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• “Goodnight. Sorry for Sinking You,” Says U-Boat Commander

  

  “Goodnight. Sorry for sinking you” Kommandant of U-68 to survivors of SS City of Cairo which he had just sunk. Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Merten... Read more

  The 22 May 2015 by   Sfalcont
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• Plains, Rocks & Cosmos

  In anticipation of a summer touring the Great Plains, I took some time off from the blog to immerse myself in a surprisingly rich literature on the subject,... Read more

  The 12 May 2015 by   Cris
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• Talking Vivien Leigh and The Future

  

  A couple weeks ago I was contacted by a youtube user called Jim Junot, who has started a web series called The Junot Files where he interviews authors of books... Read more

  The 21 May 2015 by   Kendrajbean
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• Field Notes from the 2015 TCM Film Festival

  

  Back at the end of March, thousands of film nerds from around the US (and as far afield as Canada, Sweden, Norway and Scotland) descended upon Hollywood Blvd fo... Read more

  The 04 May 2015 by   Kendrajbean
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• Linlithgow Palace

  

  Of all the places that I visited during my recent research trip to Edinburgh, Linlithgow Palace was perhaps the biggest surprise. Read more

  The 22 May 2015 by   Mmeguillotine
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• The Royal Air Force Pigeon Service

  

  Who Could Make This Up? Yes, the Royal Air Force deployed homing pigeons or carrier pigeons on bombers and other planes in the event planes had to ditch in the... Read more

  The 11 May 2015 by   Sfalcont
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• Killing 15,000 French by Bombing French Rail Junctions Before D-Day

  

  posted by author Charles McCain www.charlesmccain.com WWII French General Charles De Gaulle A WWII photo portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free... Read more

  The 10 May 2015 by   Sfalcont
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• Pauling and the Moon

  

  Herblock editorial cartoon published in the Washington Post, November 1963.[Post 2 of 2 marking the centenary of Jerome Wiesner’s birth]When Linus Pauling... Read more

  The 26 May 2015 by   Scarc
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• Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History

  

  I’m so sorry about taking a month off from my blog but I hope you’ll all forgive me when I reveal that the reason for my absence was a brand new book about Mari... Read more

  The 18 May 2015 by   Mmeguillotine
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