The Allied Incineration of Little Rome
At 11:02 AM, as local Catholics prepared for the Feast of the Assumption, using the cathedral’s spire as a landmark, the American-made and delivered atomic bomb was detonated directly over the Urakami district,
At 11:02 AM, as local Catholics prepared for the Feast of the Assumption, using the cathedral’s spire as a landmark, the American-made and delivered atomic bomb was detonated directly over the Urakami district,
“The German generals in charge were dumbfounded and outraged at Hitler’s attitude in thus preventing them from pressing an advantage which they believed would result in the capture of the entire British Expeditionary Force.
This included huge supplies of ammunition, 880 field guns, 310 guns of large calibre, some 500 anti-aircraft guns, about 850 anti-tank guns, 11,000 machine guns, nearly 700 tanks, 20,000 motorcycles and 45,000 motor cars and lorries.
Maria, who was just 12 years old, clutched the hand of her 6-year-old brother. She had promised her dying mother that she would protect him. But how do you keep a promise when the entire world has decided you do not deserve to live?
Thus, if life, race, work, nature, and homeland are high and supreme values for us, it is not out of arbitrariness, but because the path to God, to the meaning of life, to an order befitting life, to morality, and to faith, leads through all these things.’ Stengel von Rutkowski, On Omnipotence and the Order of Life
‘Let us be fair to these people who were imprisoned under 18B, and let us remember, not only have they not been convicted of any crime, but they have never been accused of any crime. This should be remembered in all fairness to them.’
In fact, it was filmed on Staten Island, New York, with scores of New York City actors being signed up to play imaginary roles.
One English soldier recalled: ‘The ball appeared from somewhere… They made up some goals… it was just a general kick-about. I should think there were about a couple of hundred taking part.’
The British-inspired Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942, was an epic disaster later dressed up as a victory. The losses have since been described as akin to those at the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.
This week in 1940, the island of Sark, like the rest of the Channel Islands, formally surrendered to its new German occupiers.
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