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ww2db @ww2db.com · Jan 24

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out

Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.

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Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1998: Betty Gillies, aviatrix, passed away ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=505

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Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1944: Erwin Rommel committed suicide with a cyanide capsule given by Wilhelm Burgdorf. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=4

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Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1944: [Photo] A Japanese aircraft crashing near USS Princeton off Taiwan ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=1684

ww2db @ww2db.com · 8h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1944: Soviet and Yugoslavian troops entered Belgrade. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=302

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Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1943: [Photo] US Navy WAVES personnel in exercise in low pressure chamber ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=4521

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Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1943: [Photo] US Marine Private Harry Weber with pet fox at Quantico ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22052

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Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1942: [Photo] USS Marblehead off New York, New York, United States ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22551

ww2db @ww2db.com · 11h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1943: US bombers attacked Schweinfurt ball bearing plants; 77 were shot down. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/facility/Schweinfurt_Ball_Bearing_Factories/

ww2db @ww2db.com · 13h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1942: Six Japanese destroyers landed 1,000 troops on Guadalcanal. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=9

ww2db @ww2db.com · 14h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1941: All surviving Soviet troops in the Bryansk pocket in Russia were captured. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=37

ww2db @ww2db.com · 15h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1940: Balham Tube Station in London hit by German bomb, killing 66. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=95

ww2db @ww2db.com · 16h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1939: German submarine U-47 sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Scotland. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=291

ww2db @ww2db.com · 17h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1937: [Photo] Japanese soldiers walking among Chinese refugees ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=13135

ww2db @ww2db.com · 18h

Today in WW2 History, 14 Oct 1890: Dwight Eisenhower, future general and president, was born ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=30

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1945: [Photo] USS Missouri in the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=19176

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1945: The last of 11,461 Wellington aircraft to be built rolled off the production line. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/aircraft_spec.php?aircraft_model_id=138

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1944: [Photo] Patton decorating Private Ernest Jenkins in France ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=4949

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1944: [Photo] US aircraft attacking Shinchiku Airfield, Taiwan ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=21177

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1944: [Photo] Montgomery showing King George VI a tactical map ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=21451

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1943: Pietro Badoglio announced a declaration of war against Germany. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=309

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1942: [Photo] Seaplane Carrier Nisshin at Bougainville ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=1624

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Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1942: 164th Infantry Regiment became the first US Army unit on Guadalcanal. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=9

ww2db @ww2db.com · 1d

Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1941: A production order was placed for the improved Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighter. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/aircraft_spec.php?aircraft_model_id=37

ww2db @ww2db.com · 1d

Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1940: After dark, London was bombed from 1900 hours until 0600 hours by German bombers. ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=95

ww2db @ww2db.com · 1d

Today in WW2 History, 13 Oct 1939: [Photo] Finnish anti-aircraft crew in Helsinki ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=14473