A young British boy reading outside the ruins of a bookshop after suffering bomb damage during the Blitz.
London - October 8, 1940.
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Allies march into Rome
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General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6
Thereby the table is set for the largest seaborne invasion in history to free Europe from their oppressors.
The eternal problem of reblogging WWII pictures on Tumblr: is the source blog a history nerd or a Neo Nazi/Communist?
why have you put neo nazis and communists in the same category
Because they both facilitate mass murder.
Probably because communist and fascists (Nazis) occupy the same space, left of the political spectrum, and with very little difference between the two.
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A Heinkel He111 bomber over the London Docks, taken from another German bomber at the beginning of the London Blitz, 7th September 1940 -
Winston Churchill with a bulldog #1940s - #churchill #winston #bulldog #dog #dogs #history #historyporn #england #london #uk #ww2 #vintage #winstonchurchill #britain by slappius http://ift.tt/1LZlozP
A Heinkel He111 bomber over the London Docks, taken from another German bomber at the beginning of the London Blitz, 7th September 1940 -
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During WWII, Irena got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive.
Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried. She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids.
Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazi’s broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out, In a glass jar that she buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was not selected.
Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.