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Cripple. History Major. Vaguely left-wing.

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Guards are huge. Both well over 7 foot, tallest men in Kashmir at the time, supposedly

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"Fresh meat!"

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After one of those missions, while waiting for his aircraft to be reloaded, Col (Retd) Halvorsen saw 30 German children by the wire fence. He spoke with them for a while and was astounded by how grateful they were for something as simple as a bag of flour.

Speaking with BFBS in 1998, Gail described the children he met, saying: "The children of Berlin didn't have any gum and candy, hadn't had any for months.

"And the ones I met didn't beg for any, I couldn't believe that these kids would not ask for it.

"They were so grateful, thankful to have flour, to be free. They wouldn't lower themselves to be beggars."

The moment moved Col (Retd) Halvorsen so much that he broke the two pieces of chewing gum he had on him in half and was able to hand out four pieces to the children, but 26 others went empty-handed. He said: "They just wanted a piece of the wrapper to smell and then once they got a half a stick, tore off the wrapper and let them smell it.

"And I couldn't believe it for a smell, the reaction."

This chance encounter inspired Col (Retd) Halvorsen to return with more chewing gum plus sweets and chocolates for the children of Berlin.

Following his first encounter with the children of Berlin, Col (Retd) Halvorsen was determined to return as soon as possible with more treats, so that those who missed out the first time could enjoy some 'candy'. He said: "I told the other kids they could come back the next day and ... I'd drop enough gum for all of them to have some.

"Well, we couldn't buy very much gum and candy in the American military, so I'd have to wait a week.

"All week the kids were out there still waving, so I dropped it again and the crowd got bigger and bigger."

A few weeks later, one of the miniature parachutes containing sweet treats almost hit someone who worked at a German newspaper, prompting him to take a photo of Col (Retd) Halvorsen's aircraft and the parachutes.

This was a turning point in the story of the Candy Bomber as the veteran explained to BFBS, saying: "He got a picture of my airplane and the parachutes and my Colonel saw it and he got angry with me.

"He said, 'Why didn't you ask permission?' And I said, 'I didn't think you'd approve it' and he said 'you're right but the General saw it and he likes it so keep doing it'.

"So we got all the stuff we could drop."

https://www.forces.net/heritage/wwii/archive-interview-late-gail-halvorsen-reveals-joy-over-his-candy-bomber-role

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Part of the Arab slave trade, I believe.

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"you should have drank the pee"

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"You have a little sniffle, sir. I'm afraid we're going to have to take the whole foot." - medicine before antibiotics

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No, really

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Wiki sez:

The "H" stands for "Högertrafik",

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Event of the year, one supposes!

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The past is often fascinating - but we must also never forget its brutality. No colonial power of the turn of the century was saintly - all were brutal, and often genocidal. But the Belgians in the Congo beat everyone for sheer, pointless cruelty.

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Not much. The peoples of the Congo were very isolated from one another, and the Belgians put significant effort in keeping them that way. You had small uprisings, but they were generally local, and dealt with... extremely brutally.

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Many of these atrocities were carried out by their 'fellow' Africans in the employ of the Belgians, though the atrocities were generally ordered (or, gruesomely, regulated) by the Europeans. Sadly, people can seemingly dehumanize anyone, regardless of how they look.

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The picture below shows Zejneba Hardaga guiding a Jewish woman (Rivka Kavillo) and her children down a street in Sarajevo in 1941. As they walk, Zejneba covers Rivka’s yellow star with her veil. The Hardagas let the Kavillos (including their children and Rivka’s husband, Josef) stay in their home until Josef was able to get his wife to an area where they were relatively safe. Afterward, they continued to hide Josef despite the fact that Gestapo headquarters were nearby, and despite the fact that the town was plastered with signs warning that anyone caught housing a Jew would be killed. Josef eventually joined his wife and children, and they all survived the war.

https://forward.com/opinion/354853/get-inspired-by-the-muslim-woman-who-hid-a-jews-yellow-star-with-her-veil/

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Does that mean that you parttaking in an exploitative society by contributing taxes and work hours to its economy makes you a capitalist pig?

There's a world of difference between serving as a soldier and serving as a worker.

If you think of it its pretty easy. Just dont work for them and dont pay taxes. If you think deserting to the soviets who most likely just put you in some kind of barn and starve you/send you back on the front as a human wave is acceptable it must surely not be that bad to not be a scourge on society.

Great Nazi apologia. "The alternative is possibly dying q.q so it's better to fight and possibly die for genocide instead!"

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According to Heer, ‘60 to 80 per cent’ of German soldiers who fought on the eastern front participated in war crimes.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341229466_Crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht_A_Re-evaluation

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Wermacht soldiers, most likely the majority, were the guys who got pulled into the doings of the Nazi regime. Not nazis, coerced into nazi biddings. I cant call them nazies with a serious face.

The Wehrmacht was Nazi from top to bottom

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What do you call someone who's 'brave' enough to fight for genocide, but not brave enough to fight against it?

A fucking Nazi.

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Fernandez would be one of many who fought against the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. Barefoot and wearing mostly a frock, she began recruiting native men that numbered 110.[3] Her group initially only had three American rifles, relying mostly on homemade grenades, explosives, bolo knives, and single-shot pipe shotguns that fired nails.[1] Later on, they acquired Japanese weapons and more American guns.[3] South of Tacloban became the place where Fernandez and her guerrillas conducted their war.

She earned the name “Captain Fernandez” and “The Silent Killer” due to her exploits.[1] She trained her men vigorously in manufacturing weapons and conducting ambushes. She herself was knowledgeable in the use of the bolo during stealth, even demonstrating it to the Americans who had met her.[3] Her actions cost the Japanese, killing 200 of their men, and forcing them to place a bounty of P10,000 for her head.[2] She was wounded three times, bearing a scar on her forehead.

The Philippines was finally liberated from Japanese occupation in 1945. It is unknown what happened to Nieves Fernandez in the years afterwards, although it's said that she lived to her nineties in Tacloban with her sons and grandchildren.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieves_Fernandez

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Israeli civilians are not the same as neonazis. Please avoid conflating the actions of the Israeli government with the actions of civilians, or approving of antisemitic mob violence.

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Racist trolling is not welcome here.

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This woman is a hero. Punching a Nazi is always right, but it's not always legal (nor should it be). I feel comfortable holding both of those stances at once.

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Racist trolling is not welcome here.

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I hope whatever was in the handbag was heavy and hard.

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Cause of cancer: too many shoes

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Really? Jesus. I would have expected such a thing to have long died out.

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