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Madonna Says She’s Into Initials – But is She in Ecstasy?

by observer1 in History, January 14, 2012
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Madonna’s new film about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is entitled W.E. after the way they signed off letters to each other, W for Wallis, and E for Edward. Her new album is called MDNA, but what is that referring to?

National Army Museum

by trevor price in History, January 12, 2012
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18 BATTALION AND ARMOURED REGIMENT,
CHAPTER two — THE ORION.

The Great British Property Scandal

by charsie in History, December 5, 2011
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Channel four television programme.

Book Review The Drama of The Scharnhorst by Fritz Otto Busch

by Bazza1972 in History, October 8, 2011
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Fritz Otto Busch originally published this book in West Germany in 1951, and the first English version was printed five years later.

Window at Goodrich Castle Commemorates Radar Researchers

by Bruce Officer in History, August 30, 2011
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In the chapel at the ruined medieval Goodrich Castle in Herefordshire, England, there is a stained glass window commemorating the British airmen and researchers who made such advances in radar in the Second World War. Why are they commemorated here? Read on!

IMF Cannot Cure European Nations’ Disease, It Itself Needs Cure

by ramkey in Issues, August 27, 2011
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IMF itself is sick. It cannot cure others. Its prescriptions so far have only worsened the problems of others. European countries have become beggars today. They don’t save. They don’t lead a family life. They just lead an animal life. Their cure does not lie in IMF’s hands. It lies in their own hands.

Life in Hawaii – Unaffected by The Radiation Hazards of Japan

by ramkey in Economics, August 22, 2011
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What a wonderful thing to read that Hawaii islands was not affected when nuclear radiations tragedy happened in Japan. Hawaii went on as usual.

The Establishment of L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade

by Bazza1972 in Military, June 22, 2011
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This ad hoc temporary military unit formed in the summer of 1941 would eventually evolve into the SAS.

Book Review Special Forces by Anthony Kemp

by Bazza1972 in Military, June 21, 2011
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Author Anthony Kemp is an expert on the world’s special forces. As such he was asked to write this book for the long – running Teach Yourself series.

The Hare Chase of Celle or The Celle Massacre

by john smither in History, April 8, 2011
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This massacre known as the ‘hare chase of Celle’ or to give it the German term ‘Celler Hasenjagd’ occurred in the final few weeks of the Second World War and was the crude name given by the Germans to the slaughter of survivors of a train wreck while being transported to a concentration camp.

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