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hlthe2b

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16. Okay. I understand...

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #15)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:17 PM

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As one whose father and three uncles served in the European or Pacific theaters, yet survived to come home and another uncle, did not, I have long wanted to understand as much as I can about that period and what caused people (especially Germans) to act as they did. Seeing the eery repetition today, I am particularly questioning what I know (and do not).

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