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#POW #EdanAlexander
#HannibalDirektive
@palestine

Hamas: “We announce that we have lost contact with the team guarding soldier Edan Alexander following a direct Israeli bombardment targeting their location...It seems that the occupation army is deliberately trying to kill him and hence relieve themselves from the pressure caused by the dual-citizen prisoners in order to continue its genocide against our people,”
Of course: captives dead, problem solved

news.antiwar.com/2025/04/15/ha

April 16, 1945: On this date, the storied German prisoner of war (POW) camp at Colditz Castle was liberated. Established to hold Allied soldiers and airmen who had proven their mettle in escaping from other German camps - the Nazis thought it would be an inescapable POW facility. (Plot twist, it wasn’t.)

#WW2 #SERE #Colditz #POW

schloss-colditz.de/en/colditz-

Schloss ColditzColditz Castle | Schloss ColditzHerrschersitz, Jagdschloss, Witwenresidenz – mit seinen weißen Giebeln ist Schloss Colditz eines der schönsten mitteldeutschen Baudenkmäler des 16. Jahrhunderts – und Ausflugsziel für Geschichtsinteressierte.

y0 thanks to @seism0saurus's friend @kubikpixel i have a cool project to toss on the pile 😂:

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Installing and using this will likely result in your website not being indexed by some search engines. This is considered a feature of Anubis, not a bug."

respect my robots.txt or pound sound. #AI #mitigation #scrapers #PoW #antiAI

Mar 24, On this date in 1944, the real ‘Great Escape’ occurred when British Commonwealth POWs escaped from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III.

It was immortalized in the HIGHLY fictionalized 1963 film ‘The Great Escape’ (including among other inaccuracies, the role of Americans in the actual escape.) In the movie, Steve McQueen's character was based on Jerry Sage of the Office of Strategic Services.

Today in Labor History March 4, 1943: The Battle of Fardykambos began. It was one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. The battle lasted 3 days. The Greeks forced the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and liberated the town of Grevena. The Greek Resistance was one of the strongest anti-fascist resistance movements in Europe during the war. The Communist National Liberation Front, the largest contingent in the Greek Resistance, fought the Italians during the Battle of Fardykambos. As the fighting progressed, local civilians joined in, as did many of the right-wing members of the Greek Resistance. As a result of their victory, they obtained many weapons and took 550 Italians as prisoners of war.

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PT Rhyl " Detailed, sympathetic and both gripping and emotional. I had difficulty in not leaping ahead but by and large controlled that urge. The 'Reflections' chapter is a thoughtful way to conclude Williams story. I cannot think of a better way. I see what the author means about the appendices being time consuming. They are also fascinating from my quick read through. So many Polish and Australians as well as Brits, I must find time to read them again."
MO Cornwall "Congratulations, Rob, what a fantastic achievement! It's a wonderful, much needed piece of work that honours the forgotten everyman. An amazing example of military research, that would be of interest to military scholar and appeal to a smaller number of specialists (specialists in military history, but also students who would benefit from studying research methodology in its own right - whatever the subject)."
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My new book is now published, get one while they are oven-fresh!
The paperback is available directly from ➡️ my website. It is already listed by Foyles Waterstones & a dozen other places round the world (Denmark Taiwan, USA, Japan, Italy, Holland, Poland . .) and is on my store-front at ➡️ Bookshops.org. Amazon has both the paperback & E-book listed.
If you are intoWW2, Military & Social History, Genealogy or True Detective stories you will enjoy this entirely true tale.
Here are some of the comments from my 'early readers';-
ML Abergavenny "I am not an historian or regular reader of military literature, but this charming and hugely informative book captivated me from the start - it even made me cry a couple of times! Well done to the author whose relentless investigative skill and sensitivity is obvious on every page. I plan to read it again, perhaps a little slower, and appreciate the smaller details even more"
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#PoW

Every weekend, Ukrainians gather to support our brave defenders who remain imprisoned in Russia. Russia’s blatant disregard for international law subjects them to inhumane conditions and torture, both physical and psychological.

As their families wait at home, longing for their return, it is our responsibility to stand by them in their darkest hours.

Ukrainian defenders must be freed from Russian inhumane captivity. Russia and its war criminals must be held accountable. -MFA Ukraine