History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Don’t worry I haven’t suddenly turned by page into some paranormal or horror blog site. But today was an important day in the Irish sporting agenda. It was the day of the All Ireland GAA senior Gaelic Football final between Mayo and Tyrone . Mayo did not win the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Although the majority of the Dutch citizens hated the German occupiers, there were many who saw an opportunity in the situation they found themselves in. This is the story of approximately 7000 cowards who found it more favorable to pledge allegiance to an evil regime than to the country…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ++++CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++++ I could do a blog on any of the 44,000 Nazi concentration camps. Yes you are reading that right, there were about 44,000 concentration camps. Some were extermination camps, some were labour camps and there were transit camps. Regardless what their designation was, the ultimate…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am immensely proud of the country I was born in and where I grew up, but like nearly every other nation on earth there are some black paged in its history. One of the darkest days for the Dutch history wasSeptember 11,1940. This is the day when the ‘Nederlandsche…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Jesselton revolt was a multiethnic uprising on the occupied island of Borneo in October of 1943. The revolt was led by a guerrilla force mainly consisted of indigenous Suluk people and ethnic Chinese. The rebels were mainly armed with spears and Indonesian swords called parang, with little or no…
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The current crises and tragedies in Afghanistan and Ukraine are heart wrenching. What makes it worse is that it is not unique. Throughout history there have been wars and often worse aftermaths of war. Another thing that is also not unique is the fact that it is the children who are always hit the hardest.
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Serial killers are not just a western phenomenon. There are and there have been serial killer all over the globe. However the story of Seisaku Nakamura is an even more disturbing one, the reason being is that he killed his first victims when he was aged 14. Seisaku Nakamura (1924…
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