Dark Things the Viet Cong Did to Captured M60 Gunners. NU
Dark Things the Viet Cong Did to Captured M60 Gunners November 17th, 1965. 10:30 hours. The Ia drang valley. The air is not just hot. It is solid. It tastes of cordite and wet rot. Private first class Toby Brave…
“Look At Those Australian Idiots”: The Mistake That Haunted The US. NU
“Look At Those Australian Idiots”: The Mistake That Haunted The US It was the single most embarrassing radio call in the history of the Vietnam War. In March 1968, a veteran US Green Beret captain stood on an airirstrip at…
Der Löffel, die Frau, die in Auschwitz versteckt war. NE
Der Löffel, die Frau, die in Auschwitz versteckt war Im Juli 1944 funktionierte Auschwitz mit einer kalten, rücksichtslosen Effizienz, die jede moderne Industriemaschine beneiden würde. Züge voller Menschen trafen regelmäßig, präzise und ununterbrochen ein. Die Menschen stiegen nicht als Individuen…
30. April 1945 – Nachwirkungen und Erinnerung. NE
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“She Winced at a Single Touch” — The Hidden Wound of a German POW That Shocked an American Soldier. NU
“She Winced at a Single Touch” — The Hidden Wound of a German POW That Shocked an American Soldier Chapter 1 — The Winter Camp January, 1945.The prisoner processing camp lay buried beneath a skin of snow in rural Montana, far…
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I Can’t Close Them,’ She Whispered — The Moment a U.S. Doctor Froze in Horror. NU
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After Years on Starvation Rations, German Women POWs Burst into Tears When They Saw the Meal They Were Given. NU
After Years on Starvation Rations, German Women POWs Burst into Tears When They Saw the Meal They Were Given April 28th, 1945. The outskirts of Munich. The world was ending in thunder. Not the divine, cleansing thunder of a Wagnerian…