?St. Stephen’s College massacre??involved a series of acts of extreme cruelty committed by the?Imperial Japanese Army?on 25 December 1941 during the?Japanese occupation of Hong Kong?at?St. Stephen’s College. Several hours before the British surrendered on?Christmas day?at the end of the?Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen’s College, which…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Dutch government in exile , also known as the London Cabinet () was the government in exile of the Netherlands, headed by Queen Wilhelmina, that evacuated to London after the German invasion of the country during World War II.It was established on May 13 1940. Prior to 1940,…
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