Second World War

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November 4, 1883: “The Black Rider” Nikolaos Plastiras was born

Greek City Times 04 Nov 2021

After the Greek defeat in the war, he launched the 11 September 1922 Revolution with other Venizelist officers that deposed King Constantine I of Greece and his government ... During the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second World War he was the nominal leader of the EDES resistance group, although he remained in exile in Marseilles.

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My Grandmother’s Historic War Story

Williamson Herald 04 Nov 2021

In the middle of a very sublime conversation about my early military experiences, my grandmother, then in her 80s, just casually said, “You know, when I was in the Marines back in World War I ” ... Naval Academy Class of 1888 graduate’s notable talent was best highlighted in World War I by being appointed as only the second U.S.

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Interview: Dominic Monaghan Talks Villainous Call of Duty: Vanguard Role, Love of Gaming

Coming Soon 04 Nov 2021

He’s at a really interesting point in his life and a really interesting point in the history of the Nazis in the second World War ... And then as the game goes on, they obviously receive different information about where they might be in the story of the second World War.

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Captain Sir Tom Moore honoured at National Memorial Arboretum

BBC News 04 Nov 2021

... the Burma Star for his service in the Burma campaign during World War Two ... "It offers a new way for us to help engage visitors and encourage them to discover some of the incredible stories from the often-overlooked campaigns in the Far East during the Second World War.".

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Apocalypse-predicting Doomsday Clock is actually at 100 seconds to midnight – and NOT at one ...

The Daily Mail 04 Nov 2021

'We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds – not hours, or even minutes,' said Bronson ... It was founded by concerned US scientists involved in the Manhattan Project that developed the world's first nuclear weapons during the Second World War.

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How we can share our divided world

The Irish Times 04 Nov 2021

without peace among great powers, prosperity is at best fragile; and neither peace nor prosperity will last in a world ravaged by environmental catastrophes ... Post-war patchwork. After the second world war, global prosperity was underpinned by a patchwork of rules and institutions designed and run by western powers, led by the US.

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Beloved Millcreek bakeshop is for sale. Will anyone have time to make the doughnuts?

Erie Times-News 04 Nov 2021

In 1959, hot, fresh doughnuts filled trays at H&K; Donuts in west Millcreek for the first time ... His grandfather also worked out of the old Jack Frost location on Buffalo Road and was able to avoid being drafted into the (Second World) War because he made donuts for the workers of (General Electric) that were making parts for the war.". Hole to fill.

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How Joe Biden’s approval rating has plunged to a new low

New Statesman 04 Nov 2021

According to FiveThirtyEight’s data analysis, Donald Trump and Gerald Ford were the only presidents since the Second World War with lower approval ratings at this stage of their presidencies. Neither went on to serve a second term ... .

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Pamela Rose obituary: Actor who gave up the stage to become a wartime codebreaker

The Irish Times 04 Nov 2021

As part of the forces entertainment programme Ensa, Rose had begun the second World War in a reserved occupation, acting in Bournemouth and then at the Prince of Wales theatre in Birmingham ... Torn between the West End and the prospect of unspecified secret war work, she sought Birch’s advice ... “The stage can wait, the war can’t.”.

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4 Years Later, NYT Says Steele Dossier ‘Turned Out to Be Democratic-Funded Opposition Research’

Consortium News 04 Nov 2021

American rulers today are engaged in multiple conflicts following decades of post-World War II invasions and coups to expand their global interests ... world wars. American newspapers voluntarily agreed to censor themselves in the Second World War before the government dictated it.

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Goodwill donation of war medals makes its way to soldier's grandson after months of detective work

CTV 04 Nov 2021

When a collection of medals representing one man's service in both the First and Second World Wars turned up at a Calgary Goodwill store, staff knew immediately they had work to do ... .

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Britain is getting poorer on Rishi Sunak’s watch despite his sunny optimism

The Independent 04 Nov 2021

he’s presiding over the weakest income growth on record ... So they don’t cover either the depression of the 1930s, or what went on during the second world war ... .

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Queen told aide of ‘unbearable’ sorrow after George VI’s death, letters reveal

The Times/The Sunday Times 04 Nov 2021

Farebrother, a former Grenadier Guard who patrolled Windsor Castle during the Second World War, later became a schoolmaster and Charles’s private tutor ... .

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Fire breaks out in London residential building: Rescue Service

The Times of India 04 Nov 2021

LONDON ... "Crews evacuated residents on three floors of the building who were affected by smoke ... The incident became the deadliest UK residential fire since the Second World War ... .

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Fire Breaks Out in London Residential Building - Rescue Service

Urdu Point 04 Nov 2021

According to the fire and rescue service, the epicenter of the fire is located on a balcony on the eighteenth floor ... The incident became the deadliest UK residential fire since the Second World War ....