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Aircraft identification posters played a vital role in World War II, helping to keep civilians safe and improve the efficiency of air defense operations.
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These posters, which typically featured silhouettes of different types of aircraft along with their names and identifying features, were widely distributed in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a twin-engine, mid-wing, fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. It was powered…
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A PARENTS WORST NIGHTMARE.
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Losing a child and having to bury them. A man lost his son and couldn’t bare the thought of living without him. He was suffering and couldn’t believe his son was gone. He cried and cried every day and night, missing his son, wishing things were different. He couldn’t sleep…
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The Surrender Of Nazi Germany.
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Unlike the surrender of Nazi Germany, which took place on 7 May 1945 to little fanfare in a French schoolhouse in the middle of the night, the bringing about the official surrender of Japan, which took place on the American battleship Missouri on 2 September 1945, was a spectacular event…
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Honouring the Heroes We Lost: Private Henare Reweti: 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company
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“Troops of the 28th (Maori) Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, after disembarking at Gourock in Scotland, 17 June 1940” – IWM Private Henare Reweti (pictured second to the right) of Reporoa, New Zealand served with the 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon. In the…
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“Do not underestimate someone who has lost everything and is still here to tell the story.
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Do not underestimate someone who has fought dearly for sobriety. Peace. Forgiveness. Self-love. Freedom. Authenticity. Truth. Do not underestimate the lonely. They have braved wars that only those who understand the absence of human connection can do. Even now. They are holding it all together while coming so wildly undone.…
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Love is a force that doesn’t simply vanish when someone is no longer part of your life.
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It lingers, not as a chain that binds you to the past, but as a quiet reminder of the connection you once held. Even when a relationship ends or life separates you from someone you love, that love doesn’t cease to exist. Instead, it transforms—becoming softer, more reflective, and deeply…
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Sergeant Horacio Castilleja Albarrán: Mexico’s Last Surviving World War II Veteran
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Please join us in honoring the service of Sergeant Horacio Castilleja Albarrán, a member of the Aztec Eagles and Mexico’s last surviving World War II veteran. According to Mexico News Daily: “Castilleja, joined the Army in 1942 at the age of 18. He was a specialist in transmissions at the…
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23 July 1944, 19-year-old French communist resistance fighter Madeleine Riffaud saw a German military officer taking a walk over a bridge on the river Seine in Paris and got off her bicycle.
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As he looked at the Louvre, she took out her gun and shot him twice in the head, killing him. As she cycled away, she was pursued and knocked off her bike by French collaborators in a car. Riffaud tried to shoot herself to avoid torture but was captured and…
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BIRTHDAY EVENT: Happy 103rd Birthday to Royal Air Force Veteran Ruth Dicksee.
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Please join us at WWII uncovered in wishing RAF Veteran Ruth Dicksee and Most Happy 103rd Birthday. Ruth celebrated her milestone Birthday with a grand party at the care home in which she resides in Salisbury, Wiltshire. “During the war, Ruth spent four years in the Women’s Royal Air Force.…
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The largest known human excrement was discovered in 1972 in an ancient Viking settlement in York, England.
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At 20 centimetres long and 5 in width, this coprolite is approximately 1200 years old and is fossilized. Analysis indicated that his owner had a diet based on meat and bread, in addition to intestinal infections from parasites. This finding provides key information about the diet and health of the…