History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ++++++CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++ Heinrich Himmler, in charge of implementing the Nazi’s “Final Solution to the Jewish Question,” gave an infamous speech to one hundred SS men on October 4, 1943 (in a Polish town called Posen). As direct as anyone could possibly be on the issue, Himmler defined “evacuation” as…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: No one in their right mind will deny that WWII was one of not the darkest period in world history,but even in these dark years some weird and wonderful event happened. Above is a picture of an inflatable Sherman tank, one of many dummy vehicles made to deceive the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Although most of Europe was liberated in September 1944 but the war was still raging in the pacific. The severe winter of 1944 in Europe also threw a spanner in the celebrations, since some parts were still occupied by the Germans. It was only on VE Day in May…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: For some reason you don’t hear that much about the Holocaust in Belgium and to be honest I don’t know why that is. After the Germans conquered Belgium in May 1940, the Belgian government fled to Great Britain and formed a government-in-exile in London. King Leopold III remained in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Like most other war WWII was not only fought by humans, animals also took part in the war. It was in a variety of roles how animals partook in the war efforts,sometimes for transport ,like the picture above of a soldier with a pack Reindeer, on slippery ice, near the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. The bomb was designed to terrorize the people of Japan in a most unexpected way. Dr. Lytle…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Lincoln and JFK. ? – Lincoln’s name has 7 letters – Kennedy’s name has 7 letters – Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 – Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 – Lincoln was elected president in 1860 – Kennedy was elected president in 1960 – Lincoln was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson – Kennedy…
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Originally posted on Thrills, Spills, and just a dash of Romance: Yes, I’m drawing a blank, which means I have no idea It seems that I do this a lot these days, perhaps one of the perils of being a writer But… Using blank in a story doesn’t necessarily convey the antagonist is clueless, more…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The 9th of April 1945 was picked by the Nazi’s to get rid of some those they had considered to be traitors. In fact some of these men were actually heroes, since they all had been part in one way or another(or at least were convicted of that)of trying to…
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