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1. Nazi retaliation was brutal

Mon May 27, 2024, 01:00 PM

May 2024

Last edited Mon May 27, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (2)

Churchill was waging war in any way he could. A few old line British military were appalled.

https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Ministry-Ungentlemanly-Warfare-Mavericks/dp/1250119022

It's been years since I read it, but it seems to me the limpet bombs developed secretly by Churchill were used in the attack on Heydrich

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On this day, May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded in an ambush in Prague. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 OP

Nazi retaliation was brutal bucolic_frolic May 2024 #1

Reminds me of this guy VMA131Marine May 2024 #2

You have to experiment with links like that to make them work. mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #3

"The Man in the High Castle" mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #4

I've been to the Prague church where this ambush took place LearnedHand May 2024 #6