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The World War II Thread continuation
I bought a series of 1970s articles on WW2 in Friesland (the north of Netherlands) which isn't just where my BF lives, but also where my grandmother
was born and where she lived during the war.
Am almost finished, and learned of the Aktion Silbertanne (called Sonderkommando Silbertanne in German (we use Aktion which is German in itself) - the
codename for a series of reprisal killings of prominent civilians executed by Dutch SS members for attacks by the Dutch resistance on collaborating
targets.
Mussert was strongly opoposed - and when SS Brigadeführer Schöngarth heard of it, he stopped it immediately.
When it's even too low for the Nazis...
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On the long list of things I never knew before:
There was a concentration camp on British soil, on the island Alderny. The Channel islands were occupied by the Nazis after Churchill decided they
couldn't be defended.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/nazi-atrocities-jews-p...
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I did not know that good find Bonny!
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More on Alderney:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/himmler-execution-pris...
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I'm currently reading the Goebbels diary of the March - early April period. Interesting and terrifying stuff.
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March-April '45? A very interesting read! Was interested to discover that Goebbels invented the term "Iron Curtain". Fortunately, his hopeless
optimism, even at this point, proved unfounded.
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Yep, '45.
I find it ironic how he describes the American bombardments of German cities as barbaric acts of terror (and Soviet actions as well) - on one hand
he's got a point, and on the other hand he's completey missing a lot of other points.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/30/five-skeletons-wolfs-l...
The more I her about that guy, the less I like him.
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That was intriguing!
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The story of WW2 survivor Maxwell Smart:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/28/how-we-...
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I'm guessing this is not the Mel Brooks Max Smart - "missed it by that much"
The real Max says it was sport to kill Jews - now its a sport to Kill Palestinians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p4bLO6OPkI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqjADwzDm0
A documentary on the two photos that were made in Hiroshima, 3 hours afer the nuclear attack on August 6th, 1945.
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Horrible, I have no other words
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80 years on, we are losing more and more people who can tell us first-hand of what they have been through. In this Guardian article, 7 survivor
stories are collected:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/the-witnesses-second-w...
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/i-was-hitlers-neighbou...
The story of Hitler's Jewish neighbours...
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The Battle of Milne Bay - The Unknown Turning Point of the Pacific War
A vicious battle fought in the pristine Papuan jungle around the beautiful shores of Milne Bay, this engagement would prove to be a critical turning
point in the Pacific War. Milne Bay was the first time that a major Japanese offensive had been decisively defeated, and from this point on in the war
the Japanese would never launch another.
The battle of Milne Bay, also known as the Battle for Australia. The reason MacArthur had no battle experience was he was first to run from any battle
ie the Philippines. A Penthouse in Melbourne Australia 3000km away was the location from were he made out he ran the New Guinea campaign. The lethal
cross fire, mortar tactics, and creeping Artillery barrages were the brain-child of Australian General Sir John Monash during WW1 in France, he was a
brilliant battle tactician. "Every inch was paid for in blood", but the Aussies were outstanding and victorious Major General Cyril Clowes who is
'credited' with leading the men of Milne Bay to victory was in fact at his HQ in Brisbane. Lest We Forget. Thanks for this great research and
upload.
https://youtu.be/pToxEa30KdU
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