Miep Gies, who has died aged 100, was the last of the handful of 'helpers' who enabled the Franks to hide for nearly two years before their capture.
A German soldier has a bit of luck on the Eastern Front.
Photograph courtesy of Margaret Angus (nee Stewart) of Huntly, formerly Pitlochry. A Timber Jill
Bunker System
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Just one of the German forfications that was built during the Second World War in occupied Guernsey.
Plotting table - RAF Uxbridge, UK It is amazing to think of the work done in this room without the benefit of computers. Note the board behind the table. The lights indicated the status of squadrons throughout England. Operators received updates by phone and passed the information along via the board. Plotters moved numbered pieces on the map board to show locations.
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Fighter aces are seen as gods and heroes by society and history. Many books, programmes, films and interviews about them - and rightly so. BUT we
Kit Up! Would like to take a moment to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR! to Lt. Gen (ret) Hal Moore. The following was posted by none other than the inestimable Mr. Joseph Galloway today on his Facebook page. We would like to echo his sentiments:
A Russian Jewish boy waiting his turn to die along with his father, how heart-breaking for these parents trying to calm your child in such horrifying moments, and being absolutely unable to protect them. Really sad times.
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From April 1941 issue of Fortune magazine
Island at war
