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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There is a saying ” Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.” But what if in saving one life you inadvertently plunged the world into the most catastrophic horror of all time? What if you saved the life of Adolf Hitler just as he was taking his first…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Despite her exotic name Mata Hari was a Dutch woman. Her real name was Margaretha (Gretha)Zelle and was born in Leeuwarden, in the province of Friesland in the North West of the Netherlands.. Today marks the centenary of her execution. At 18, Zelle answered an advertisement in a Dutch newspaper placed by Dutch Colonial Army…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: 80% of all Soviet males born in 1923 died in World War II. Flight Sergeant Nicholas Stephen Alkemade (1922–1987) was a rear gunner in Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster heavy bombers during World War II, who survived—without a parachute—a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 m) when abandoning his out-of-control, burning aircraft…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? The Cowra breakout occurred on 5 August 1944, when at least 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape from a prisoner of war camp near Cowra, in New South Wales, Australia. It was the largest prison escape of World War II, as well as one of the…
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Anyone who reads my blogs knows I try to stay away from current politics as much as possible. But sometimes I have to speak out. I believe in everyone’s right in freedom of expression, but that will need to go hand in hand with an equal amount of responsibility. When I saw the amount of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In September 1944 most of the southern part of the Netherlands had been liberated, Unfortunately the rest of the country faced a very harsh winter. Extreme cold combined with lack of food resulted in a famine, causing the death of about 20,000 citizens. Dutch railway workers had gone on…
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Originally posted on I didn't have my glasses on….: no, she has not gone missing but keeping santa’s promise to sweet kitty, olive – find her a sweet companion. with virus, time home, holidays sweet little kitties are hard to find but i’m on the case ready for the rescue i see her on the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Every meal could have been her last. And when she had finished eating the bland vegetarian dishes put before her, 25-year-old Margot Wölk and her young female colleagues would burst into tears and “cry like dogs” because they were grateful still to be alive. Hitler was a vegetarian, it…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Today marks the 100th anniversary of real girl power. Om August 13th 1918,Opha May Johnson became the first Female US Marine. World War I was drawing to an end when the Marine Corps decided to fill some of the gaps left behind by all the men fighting overseas. In…
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