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Late December, 1942 – On the photo is unknown Soviet soldier previously arrived from the Far East to the Stalingrad, thanks to Richard Sorge’s inteligence achievements which claims that Japanese army won’t attack USSR.
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Stavka organized transport of infantry from the Far East and Siberia in order to give support to the defenders of Stalingrad. If Stalingrad fell into the enemy hands, entire Caucasus region would have been cutt off from the USSR which produced 70% of state’s oil. This soldier uses mortar on…
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They were known as Panfilov’s 28 Guardsmen –
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a legendary unit of Soviet soldiers written into the pantheon of national heroism after they died battling German tanks just two hours outside Moscow as the freezing winter of 1941-1942 set in. History says that the regiment was formed mainly from Almaty and Bishkek natives shortly after the beginning of…
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Medal of Honor Monday!
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On this day in 1987, a Medal of Honor recipient passes away. Ralph Neppel’s bravery had come 43 years earlier, during World War II. Perhaps no one expected a farm boy from Iowa to be a war hero? Neppel had been among those landing at Normandy in the days after…
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Born in 1821 in Nykøbing Falster, Rödder came from a wealthy noble family of German descent and pursued medical studies in Copenhagen.
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In 1856, while traveling in Italy, he stumbled upon strange writings and bizarre specimens. This encounter introduced him to the famed crypto-naturalist and xeno-archaeologist Thomas Merrylin from London. Inspired by Merrylin, Rödder shifted his focus to the occult and the Dark World, amassing an extraordinary collection of cryptozoological artifacts that…
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Major Dick Winters and Captain Lewis Nixon, who met in Officer Candidate School and became best friends, are pictured celebrating the end of the war in Berchtesgaden in early May 1945.
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They are sitting on the patio of Hitler’s alpine retreat, the Berghof. The two men are depicted by Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston in “Band of Brothers”. Of his close friendship with Lewis Nixon, Dick Winters once said, “Nixon was a hard drinker, a free spirit who enjoyed the wild…
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RememberingGregory Boyington who died January 11th 1988.
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In college Boyington joined the ROTC and upon graduation was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army. When Boyington attempted to apply for flight training he was denied on the grounds that at that time the program excluded married men.Boyington attempted to join the flight training program using…
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By the beginning of 1945, Germany was clearly in a desperate state as powerful Allied armies pressed in upon its boarders from both East and West.
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In terms of the latter, the Western Allies had 3,724,927 men in Northwest Europe thus giving them a force of 73 divisions. The Allies also possessed over 17,500 assorted combat aircraft in Britain, France and the Low Countries. Finally and perhaps equally important, the Allies now possessed the logistical means…
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“A FORGOTTEN FILIPINO WARRIOR AND HERO!!!”
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CAPTAIN JUAN PAJOTA: Captain Juan Pajota (c.1914 – 1976) was instrumental in helping to assist in the Raid at Cabanatuan. This was an action which took place in the Philippines on January 30th, 1945 by the Sixth U.S. Army Alamo Scouts and the 6th Ranger Battalion along with Filipino guerrillas.…
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The Remarkable Lady Who Gave Her Life To Aviation And Taught Many To Fly At Sandown Airport Alongside Her Friend Mary Ellis.
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Vera Elsie “Toni” Strodl(b.1918-d.2015) as born in England. She was the daughter of a Danish couple who had moved to the UK to farm although this venture was short lived. In 1929 Vera took her first flight(thought to have been in an Avro 504) the headmaster of her school having…
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“DULCESIMO H. HABAL AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) FOR ACTIONS DURING WORLD WAR II!”
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Sergeant Dulcesimo H. Habal, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. During this time, he was serving with Headquarters Company, 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army in action against enemy forces on 9 January…