World War 2
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The “V for Victory” campaign was one of the most effective psychological warfare and propaganda initiatives of World War II, transforming a single letter into a potent symbol of hope, defiance, and resistance across Nazi-occupied Europe. The Origin: A Belgian Idea The “V for Victory” campaign began with Victor de Laveleye, an exiled Belgian politician…
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To gauge the feeling of the population on a particular subject, conducting an opinion poll is a powerful tool. Below are some polls taken in the United States just before and during World War II. Gallup poll conducted September 1-6, 1939. How far should we go in helping England, France and Poland … Yes No…
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Some may consider this blog contentious and controversial, but you can’t write about World War II and the Holocaust without writing about Hitler’s first book. The original title was Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit, which translates to Four and a Half Years [of Struggle] Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice. Max Amann,…
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Bernard Henri Piller was born in Maastricht on 8 February 1932 and murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz on 23 September 1943. He reached the age of 11 years. Henri Samuel Piller was also born in Maastricht on 15 April 1935. The nazis murdered him at Auschwitz on 23 September 1943 at the tender age…
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The one thing I can’t come to terms with, and even refuse to come to terms with, is the murder of babies during the Holocaust. I know one of the reasons behind it was the purification of the Aryan race. But, how pure are you as a race when you murder babies? Another reason was…
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(Re-post from 16 July 2025) In the West, when we think about World War II, we predominantly think about the war against the Nazis. However, there were quite a large number of Europeans who were fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. We also often forget that the Japanese Imperial Army, Navy, and Air Force were…
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It always amazes me how easy it was for some Europeans to give up their Jewish neighbours. I know it’s easy for me to say that in retrospect, because I don’t know how I would have reacted if put in that situation. But I have a feeling I would have spoken out about it the…
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Contrary to popular belief, concentration camps were not a Nazi invention; the British military had already established them in South Africa during the Second Boer War. It could be argued that Native American reservations in the United States shared certain characteristics with concentration camps, although the comparison remains the subject of historical debate. That said,…
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Although Albert Speer designed some of Nazi Germany’s most prominent buildings and served as its Minister of Armaments and War Production during World War II, he later claimed to have had no knowledge of the Holocaust. For decades after the fall of the Third Reich, Albert Speer stood as a historical anomaly. While Adolf Hitler’s…
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