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The Examiner25 Dec 2013
The Germans almost won the First World War ... The war's aftermath left a weak fledgling democracy, economic turmoil, and increased animosity. All three factors led to the rise of Hitler and the Second World War. Had the Germans managed to defeat the Allies in 1918, World War II and the holocaust are avoided and Imperial Germany becomes the dominant world power ... A cold war breaks out between the Germans and the Soviets....(size: 4.8Kb)
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London Evening Standard25 Dec 2013
This year sees the start of four years of events across Britain and further afield to mark the centenary of the Great War. The war began in June 1914, with Britain joining on August 4 1914. As war was waged over the next four years, millions of lives were lost as the devastating conflict raged, until the armistice was signed on November 11 1918 ... "We simply should not tolerate damaged war graves in our country." ....(size: 5.5Kb)
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San Francisco Chronicle25 Dec 2013
Who's winning the war on Christmas? ... Is there really a war on Christmas, anyway? ... Earlier this month, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly claimed that the current war on Christmas started about 10 years ago, in part because "major corporations" didn't want their employees saying "Merry Christmas" to customers ... In fact, the war on Christmas isn't funny anymore either....(size: 3.1Kb)
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The Columbus Dispatch25 Dec 2013
LONDON — Mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War II by cracking Nazi Germany’s “unbreakable” Enigma code, was granted a rare royal pardon yesterday for a criminal conviction for homosexuality that led to his suicide ... His work at Bletchley Park, Britain’s wartime code-breaking center, was credited with shortening the war....(size: 2.1Kb)
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Stars and Stripes25 Dec 2013
On the west side of Van Nuys Airport it's like World War II never ended ... The planes and buildings belong to Condor Squadron, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring America's veterans and the public display of the North American AT-6/SNJ Texan -- a sturdy two-seater that helped train tens of thousands of military pilots during World War II and the Korean War....(size: 6.2Kb)
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The Telegraph India25 Dec 2013
Nearly 60 years after his death, the brilliant scientist and war hero was given the formal pardon by Queen Elizabeth II on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of homosexuality, at the time a criminal offence in Britain ... Only four royal pardons had been granted since the end of World War II, a spokesperson for Grayling said....(size: 4.9Kb)
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Times Union25 Dec 2013
Imagine yourself a soldier in one of America's past wars, when armies observed the tradition of calling a truce for Christmas ... For we have been a nation at war with itself. Republicans versus Democrats, conservatives versus liberals, factions within factions, waging wars of words from Congress to the airwaves to the Internet to town and city halls, with rhetoric as brutal and dehumanizing as any battle cry....(size: 3.7Kb)
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New York Post Online25 Dec 2013
The killing field in question is the Central African Republic, where a year-long civil war has taken a monstrous toll ... The war started last December with an attack by Muslims against government loyalists in the north ... CAR watchers believe that, more than anyone else, the imported Boko Haram fighters are responsible for the religious tone of the war....(size: 4.8Kb)
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Dayton Daily News25 Dec 2013
Ohio veterans who served during the Persian Gulf war era must have their applications in no later than Tuesday to receive the bonuses funded by a $200 million bond issue approved by Ohio voters in 2009 ... Navy veteran Robert Erb III, who has received his bonus for serving in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan war eras, said his message to fellow veterans is simple....(size: 3.0Kb)
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Forbes25 Dec 2013
The famously disastrous Star Wars Holiday Special ... Originally broadcast on CBS in 1978 –and then never shown again– the Star Wars Holiday Special was produced by George Lucas when he was riding high off the release of the first Star Wars movie, and looking to make a few extra bucks with two painfully awful ... Star Wars Through The Ages ....(size: 1.8Kb)
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CounterPunch25 Dec 2013
Eddie Slovik the only American GI ever shot for desertion in World War Two ... The war went on killing many millions ... His World War One hero, Lt Henry, deserts at the height of a fierce battle. We know about Vietnam where army, navy and Marine Corps mutinies probably did more to end the war than our peace movement....(size: 4.1Kb)