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    28 April 1944: During Exercise Tiger, an operation during to get Allied troops ready for D-Day, nearly 1,000 Americans are killed on or near a beach landing at Slapton Sands, England. Germans attacked landing craft and British shelling killed troop landing on the beaches.

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    28 April 1908: Oskar , subject of the 1993 Schindler's List, is born in Zwittau, Moravia. He is credited with saving 1,200 during . He was named Righteous Among the Nations by the government in 1963.

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    27 April 1945: Italian dictator Benito and his Clara are captured by communist partisans in Dongo,# Italy. Both were shot and killed next day.

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    27 April 1943: Polish resistance fighter Witold escapes from concentration camp after being purposefully sent there. He gathered intelligence and then escaped in 1943 after two and half years there. While there, he also organized a movement.

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    destroyer Yamakaze sinks after being torpedoed by submarine USS Nautilis (photo taken through through the periscope of USS Nautilus) in June, 1942. Yamakaze went down ~60 nautical miles (110 km) southeast of Yokosuka, , with all hands lost.

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    27 April 1941: , Greece is captured by the Nazis during World War II. On June 1, Crete falls to the Germans, meaning that all of was occupied by the Axis.

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    On the night of April 26/27 1943 Witold and two others escaped from . In one of the great acts of heroism during , Pilecki had volunteered to go to the German Nazi camp to report on the atrocities being committed there:

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    victims according to : 80% Jews 20% Jews but in green

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    DYK that during the Polish decided to send one of its best men on one of the most dangerous intelligence missions imaginable❓❗ Capt. volunteered to be that man. He entered as prisoner no. 4859

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    A B 17 makes an emergency landing after being hit. Air Wars documentary on the 8th Air Force.

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    "Polish diplomat who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust named Righteous Among the Nations" - Konstanty Rokicki, the Polish vice consul in Switzerland during , produced fake passports for Jews about to be deported. Read article:

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    German prisoners of war in a barbed-wire enclosure on Utah Beach, 6 June 1944.

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    sailors on the lookout on U-96 (photo taken by Lothar-Günther Buchheim while joining the crew for a single patrol), 1941.

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    Today we are mourning the loss of Henry W. Bloch. was a long-time supporter of the Museum and Memorial, made even more meaningful by his dedicated service as a navigator on 32 combat missions aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in .

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    cruiser Nachi (那智) maneuvering under air attack in Manila Bay, Philippines, on November 5, 1944.

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    In a catastrophic flak hit to this 398th B-17, the tail gun position was completely blown away - the tail gunner, S/Sgt. Wallace E. Kasch, has never been found.

  17. Ridiculously photogenic Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor.

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    soldiers walk through the streets of during an procession. 1943.

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    A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless in flight over Peleliu in September 1944.

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    Here are a few photos from my visit to the a few years back. It was an unforgettable and chilling experience, it’s difficult to comprehend what happened there. I’d strongly recommend anybody who gets the chance to visit this place, it is eye opening.

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