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and Stalin halted the Red Army's advance on Poland in 1944 so the Nazi's could finish off the Warsaw ghetto
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AT THE OUTBREAK of World War Two there were three million Jews in Poland. Three to four hundred thousand lived in Warsaw – one third of the city’s population. Although Jews had lived in Poland since 1200, there was a long history of anti-Semitism and discrimination, which increased during the 1930s. Most lived in poverty, working in small family workshops.
The Nazis invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, a week after the Stalin-Hitler pact was signed. Sixteen days later Stalin ordered the Soviet army to invade. By 1 October Warsaw had fallen to the German army. Within days separate bread queues were established for Jews and Poles. The Nazis built on pre-existing divisions and prejudice to keep the population divided. Himmler later wrote to Hitler "… we have the greatest interest in not uniting the population of the East but, on the contrary, in dividing it into as many parts and splinters as possible". (25 May 1940)
Most leading public figures left Poland as war broke out. A state of panic and chaos developed among the population left behind. There were immediate cruel and random acts of terror as Jewish people were beaten, rounded up for forced labour, and instructed to hand over all valuables. From November, all Jews over ten years old had to wear the Star of David on armbands.
It helped inspire the magnificent workers’ uprising throughout Warsaw in August 1944, which took place as the Soviet army was within ten kilometres of the city. But, instead of moving in as expected, the Soviet forces retreated under Stalin’s orders. He was fearful that any independent workers’ action might encourage Russian workers to move against the bureaucratic elite he represented. As a result, the Nazis regrouped, massacred 200,000 people and razed the city to the ground.
Only 200 Warsaw Jews survived until the end of the war. But the heroism of the ghetto uprising remains an inspiration to socialists. It showed that, no matter how desperate the circumstances, struggle is possible. The socialist youth organisations took the lead in convincing Jews that resistance was possible. Their determination reinforced the change from the earlier moods of panic and fatalism.
But it also appeared to show that Jews could only rely on themselves. They had not received significant help from the Polish working class, and none from Western Allied or Soviet forces. After the war this mood was used to justify the formation of Israel and its armed struggle. "For centuries, the Jews had been persecuted, driven from country to country in search of a home, herded into ghettos and denied the rights of citizens. They had been forced to fight for their very existence… But they won the victory. With the dead fell the ghetto walls, and in their place today stands the state of Israel". (M Barkai, The Ghetto Fighters, 1962)
The Nazis invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, a week after the Stalin-Hitler pact was signed. Sixteen days later Stalin ordered the Soviet army to invade. By 1 October Warsaw had fallen to the German army. Within days separate bread queues were established for Jews and Poles. The Nazis built on pre-existing divisions and prejudice to keep the population divided. Himmler later wrote to Hitler "… we have the greatest interest in not uniting the population of the East but, on the contrary, in dividing it into as many parts and splinters as possible". (25 May 1940)
Most leading public figures left Poland as war broke out. A state of panic and chaos developed among the population left behind. There were immediate cruel and random acts of terror as Jewish people were beaten, rounded up for forced labour, and instructed to hand over all valuables. From November, all Jews over ten years old had to wear the Star of David on armbands.
It helped inspire the magnificent workers’ uprising throughout Warsaw in August 1944, which took place as the Soviet army was within ten kilometres of the city. But, instead of moving in as expected, the Soviet forces retreated under Stalin’s orders. He was fearful that any independent workers’ action might encourage Russian workers to move against the bureaucratic elite he represented. As a result, the Nazis regrouped, massacred 200,000 people and razed the city to the ground.
Only 200 Warsaw Jews survived until the end of the war. But the heroism of the ghetto uprising remains an inspiration to socialists. It showed that, no matter how desperate the circumstances, struggle is possible. The socialist youth organisations took the lead in convincing Jews that resistance was possible. Their determination reinforced the change from the earlier moods of panic and fatalism.
But it also appeared to show that Jews could only rely on themselves. They had not received significant help from the Polish working class, and none from Western Allied or Soviet forces. After the war this mood was used to justify the formation of Israel and its armed struggle. "For centuries, the Jews had been persecuted, driven from country to country in search of a home, herded into ghettos and denied the rights of citizens. They had been forced to fight for their very existence… But they won the victory. With the dead fell the ghetto walls, and in their place today stands the state of Israel". (M Barkai, The Ghetto Fighters, 1962)
Ok, I'm not going to sound like a nice guy here, and am bound to be called every bad name in the book, but why couldn't "the Jews" (blanket statement/yes there are good exceptions as with any group) ever find themselves a home? They have proven themselves over the centuries to be exceptionally resourceful, yet they consistently migrate from land to land intruding upon already established and agreed upon blueprints of societal norms, cultures, and values. I doubt all the dozens of countries they've been thrown out of over the centuries/millennia were plain "evil" and "hateful", picking on the "poor, innocent Jew" (which is how they are always portrayed) trying to make a life for him/herself.
Does anyone with a rational thought process really think this is how all of these places would have treated an outsider trying to assimilate into another already established and agreed upon blueprint of societal norms, cultures, and values?
No, there is a much more logical reason than that. That reason is because Jews (again, blanket statement; there are always exceptions, but this however happens to be the norm) have an innate habit of trying to internally change the workings of whatever society they arrive at to their own blueprint, thus causing disruption and getting them subsequently kicked out by whatever method that society deemed "appropriate".
http://www.vanguardnewsnetwork.com/wolzek/HistoryofOurWorld.html
"...With the dead fell the ghetto walls, and in their place today stands the state of Israel."
And if the above statement is true, it's been causing problems for U.S. as well as the Jews themselves still ever since.
Again, I'm sure to many I sound like an anti-semite, white supremacist, hate-filled bigot, yada yada, etc. but it really gets old having logical, real world explanations for many of these issues dismissed as trash and replaced by attacks and emotional hysteria of being nothing but a "hate monger".
Virtually everyone is afraid to criticize a Jew or more daringly, the Jewish people (read: The Holocaust) and to no surprise, as people who have have lost friends, family, employment, property, freedom, etc. not to mention having their opinions ridiculed and ultimately silenced. Now, one must ask oneself: what kind of an opinion does it take that so much drastic action is demanded to be taken against it?
Sooner or later the Jewish population as a whole needs to start owning up to their own flaws like everyone else has been expected to, especially "whitey."
Does anyone with a rational thought process really think this is how all of these places would have treated an outsider trying to assimilate into another already established and agreed upon blueprint of societal norms, cultures, and values?
No, there is a much more logical reason than that. That reason is because Jews (again, blanket statement; there are always exceptions, but this however happens to be the norm) have an innate habit of trying to internally change the workings of whatever society they arrive at to their own blueprint, thus causing disruption and getting them subsequently kicked out by whatever method that society deemed "appropriate".
http://www.vanguardnewsnetwork.com/wolzek/HistoryofOurWorld.html
"...With the dead fell the ghetto walls, and in their place today stands the state of Israel."
And if the above statement is true, it's been causing problems for U.S. as well as the Jews themselves still ever since.
Again, I'm sure to many I sound like an anti-semite, white supremacist, hate-filled bigot, yada yada, etc. but it really gets old having logical, real world explanations for many of these issues dismissed as trash and replaced by attacks and emotional hysteria of being nothing but a "hate monger".
Virtually everyone is afraid to criticize a Jew or more daringly, the Jewish people (read: The Holocaust) and to no surprise, as people who have have lost friends, family, employment, property, freedom, etc. not to mention having their opinions ridiculed and ultimately silenced. Now, one must ask oneself: what kind of an opinion does it take that so much drastic action is demanded to be taken against it?
Sooner or later the Jewish population as a whole needs to start owning up to their own flaws like everyone else has been expected to, especially "whitey."
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Spartans were badass but they were beaten pretty badly by the Thebans in the battle of Leuctra.
One the Theban leader (Epaminonda) figured out the tactics of the Spartan phalanx.. he obliterated them.
After this battle.. the Spartans were so depleted in men and pride they slowly decling into a second rate state in the greek empire.
What a lot of people dont realize is that while the spartans were badass... actual "Spartans" were few in number and relied HEAVILY upon their Helot slaves (whom they mistreated for hundreds of years).. during their declin they Helots regularly revolted and were evenutally set free by the Thebans.
The Spartans really fucked themseleves in the end.. their stubborness and elititst attitude really became their downfall.. actual citizens numbered less than a 1000 by the end of their reign.
One the Theban leader (Epaminonda) figured out the tactics of the Spartan phalanx.. he obliterated them.
After this battle.. the Spartans were so depleted in men and pride they slowly decling into a second rate state in the greek empire.
What a lot of people dont realize is that while the spartans were badass... actual "Spartans" were few in number and relied HEAVILY upon their Helot slaves (whom they mistreated for hundreds of years).. during their declin they Helots regularly revolted and were evenutally set free by the Thebans.
The Spartans really fucked themseleves in the end.. their stubborness and elititst attitude really became their downfall.. actual citizens numbered less than a 1000 by the end of their reign.
javaguru
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Another Fallschirmjäger video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVDYC98LJAY
I still like this one for impact.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURjXxbyQ9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVDYC98LJAY
I still like this one for impact.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURjXxbyQ9k
javaguru
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The Conquest of Malaya and Singapore was a major embarrassment for the British army.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHySVZstIs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
"The Battle of Singapore was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold of Singapore. The fighting in Singapore lasted from February 7, 1942 to February 15, 1942.
It resulted in the fall of Singapore — the major British military base in South East Asia — to the Japanese and the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. About 80,000 Indian Empire, Australian and British troops became prisoners of war, joining 50,000 taken by the Japanese in the Malayan campaign.
The predominantly ethnic Chinese people of Singapore had long provided material support to China in its war with Japan. This was one of the motivations for the Japanese invasion of Singapore and the later suffering and atrocities inflicted by the Japanese occupation."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHySVZstIs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
"The Battle of Singapore was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold of Singapore. The fighting in Singapore lasted from February 7, 1942 to February 15, 1942.
It resulted in the fall of Singapore — the major British military base in South East Asia — to the Japanese and the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. About 80,000 Indian Empire, Australian and British troops became prisoners of war, joining 50,000 taken by the Japanese in the Malayan campaign.
The predominantly ethnic Chinese people of Singapore had long provided material support to China in its war with Japan. This was one of the motivations for the Japanese invasion of Singapore and the later suffering and atrocities inflicted by the Japanese occupation."
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