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    This day in 1945, French/British Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo is executed at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Szabo was captured during a mission behind enemy lines following D-Day, France. Szabo was the second woman to be awarded the George Cross.

  2. 12-year-old Helga Weissova brought art supplies with her when she was sent to Terezin concentration camp, north of Prague, in Oct. 1944. Before she was forced to go to , another gave the drawings to her uncle. He hid them behind a wall.

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    This day in 1945, Belgium is officially liberated, the country was reported to be free of German troops. The liberation seemed at hand in September 1944, but this ended by the German Ardennes offensive in December.

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    British Churchill tanks drive along a damaged street in Kleve, Germany, February 1945.

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    RAF Veteran Jim's funeral is on 6th February at 1pm at Parish Church. Jim survived 37 missions which included bombing the oil refineries at Ploesti & working for SOE dropping secret agents in Poland & Yugoslavia Jim has no family apart from his Veteran family

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    This day in 1945, opening of the Yalta Conference, with Winston Churchill (UK), Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA) and Joseph Stalin (USSR).

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    Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade moments before landing on Sword Beach, Normandy, June 1944.

  8. Great honour to talk with Robert Gillies, a veteran of 28 Maori Battalion and Willie Apiata, VC at tonight's ceremony hosted by featuring Maori service in the NZ Armed Forces. During R. Gillies fought at Monte Cassino battle alongside the Polish 2nd Corps. ZG

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    This day in 1944, Field Marshal Manstein begins his relief attempt to break the Korsun–Cherkasy Pocket. Six German divisions were surrounded. Though many trapped men escaped, they had to leave nearly all of their equipment behind, with heavy losses.

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    Soldiers of the US 1st Cavalry Division, supported by a Sherman tank, enter the field of Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium, Manila, February 1945.

  12. 4 Feb 1945: Prime Minister Winston , Franklin D. Roosevelt and dictator Joseph meet at Palace in the Crimea beginning the Conference to determine how to organize post-war Europe.

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    This day in 1943, the battle of Stalingrad has ended. Over 90,000 Axis soldiers have been captured, only about 5,000 will survive imprisonment. Stalingrad remains the largest and bloodiest (1.8–2 million killed, wounded, captured) battle in the history of warfare.

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    Cambridge students must go around with their eyes closed or simply ignore the many dignified memorials to staff & alumnae that made the ultimate sacrifice in & . Theyre supposed to be intelligent & able to evaluate so claiming to be psychologically threatened is pathetic

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    So thinking of having this as a sleeve on bottom of my leg ww2 theme, what people think all black & white no colour

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    Tuesday Tank: rolling the Kugelpanzer ('ball tank') into the German armour series. This one was captured by the Red Army in Japanese-occupied China in 1945 & is now at Patriot Park, Moscow. The single crewman sat on a motorbike-type seat.

  17. The all out push for Tripoli had begun. In a matter of days it would be ours - Extract from "Hard Tack Journey" A 1st hand account of in North Africa written and illustrated by Private Langstaff. Available here: "

  18. Ruth Elias's arrival at is documented at the Jewish Heritage Museum. This gives chills up and down my spine!

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    Love ? Did you know that expectant mothers were evacuated? Meet Marianne, who begins her new life in Norfolk, keeping a secret to protect her unborn child. Out 28th May. Available now to pre-order

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    in : In 1890, the Polytechnic Institute in was granted the status of a . After the almost complete destruction in , the was reopened in 1946. It’s the largest institute in .

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