Posts made by Raunchy The Pirate
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RE: True story of Wojtek, the Polish Bear who served.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2076992/
The IMDB link for the documentary.
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True story of Wojtek, the Polish Bear who served.
2 articles on this true story.
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RE: Play taps. Final 2 of the Devils Brigade passed within 12hrs of each other.
If you like history and stories, go back through my subject postings as most are captivating.
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RE: Best U-Boat Myth
I had to choose other.
Remember that on May 7th, 1915 the U-20 sank the RMS Lusitania.
Myth has it that the Titanic was sunk April 15th, 1912 not by an iceberg, but by an U-boat on a trial run prior to WWI.
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Play taps. Final 2 of the Devils Brigade passed within 12hrs of each other.
Last of the Devil’s Brigade: Final surviving members of elite WW2 commando unit die within 12 hours of each other in same town
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Book by General Sir Miles Dempsey is found.
First person knighted on battlefield since Agincourt in 1415
Great story.
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RE: Buried secrets: Nazi warplanes found in Indiana
Thanks for sharing the zero story!
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Hitler's son: Jean-Marie Loret
German army papers showed that officers brought envelopes of cash to Miss Lobjoie during the Second World War.
After she died, Mr Loret found paintings in her attic which were signed by Hitler. In Germany, a portrait of a woman painted by the Fuhrer emerged that looked remarkably like Miss Lobjoie.
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US diving crew finds wreck of British submarine
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/11/british-second-world-war-submarine-wreck
HMS Olympus struck a mine and sank, 8 May 1942.