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History (ww2)

Raygers said:
If World War II is a topic of interest to you, I possess a 10-volume set of "The War Illustrated." Although it is currently up for sale, there has been little to no interest in it, and it is occupying unnecessary space.

Should you find it useful, you are welcome to have it, as I would prefer it to go to someone with an interest.
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That would be fantastic!
 
For those who can't get the print version, here are all of the issues from WWII. Fascinating reading, and likely contain good examples of Allied propoganda/spin .
https://www.ibiblio.org/pha/TWI/
Germany published news reels, Die Deutsche WochenSchau, many of which are on YT. Those also contain their spin on events.

Germany also published a magazine called Signal (Signaal in Holland) in various languages. Stopped in 1944 once the tide turned.

Signal Magazine 1940 - 1945

Signal 1940 - 1945, a German Propaganda Magazine of World War II
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Raygers said:
If World War II is a topic of interest to you, I possess a 10-volume set of "The War Illustrated." Although it is currently up for sale, there has been little to no interest in it, and it is occupying unnecessary space.

Should you find it useful, you are welcome to have it, as I would prefer it to go to someone with an interest.
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If Dave doesnt take them I am interested, I got a couple volumes of that set at a gunshow years ago but have never been able to find the rest of the set. I have complete sets of Civil War & Viet Nam but not WW ll
 
Hmmm....

Brother-in-law's father was Special Service Force, aka, Devil's Brigade. I looked for, and found a picture of him, on the Canadian War Archives website.

My Grandfather graduated out of Royal Military College Kingston, in the Post WW1 era, his contribution to the effort was to be a supplier of flower seeds. Flower seeds were found to be the fastest sprouting seeds to be used for camouflaging buried bunkers and earthworks...

A while before all that, my Great Grandmother's Father, Served in the Victoria's Volunteer Rifles, I have his Medal for the part he played, in the Battle of Eccles Hill.
 
I found some Canadian ID tags in a auction purchase a number of years ago. Was surprised to find they were made of leather.
 
My uncle was forced to rebuild Messerschmitt engines under the Olympic Stidium in Amsterdam. They left the tolerances as loose as they could get away with.
My dad's father had his cable radio distribution business in Amsterdam forcibly nationalized in 1941. Either that or my dad went to Germany as forced labour.
They always had back packs ready to depart with.
Mother's grandparents almost killed by an allied bomber clearing bombs, several people killed next door.
Aunt & family relocated from Rotterdam near harbour to Amsterdam due to repeated bombing by allies.
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lots of bombs dropped that night in one area, at the time this was the western edge of Amsterdam:
Over 5000 planes crashed in Holland during the war.
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gerritv said:
My uncle was forced to rebuild Messerschmitt engines under the Olympic Stidium in Amsterdam. They left the tolerances as loose as they could get away with.
My dad's father had his cable radio distribution business in Amsterdam forcibly nationalized in 1941. Either that or my dad went to Germany as forced labour.
They always had back packs ready to depart with.
Mother's grandparents almost killed by an allied bomber clearing bombs, several people killed next door.
Aunt & family relocated from Rotterdam near harbour to Amsterdam due to repeated bombing by allies.
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That sounds much like the Occupied French, when put to work making Fiesler Storches ( I think I got the spelling pretty close ) which were a very short takeoff and landing light plane that was quite useful to anyone with access to one. They were having structural failures of a largely wooden airframe, and eventually, traced it back to that the conscripted laborers, were peeing in to the glue pots that were being used to put them together...

I worked with a guy whose Parents went through the starvation in Holland. He was beaten if he did not finish what was on his plate! Tough, rough people. Survivors.
 
My ancestors all fought bravely against the Nazis, some of them lost their lives. My dad began the war as a Captain in the Polish navy and ended the war as Lieutenant Commander in the English Navy. He was awarded a medal for bravery for single handedly defusing numerous unexploded ordinance in order to protect cadets under his command. He was wounded in action and his first wife went missing and was presumed dead in the Warsaw uprising. My parents didn't become Canadians until after the war ended. My grandfather (my Mom's dad) was a tank battalion commander that participated in D-day, eventually earned a DSO, and is memorialized to this day in the Dutch town of Axel. I had an Uncle who drove a tank at the battle of Monte Casino. My mother and her family risked their lives by assisting with the underground resistance in Poland during the German occupation. Lots of amazing stories around that. Like something you see in the movies.
 
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