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sandmaster
I have a pin badge marked O.C.A. France Flanders. It features the Welsh Dragon in the centre surrounded by a wreath topped by a crown. It is of a silver coloured metal, untarnished and looks new but...
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ynnafymmi
On this day in 1934 the gangsters known as the Barrow-Parker gang were finally eliminated.History portrays them as some kind of American Robin Hoods.They were a bunch of murderous scumbags.Any...
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Canary42
On this day 80 years ago 80 men from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Cheshire Regiment, The Worcestershire Yeomanry, who were defending the Dunkirk corridor, and a French soldier, were murdered by...
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NoaRiver2020
Is the movie, The Boy in Striped Pajamas (2008) purely entertainment or can it serve as a cautionary example?...
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Calvin7493
Is there a need for feminism in the 21st century
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Carlingk
These are all idioms. Q1 By any means honest or dishonest Q2 To lead a person astray Q3 Much more than one's fair share Q4 An escape from something undesirable Q5 The time before everyone gets up Q6...
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KAlan
Hi would anyone have any idea where I could obtain war records for my grandfather please. Thank you in advance...
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nicelander
Exactly what happens in Germany tomorrow? Do Germans just play it down every year with some kind of remembrance, walk around redfaced in shame or have DE Day. Defeat In Europe Day. ??...
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ck1
Why were people so fearful of communists during the cold war, was it just the possibility of enticing revolution? I'm referring to the individual sympathisers as opposed to the USSR/China as a whole.
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NoaRiver2020
Those who today deny that the Holocaust has taken place often have special intentions with their denial. What are these intentions?...
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Barmaid
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ For the next few weeks the National Archives are allowing free downloads of their digitised records (which are normally about £3.50 per document). Lots of PCC...
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NoaRiver2020
Who was actually responsible for the Holocaust? Was it Hitler? The Nazi leaders? The soldiers? Camp guards? The Germans who accepted that the Jews were persecuted? All Germans? Other countries that...
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ynnafymmi
Not really a question,just an observation.Tomorrow would be old Schicklegrubers birthday.Along with Uncle Joe and "great leap forward"Mao all were nationalists and socialists.Perhaps there is a case...
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Vaeh
A) Imperialist towards German territories B) Open support of the Allied Powers C) Neutrality towards European conflicts D) Open support of the Central Powers...
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NoaRiver2020
Reflect on the quote "Whoever does not learn from history is doomed to experience evil again" The Holocaust is not the first or last time genocide has been committed. Give other examples. Why is...
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NoaRiver2020
There is an excerpt from an interview with SS doctor Kurt Heissmeyer. He performed medical experiments on Jewish children on the grounds that he "did not see the difference between Jews and...
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Frostpose4
6 Down - Contemptuous term for the Canadian fleet established in 1910 (3,3,4) - T?N?O?NAVY 7 Down - City of North West Spain destroyed by the Moors in AD 716 (7) - O?R?N?E Any help would be...
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Atheist
'Some talk of Alexander and some of Hercules...' Pumps in a wire grille locker... Wireless programmes suggesting we should imitate a tree... Do these stir any memories?...
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Atheist
Mam used to mend torn clothes with a product which was a sort of cloth with an adhesive side. She would cut off a bit that was big enough to cover the tear and then press it with a hot iron so that it...

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