History
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I came across the above picture a few years ago and the information I got with it is that the children in the picture were orphans, staying with the nuns in Castle Hoensbroek, in Limburg .the south east of the Netherlands However all the children had been placed under…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? The Dutch are known for their love of bicycles, for most Dutch people it is the first choice of means of transport. Needless to say that the bicycle did play an important role in WWII. There is a long running joke about the Germans giving back dutch bikes,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: At the moment there is a lot of talk how social media is used to distribute propaganda, but the widespread of propaganda is nothing new. The ‘social media’ during WWII was the radio. About 18 months after the Germans invaded the Netherlands they started broadcasting German language course programs.…
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Originally posted on Becky's Poems, Books family history and ww1/2 journey: For many months and weeks people, organisations and communities up and down the country and abroad have been planning events and memorials in order to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day which takes place tomorrow. Being such a pivotal point in the war it…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Operation Tonga was the code name given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings during the Second World War. The paratroopers and glider-borne airborne troops of the division,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Before I get into the main story there is something I have to say. This is only my opinion based on my observation and it is not a political statement.The events in this story do have stark similarities to what is happening now, where countries are closing their borders…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Holocaust didn’t start with the mass extermination of Jews, it started in ways which could even be considered non violent, with gradually excluding Jews from society. In this blog there are some examples of signs saying ~Forbidden for Jews” or”No Jews allowed” from several locations in the Netherlands.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: October 5th,1942, was one of the darkest if not the darkest days of WWII for my hometown of Geleen, at the time it was a small mining town in the south east of the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. Shortly after 21.30 the alarms sounded,warning the population of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: September 17,1944 saw the start of “Operation Market Garden” a failed allied operation during WWII, which had dire consequences for the Dutch population. However this blog is not about that but about the movie made about ‘Operation Market Garden@ a star studded movie made in 1977 directed by Richard Attenborough,…
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