History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Rosette “Rose” Wolczak (19 March 1928 – 23 November 1943) was a Jewish child victim of the Holocaust. Born in France in 1928, she came to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1943 as a refugee, and was expelled for what the Swiss authorities ruled to be indecent behavior. She was sent…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: After all the suffering,death and destruction they caused there were several in the Nazi leadership ,and lower ranks , who were too cowardly to stand trial and killed themselves instead.In this summary I am excluded Hitler, Himmler,Goebbels and Goering because I have already done separate blogs on their suicides.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Bad as World War II and all its horrors were it could have been a lot worse if the Germans didn’t break the?Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. The impact it would have had if Hitler and Stalin had remained “friends”would have been unfathomable. In all likelihood it might have saved a lot…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The name Johann Reichhart might not be one synonymous with Nazi Germany but his ruthless killing streak made him one of the most feared members of the regime. Reichhart was born into a line of German executioners dating back eight generations. He got his start as a judicial executioner…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In the early hours of 10 November 1944, 8,000 German soldiers flooded the streets of Rotterdam. They lay a cordon around the city, took up position on the bridges and squares and shut down the telephone service. They distributed pamphlets ordering all men ages 17 to 40 years to…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: It is not often you come across a feelgood Holocaust story but this is one of them. On 27 September 1942, the Jewish boy Joop Levy went into hiding with his parents. They were taken in by the Ebbers family on their farm in the village of Lintelo in the…
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Originally posted on raulconde001: “Coffee Heaven” Beans of coffee made by brew machines just right taste from up above its paradise “Starbuck’s Horizon Café” Smell of sweet coffee beans from Heaven above savoring the taste of ice coffee
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Tani was born 22 December 1882 in Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from the 15th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903 and from the 24th class of the Army War College, where he became an instructor in 1924. The College used his texts on strategy and tactics…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Operation PX was the codename for the Japanese plan for a biological terror attack on the U.S. west coast in World War 2. The planned operation was abandoned due to the strong opposition of Chief of General Staff Yoshijirō Umezu, as well as the Japan surrender following the atomic…
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