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#TIL During World War II, the average combat soldier was about 26 years old. In Vietnam, the average age was around 19.

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November 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Discover a moving account of faith, hope, and survival during the Holocaust. Explore how spiritual strength and the human spirit endured through unimaginable hardships.

Read more: www.johnwweiser.com/not-on-bread...

#HolocaustHistory #Faith #SurvivalStories #WorldWarII #HumanResilience
November 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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October 31, 2026 at 8:26 PM
"I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors." - Curtis LeMay

#AmericanAirforce #USArmy #WorldWarII #WordsOfVeterans #Veteran
October 31, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Corregidor fell, but the soldiers who held it never stopped fighting in spirit.
#books #bookreview #Corregidor #WorldWarII
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Undefeated – A Tale of Courage and Survival
Explore Bill Sloan’s Undefeated, a sory of survival during the Bataan Death March and Corregidor battle in World War II Philippines.
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November 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Can courage stay quiet and still change lives? Dick Winters proves it can.
#books #bookreview #Veterans #WorldWarII
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Beyond Band of Brothers Book Review
Explore Beyond Band of Brothers, Major Dick Winters’ powerful World War II memoir of courage and leadership.
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November 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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#TraitorsInTheGestapo #JHAhlin #HistoricalFiction #WorldWarII #KravitzAndSons
October 29, 2026 at 9:27 PM
📖 Discover the book! Scan the QR code to explore your copy today.

#TraitorsInTheGestapo #JHAhlin #HistoricalFiction #WorldWarII #KravitzAndSons
October 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
#OTD in #History 1903

October 30: Horrible Human and #WarCriminal Father Krunoslav Draganović, Born
Context: #Draganović was a lieutenant colonel in the #Ustaše, a fascist ultranationalist organization Croatian active from 1929 to 1945.
#Holocaust
#WorldWarII

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October 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
During #WorldWarII, the #Ustaše perpetrated a #Holocaust of their own in the fascist puppet state “Independent State of Croatia,” killing hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma and Croatian political dissidents in Yugoslavia.
#Draganović

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October 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
OTD 1944
An air-launched #V1 hits the St Marie Hotel in Dale Road, #Purley. The final death toll 17 is the highest in the #Croydon area from a single #flyingbomb, 31 injured.
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#SecondWorldWar #worldwar2 #WorldWarII #worldwartwohistory
October 31, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Facts: During #WorldWarII, #Draganović was credibly accused of laundering the #Ustaše treasure of jewelry and other personal items stolen from victims in Croatia.
He was Vice Chief of the Buerau of Colonization and oversaw the confiscation of Serb property in Bosnia.
#Holocaust

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October 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
After the war, #Draganović went to Rome and became secretary of the Croatian 'Confraternity of San Girolamo', based at the monastery of San Girolamo degli Illirici in Via Tomacelli. This allowed him to build his escape routes for Nazi War Criminals.
#Ustaše
#Holocaust
#WorldWarII

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October 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Reviews are in for "Guadalcanal's Forgotten Fight", chronicles the often-overlooked U.S. Army contribution to the Guadalcanal campaign.

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#guadalcanal #militaryhistory #worldwarII #WWII
October 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Japanese #OceanLiner #MVAsamaMaru was launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1928. In the first years of #WorldWarII, with #Japan not tied to the war in Europe, #AsamaMaru helped #Holocaust refugees escape to the US, and helped German sailors flee from US. She was torpedoed in 1944.
October 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #DarkestHour #GaryOldman #WorldWarII Two ‘Slow Horses’ Stars Officially Reunite in an Oscar-Winning WWII Epic on Prime Video
Two ‘Slow Horses’ Stars Officially Reunite in an Oscar-Winning WWII Epic on Prime Video
Gary Oldman's Dunkirk companion piece, for which he won an Oscar, is now streaming on Prime Video. Find out more.
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October 31, 2026 at 9:27 AM