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Canadian Vets Return to Ortona
To mark the 65th anniversary of the Italian campaign Canadian veterans recently returned to Ortona. In December of 1943 the ancient Adriatic port city was the scene of some of the most bitter fighting of World War...
Rembember Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941
Today is "Pearl Harbor Day" in the United States of America. The day that Japan initiated a surprise attack on United States military forces at the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 68 years ago, killing thousands... NUTS!
As a post WWII baby boomer, and playing soldier as a boy, we often pretended that it was the Battle of the Bulge. That could have been the excuse for serving up our mothers with piles of muddy clothing after a hard... YP-389: Sunken WWII Navy Patrol Boat Found
A WWII era commercial fishing trawler turned Navy Coastal Minesweeper and then District Patrol Craft that was sunk in 1942 has been found on the ocean floor. Designated a YP-389 the boat was a lightly armed coastal patrol boat with a single 3" gun mount on her bow and two... 70th Anniversary: Remembering World War 2
Seventy years ago today, the deadliest conflict in human history began as Germany invaded Poland. Today, leaders of twenty countries gather in Gdansk, Poland, to commemorate the war. Leaders of many of the...
created by Annina Bergman | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago
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370 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Spanish bishops apologise for silence over killings
It has taken a rather long time for the Spanish Catholic Church to acknowledge these unfortunate deaths during Franco´s dictatorship. " Spanish bishops broke decades of silence at the weekend to apologise for... Russia Marks 68th Anniversary of Nazi German Invasion in WWII
June 22, 2009 marks the 68th anniversary of Nazi German Invasion of Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germans under the direction of Adolf Hitler began the unannounced invasion of the Soviet Union in what later...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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162 views | 34 recommendations | 2 comments
