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Guadalcanal fighter ace "Fritz" Payne dead at 104; shot down four Japanese bombers and two fighter planes

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Frederick Rounsville "Fritz" Payne, Jr. (July 31, 1911 – August 6, 2015) was a World War II fighter ace who left his mark on aviation and wartime history by shooting down six Japanese warplanes during the Battle of Guadalcanal. ...read more

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VC: killed a high number of Japanese personally with his kukrie and inspired his platoon to capture their objective - He was Gurkha - Chindit

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Michael Allmand joined the British Indian Army at the end of 1942 and was commissioned into the Indian Armoured Corps for service in the Far East, and assigned to the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers. He later volunteered to...read more

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Hitler´s Henchmen - The Secretary Martin Bormann

The life of Hitler´s Secretary Martin Bormann; an obscure figure who was an unconditional nazi and one of the closest persons to Hitler during the war.... He remained at the führerbunker with Hitler right until the end.... He started out as Rudolf Hëss´ right hand man until becoming one of...read more

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Learning from Anne Frank: 10 of the most powerful quotes

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Anne Frank started her diary Diary of a Young Girl at the age of just 13, while hiding from the German occupation of Amsterdam during the Second World War. Anne wrote her diary in hiding in a secret annex of an old warehouse for the next two years. The diary stops abruptly in August 1944, when her...read more
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List Native of American recipients of the Medal of Honor in WWII

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There were many Native Americans who had served in WWII. Here is a list of Native Americans who have earned the Nations highest honor, the Medal of Honor:

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Ep. 10 Zafarrancho en Gotas – Noche de paz, la tregua de Navidad

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En este especial navideño de Zafarrancho Podcast veremos, desde los ojos de un niño, un excepcional suceso que originó un breve oasis de paz y armonía en medio de una de las más brutales y mortíferas batallas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Con ello os deseamos unas Felices Fiestas y un...read more

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 HQ Comando Supremo) September 17, 2014

L/Cpl Slawomir Kwiatkowski (Eye witness accounts - My memories of Arnhem)

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MY MEMORIES OF ARNHEM 1944

Name: Slawomir Kwiatkowski
Rank: Lance Corporal (Starszy Strzelec Podchorazy)
Unit: 3rd Batallion, 9th Company
Regiment: 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group

I was in the 3rd Bn. 9th Company and jumped out off plane No. 68...read more

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