After the Pearl Harbor Attack and the fall of Manila, there was the Battle of Midway, the most celebrated victory in World War II for the US.
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German Film Festival Review: Trautmann
A classically-made biopic and a post-war drama about the extraordinary life of German soldier Bert Trautmann, who turned out to be one of Manchester City’s most celebrated goal keepers of all-time.
Geek book review: In Defense of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”
In April 1942, Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.
