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Sealion	Operational code name for the planned German assault on Great Britain in 1940/41

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Lawmaker Wants WW2 Vet to Get Medal of Honor - Military.com

Lawmaker Wants WW2 Vet to Get Medal of Honor
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World War II paratrooper units were light on their feet -- they carried everything on their backs and didn't travel in armored vehicles. So when James "Maggie" Megellas saw the German Mark V Panther tank bearing down on his platoon in Belgium during ...

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WW2 Korean Sex Slaves Snub Osaka Mayor Hashimoto's Apology Stunt - IBTimes.co.uk

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WW2 Korean Sex Slaves Snub Osaka Mayor Hashimoto's Apology Stunt
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A Japanese politician has apologised for saying that forced prostitution was a military necessity for his country's army during the Second World War - after two of the former sex slaves demanded his resignation. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto was due to ...
South Koreans protest after Japanese mayor defends use of women as sex ...Express.co.uk
Retired pastor describes Japan's WW2 brothels: 'It was inexcusable'The Tokyo Times

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PCs take WW2 veteran down memory lane (Bristol) - Avon and Somerset Constabulary

PCs take WW2 veteran down memory lane (Bristol)
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Between them the pair also gave him some original newspapers from the war period and found that Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust had a restored WW2 high speed launch similar to the one Mr Gillingham served on. The two PCs took him and his ...