World War II

http://www.rescuedfilm.com/#!rescuedwwii/c1d05

What fascinating pictures . I have just been reading a book The Piano War . it's subtitle is A True story of love and survival in World War II by Graeme Friedman , tells the love story of Oda Mehr and Bennie Hermer . They were South Africans who were caught up in the War , separated , captured, escaped and re encountered one another in Cairo . Bennie was a doctor who enlisted in the SAfrican forces . Oda was a pianist who went to Europe to further her study and career . it is a remarkable story of the survival of the human spirit and the triumph of love . It is also a story of sadness and loss . Time Magazine at the time wrote up the story as "Love, Believe it or Not " The book was published in 2003 . I recommend this book for an insight into personal lives.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/06/world-war-two-fatalities-visualized_n_7...

It is interesting to note that the population of the United States did not reach 140 million until 1945, which was exactly twice the total number of people killed during WWII.

A friend from Albuquerque just sent this fascinating link of photographs from WWII ... most of them taken just before, during, and immediately after the D-Day landings.

(Note: I found it easier to click on the images to travel back and forth in time.)

8:58 AM 17 June 2015

Subject: Pictures from 1944 to 2014 same photo will change into today from 1944
Let's not forget how it was....

Now this is an incredible use of technology---like traveling back in time!
Left click and hold on each photo, and then drag your mouse gently from
left to right on the original photograph and will be become a photo of the
exact same location and view today - drag it back to the left and you are back in 1944!

Scroll down for more of the same. Just fascinating!
http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.h...

Wow! Thank you very much.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/world/europe/russian-ambassador-says-poland-wa...