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I'm not quite sure what you based your article on Eva Braun on but it wasn't the truth. The most simple of research can dissprove many of your claims, which I noticed you didn't actually cite. For example; she was a prostitute. Actually she worked in a photographers shop and had only been there a few weeks when she met Hitler. She hadn't done any modelling but had dreams of becoming a photographer. This is only one of the mistakes you make in this article. You should research before publishing.

unfortunately, you have no idea what you are talking about. I suggest you read far more history of the 3rd Reich before you make any comments on any blog about Nazi Germany.

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Beautiful englishwomen serving in AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE will blast nazis out of the sky Englishwoman with the 1st Anti-Aircraft Division, AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE, which controlled the searchlight and gun batteries defending London. An ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) ‘spotter’ at a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun site in Britain, December 1942. On her shoulder can be seen the … Continue reading Englishwomen AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE Will Blast Nazis Out of Sky 

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Popular Myth About Winston Churchill Completely Wrong

Popular Myth About Winston Churchill Completely Wrong

An Actor Read Churchill’s Wartime Speeches Over the Wireless. This popular myth is completely wrong.

   Washington, DC. 1943.  Winston Churchill broadcasts the news of the third anniversary of the English Home Guard while visiting the White House.

Winston Churchill is such a towering figure in history that numerous myths about him have taken root over the decades. One of those myths is this:…

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Great Read Berlin Embassy by William Russell part one

Great Read Berlin Embassy by William Russell part one

Berlin Embassy by William Russell

Five Stars

I like this book a lot. I’ve read it four or five times. Part of the reason is the detail on everyday life in Berlin during the years 1939, 1940, and 1941. When I was researching my first novel, An Honorable German, I read this book on Berlin, among many others, because several chapters take place in the city of my book take place in Berlin and I…

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"Why Ike Wouldn’t Celebrate the D-Day Anniversary" by Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss

“Why Ike Wouldn’t Celebrate the D-Day Anniversary” by Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss

From the New York Times

19 May 2014

article by historian Michael Beschloss 

   “In 1952, when Eisenhower — who usually kept his emotions under lock and key — spoke to a World War II veterans’ audience about soldiers who died as a direct result of his command decisions, he was so overwhelmed by grief that he covered his face with a handkerchief.”

  article by historian Michael Beschloss

President…

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One of the Happiest Days of My Adult Life Saturday 9 June 2018 Washington, DC Gay Pride Parade   Charles McCain (center) carrying the American flag with the Scouting for Equality Group, National Capital Gay Pride Parade, 9 June 2018. McCain was an Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader of his troop, and member of the … Continue reading A Boy Scout’s Happy Day Washington DC Gay Pride Parade

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A Boy Scout's Happy Day Washington DC Gay Pride Parade

A Boy Scout’s Happy Day Washington DC Gay Pride Parade

 One of the Happiest Days of My Adult Life Saturday 9 June 2018 Washington, DC Gay Pride Parade

  Charles McCain (center) carrying the American flag with the Scouting for Equality Group, National Capital Gay Pride Parade, 9 June 2018. McCain was an Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader of his troop, and member of the Order of the Arrow, a society for honor scouts.

Copyright © 2018 by Charles McCain

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Gay Genius Alan Turing Critical to Defeat Nazi Germany

Gay Genius Alan Turing Critical to Defeat Nazi Germany

Brilliance of gay man Alan Turing Key in the defeat of nazi germany

Whenever the “Greatest Generation” is mentioned let all LGBTQ people remember Alan Turing, the greatest of them all.

by Charles McCain (c) 2012.

  ALAN TURING: The Greatest Warrior of Them All

Copyright (c) by Charles McCain. Originally written and published on 7 June 2010 by Charles McCain and reposted by GayPolitics.com. 

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B-24 Liberator "the Sandman" Emerging From Smoke During Ploesti Raid

B-24 Liberator “the Sandman” Emerging From Smoke During Ploesti Raid

  Aug. 1, 1943. The Sandman,  a US Army Air Force B-24 Liberator from the 98th Bomb Group of the 9th Air Force, piloted by Major Robert Sternfels, shown emerging from a cloud of smoke as it barely clears the stacks of the Astra Romana refinery during the disastrous American raid on the Romania oil fields at Ploesti. (caption and photo courtesy of the National Museum of the US Air Force. Photo…

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HMS London Fights Nazis at Sea

HMS London Fights Nazis at Sea

County class cruiser HMS London at sea in World War Two BRITISH AND US PLANES AND WARSHIPS COVER RUSSIAN CONVOY. MAY 1942, ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS AT SEA AND AT HVALFJORD, ICELAND. (A 9294) USS WICHITA followed by HMS LONDON in formation while covering a convoy to Northern Russia. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205143154 BRITISH AND US PLANES AND…

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USS Idaho Sunk by German Bombs

The USS Idaho was the USS Mississippi‘s sister ship and was commissioned for the US Navy in 1908. She was subsequently sold to Greece in 1914 and was then renamed Lemnos. Lemnos saw minimal action during WW 1, assisted the White Russian Forces in the 1919 Allied Crimean expedition, and was decommissioned in 1932 when her guns were removed and used as a coastal battery. The rest of the ship was…

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Nazi Germany Unleashes Bombers on London

Germans Bomb London Bomb damage to HMV (His Master’s Voice) gramophone shop, Oxford Street, London, 1940. The shop had been opened by Sir Edward Elgar in 1921Photograph: Cecil Beaton/Imperial War Museum   The Blitz, London, 1942. A workman with a wheelbarrow clears up fallen debris from the roof of St Mary-le-Bow after its first bombing. Subsequently the church was completely destroyed. The…

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US Navy Ship Runs Aground Written Off as Total Loss

USS Guardian runs aground. Navy writes ships off as complete loss 130129-N-ZZ999-033SULU SEA (Jan. 29, 2013) Heavy waves crash against the grounded mine countermeasure ship USS Guardian (MCM 5), which ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea on Jan. 17. The grounding and subsequent heavy waves constantly hitting Guardian have caused severe damage, leading the Navy to determine the…

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Massive 16 inch guns of battleship HMS Rodney

HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney were the only two battleships in the British Royal Navy with 16 inch guns. THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR (A 2127) View looking forward from the bridge of HMS RODNEY in rough seas, showing two of the three 16 inch turrets trained on either beam, the barrels of the third turret can be seen in the foreground. Water can be seen coming up over the bow. Copyright:…

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English Nursing Sisters Critical to Victory in World War Two

 Establishing a field hospital in normandy days after Dday THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORMANDY, JUNE 1944 (B 5859) A cheery party of Sisters of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service with their baggage at No 88 General Hospital at La Delivrande, Normandy. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205129366 THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944…