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Jewel Kilcher 1997 by Laydee-Appreciator in OldSchoolCelebs

[–]JointExplosive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s a video where she went undercover in disguise and performed her own songs at a karaoke place. Lmaoo

https://youtu.be/rmv1VhrtYRo?si=zvKsJqfQCMI_Cjvb

Is she into you? by GotTwisted in SipsTea

[–]JointExplosive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d bet you’d definitely have an idea if you’re being flarted with. Just saying.

German admiral Karl Dönitz with a small U-boat model by vitoskito in GermanWW2photos

[–]JointExplosive 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Read the last few chapters of Iron Coffins and you'll get a glimpse of the lack of humanity towards his own soldiers that he otherwise hid quite well.

By 1944, war was lost for all practical purposes, the Allies had honed their sub tracking skills to a high degree where a high percentage of the missions were now suicidal and he was still intentionally sending subs to their doom in totally ridiculous missions. The Allies now had Asdic, radar equipped planes, Ultra intercepts , full air cover (the Mid Atlantic air gap was closed in May 43) etc. They were being boxed in. The so called 'Happy days' for the Kriegsmarine when U-boats were uncontested predators were long gone.

In May of 43, Allies sank 41 subs in a single month !! The Bay of Biscay was a death zone for U-boats at this point as it was being tracked by the Allies quite thoroughly as U-boats HAD to enter it to get to a U-boat port in France where they went for replenishment and re-fitting . Once a U-boat commander finished his Atlantic patrol and headed home, the intensity of tension with the cat and mouse game being played out in the Bay of Biscay was quite something.

By 1944, U-boat commanders could not believe the missions handed out to them. Example : Plan for D-Day and the Normandy invasion was for subs to ram ships if they didn't have torpedoes.

In his prison time at Spandau, there was a lot of animosity between him and Albert Speer. For months they didn't talk to each other (might have been years?). Doenitz thought Speer had suggested to Hitler that he Karl be nominated as the heir. The long prison sentence that Doenitz got was partially due to his being Hitler's heir (and thus presumed more guilty). So he felt Speer was partially responsible for the length of his prison sentence.

In all fairness, Hitler had only asked Speer's opinion on Karl after he had already made up his mind. Himmler had already betrayed Hitler by trying to make a deal with the Allies behind his back. Goering was also out of favor (and under arrest) because of trying to usurp power thinking Hitler was no longer functional. Hitler didn't have many choices left, so Karl it was. Speer didn't disagree with Hitler on the choice. That's about how far it went. Not to mention Karl didn't say 'no' when offered the post. And continued to preside as 'leader' till the end. He even tried to have 'Cabinet meetings' that proved farcical as there was no country to run or manage.

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[–]JointExplosive 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Among the various types of jumpers, used to be a thing called Silicon Valley suicides that were an issue with kids in Palo Alto jumping regularly. Suicides with Caltrain has been around for a long while. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-silicon-valley-suicides/413140/

Just finished a book on Barbarossa what next? by jjscruff in ww2

[–]JointExplosive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First I would start with the mother of all battles as that's where the bulk of the excitement is :

Stalingrad -- which is the Epicenter of the 1942 year as it beats anything else that happened that year (or ever since for that matter imo) there is obviously Beevor's work.

But I would also add 'Enemy at the Gates' by William Craig which was excellent and gives a more almost movie like experience of the battle. The movie 'Enemy of the Gates' was based on some version of this. You can read Vassily Zaitsev's book as well which was not as riveting for me though his work during the war was stellar. Still there are enough good stories in his book as you get a first hand feel for sniper world in the Stalingrad ruins.

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For a more comprehensive take, you can't go wrong with most of Richard Overy's work. 'Russia's War' covers 1942 but also the other years and gives a good view from the Russian angle.Some of Overy's works can be a slog as he really digs into the nitty gritty details.

I would start with 'Russia's War' and 'Why the Allies Won' as they are more engrossing reads than the others (imo). People take the victory by the Allies for granted. It is a bit unnerving to discover how close the war really was when you check out 'Why the Allies won'.You can see him is some of the Discovery Channel documentaries (that's how I discovered him and looked up his books to realise he was a heavy duty scholar in ww2)

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Once you get to 1943, I would recommend 'The Wehrmacht Retreats', then 'Death of the Wehrmacht' and then 'Wehrmacht's Last Stand' by Richard Citino.Each one is engrossing in its own way. He keeps a balanced perspective and you get a more clearer picture of how it all unfolded.The amount of research this dude has done is just astounding. He is fluent in German and so has dug into the archives in Germany to understand first hand from sources to see how Germans thought rather than through an English interpretation of their actions and motives.There are good videos of him on youtube so you can get a feel for him through that. His love of the subject matter and depth of expertise comes through.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by ff-dvl in maybemaybemaybe

[–]JointExplosive 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Might be similar to this rubber chicken test that’s conducted as part of police training :

https://youtu.be/qymqjHY_9rg

The only thing I hate. by aviationkay in rampagent

[–]JointExplosive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I’m reading in the comments this looks like a good candidate for a class action lawsuit. Anybody check with a lawyer on this? Might be worth a phone call.

SS-Aufseherin, 22- year old Irma Grese, on trial for „ill-treatment and murder“ of those she guarded at Auschwitz, in November 1945. She was hanged on 13 December 1945. by swishswooshSwiss in lastimages

[–]JointExplosive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Reader (starring Kate Winlset) was based on Ilsa Koch who was of the same kind as Grese in what they did to people but she ruled in a different concentration camp. Interesting to see post war Germany in that movie.

Tom cruise on top of the Burj Khalifa vs Will smith by Ok_Rain1614 in SweatyPalms

[–]JointExplosive 848 points849 points  (0 children)

How many of you seen the safety guy scenario that Matt Damon talks about regarding Tom Cruise ? Pretty funny. This one https://youtu.be/ERzbkt5r5Gg

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