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Berlin museum centering on Germans expelled after WWII opens

Federal News Radio 22 Jun 2021
“How can the exodus and expulsion of Germans at the end of and after World War II be portrayed without raising the slightest doubt that this country is aware of its lasting responsibility for the German crimes of World War II and the murder of European Jews?”.
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3 things

The Star Democrat 22 Jun 2021
In 1945, the World War II battle for Okinawa ended with an Allied victory ... (A year later on this date, Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.) In 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
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Photos: Moscow Lights 1,418 Candles on 80th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War

Sputnik 22 Jun 2021
The Great Patriotic War claimed the lives of nearly 27 million Soviet soldiers and civilians. The war was fought along the Eastern Front of World War II between the Soviet Union, on one side, and Nazi Germany and its allies, on the other ... .
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Voice of the People

Hastings Tribune 22 Jun 2021
I am delighted that crowds got to see (and some even flew inside) the vintage B-29 Boeing Superfortress that was built in my birth city of Wichita, Kansas, and which my late father Bill Marples and aunt Ina Marples, had a hand in its original construction during World War II.
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Keene 'Ghost Soldiers' may finally get their due

Union Leader 22 Jun 2021
KEENE — Keith McKane said his father, Mickey McKane, never really talked about his World War II experience, but did make jokes about it ... Timothy Congdon said his father, former Keene State College professor Richard Congdon, also kept his stories about the war to a minimum ... The Combat Con Artists of World War.”.
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The Rocketeer: What If Cliff Secord Never Stumbled Upon Howard Hughes’ Jetpack Prototype?

Cinema Blend 22 Jun 2021
Though that would have been the least of the world’s problems. World War II Would Have Played Out A Lot Differently ... war by US forces ... After winning the Nationals and taking Jenny to the South Seas Club as intended, Cliff Secord would have more than likely served in World War II.
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Family celebrates legacy of service as WWII hero passes the torch

CBS News 22 Jun 2021
At 97, he is the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II ... .
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Austrian soldier imprisoned for showing photos of testicle swastika tattoo

The Jerusalem Post 22 Jun 2021
... owes also to an earlier conviction for displaying Nazi symbols, which is forbidden in Austria. He had received a suspended prison sentence for posting online pictures of Nazi World War II memorabilia.
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Today in History for June 22nd

USA Today 22 Jun 2021
France falls to Nazi Germany on what becomes a day of ...
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#89. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

The Pantagraph 22 Jun 2021
... II, and then struggle to reintegrate into society.
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Japanese jazz saxophonist Nobuo Hara dies at 94

Kyodo 22 Jun 2021
He was 94. File photo shows jazz saxophonist Nobuo Hara performing in Tokyo in June 2010 ... He was inspired by jazz music as he visited nightclubs for occupation forces after Japan's surrender in World War II ... ....
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Businessman, restaurateur who served Wichita's high rollers in the '70s, has died at 98

Marietta Daily Journal 22 Jun 2021
Jun. 21—One of Wichita's earliest restaurant pioneers — a World War II veteran who went on to build his own real estate business using knowledge he gleaned from his influential restaurant customers — has died at age 98. Wayne Wong, ... .
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How the Second World War was won

New Statesman 22 Jun 2021
In Britain the Second World War has become fixated on “Our Finest Hour” in 1940 ... “There were no decisive battles in World War II.” (So much for Stalingrad, Kursk and indeed Alamein.) Losses in these “great” battles amounted to a “minuscule” percentage of Nazi munitions production.
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Letter to the Editor: Right Wing 'Cancel Culture' Is At It Again

The Centralia Chronicle 22 Jun 2021
History itself canceled ... Rosewood ... What is known loosely as critical race theory, that asserts racism is systemic in America, has now become a right wing culture war battle cry ... They served their country in World War II and came home to often brutal and cruel treatment from white America, but they never stopped believing in the ideals of the country.
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Adam C. Bonk

The Citizens' Voice 22 Jun 2021
Adam C. Bonk, 96, of the Hanover section of Nanticoke, passed away Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Birchwood Healthcare Center, Nanticoke. Born Sept. 25, 1924, in Nanticoke, he was a son of the late Frank and Antoinette Wanielista Bonk. A veteran of World War II, Adam served his country with the U.S ... 30, 1946. He married the former, Margaret Kmetz on Oct.
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