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The first German prisoners crossed into Camp Concordia, Kansas on July 4th, 1943. They had eaten nothing but watery cabbage soup for six days. The messaul doors opened at 1700 …
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Wikimedia CommonsGustave Eiffel was the civil engineer who built the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most iconic landmarks in the …
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married on the morning of September 12, 1953 in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Rhode Island. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John …
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YouTube / History X In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service got their hands on a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and ran a series of tests to see how it compared to …
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During the Battle of Wizna in September 1939, a Polish army of just 720 soldiers was able to stand strong against 42,000 Nazis for three days. Polish Museum of AmericaThe …
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