Tag: world war II
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The new appeaser of 2025
On the 30th September 1938, Neville Chamberlain arrived at Heston Aerodrome near London with an agreement he’d just signed with a Mr A. Hilter in Munich, Germany. He waved the paper to a jubilant crowd saying, “it is peace for our time.” Great Britain had agreed alongside France, Italy and Germany to annexe part of…
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Memories of World War II: an interview with my grandfather
Last week I asked my father about my grandfather’s wartime experience since it was Remembrance Day and I had been thinking about it. He sent me an interview which my cousin, Lyle Shelton, had conducted with Pa in the years before he died. It’s fascinating reading and so I’m going to put it on my…
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