Price: $3.08 USD Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B0071511GO The Skin of Water by Greg Johnston is set against the fascinating historical backdrop of War Time affected Hungary. It is a truly wonderful, absorbing, and entrancing...
Few can argue about the need to improve the nation’s public education system. Unfortunately, those in charge of making those improvements -- notably, President Barack Obama and members of the...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 174 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
April 1945 saw the Allied Forces in Germany. Victory was in sight, but there was still work to be done. It was still a very dangerous situation for the Allied troops. Those at home were looking...
The big push was on by this time to get to Berlin. The world could now see the end to the Axis power. The map of Europe was being redrawn.The end of WW II was in sight.February 18,...
The winter of 1945 saw the Canadians in Holland working to clear the country of Axis troops. The tide had turned for the Allied Forces, but there was still a long way to go. WW II Letters To My Mother: January 25, 1945 Canadian Army Overseas, Somewhere In Holland My Dearest...
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At this point in the Second World War, my father has been in the army since 1941, moved from a small northern town, moved to Brandon Manitoba, and shipped off to England. Shortly before Christmas 1943 he was...
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The terrible tide of war started to turn on D Day, June 6, 1944. Beachheads were established in Europe and the slow and dangerous task of pushing back the Axis forces was begun. Many lives were lost on...
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Separation from loved ones is the lot of the enlisted when they are sent out of the country. For Canadians sent overseas during WW II, letters and telegrams were the means of communication home. I...
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World War Two dragged on and on as all wars seem to do. The Axis powers were in control of much of Europe and threatened the sea lanes of the Atlantic. Great Britain received reinforcements from Canada...
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During the dark days of WW II, when it seemed that the Axis powers were unstoppable, Canadians enlisted to help defend our country and Europe. These citizen soldiers handed over control of their lives,...
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In Canada and the UK the poppies are blooming on lapels. The red poppy has become the symbol of remembrance of the sacrifices that people made to defend our democracies. November 11 is set aside to...
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The Constitution and the Declaration of Independance poses a grave danger to those trying at this moment to overtake the United States of America with new laws aimed at degrading the importance of each and...
opinion by SUICIDEkings | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 141 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
Sixty-four years ago, 156,000 troops — including many black soldiers like the ones shown above — landed on the Normandy coast of France in the largest invasion force in history. They moved upon the...
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Though support for Al Gore’s crusade against human-caused global warming has waned with each passing month, the former vice president is still out and about touting his brand of environmental snake oil. In addition, he’s added something else to his repertoire: Slapping...
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