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Coldspur Website by Tony Percy

A few weeks back, I landed on the website of Tony Percy. Can’t quite recall the internet crumb trail that lead to his door (I think it might have had to do with Bernard O’Connor’s book). Either way, Tony’s site has proved to be thought-provoking. He recently wrote a series of blog posts about the

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Web Review – Compilation 11 Site – 12 of the Weirdest Secrets of World War 2

Well, there is always something new. I came across a blog post on the C11 (Compilation 11) website. This is a rather dubious site that has a bunch of posts about “The 10 most…” and the “The 13 most…”. Why one should expect accuracy from such a site is a bit of a mystery… but…

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Arbitrary Times… and Facts?

Came across another little site called Arbitrary Times that has a short post on the Last Execution in the Tower. I’m not sure of the information source for this article but there are some inaccuracies. The last execution in the Tower of London took place during World War II when Josef Jakobs, a German soldier,

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Blog Review – History of Sorts

Blog Review – History of Sorts I came across another blog post about Josef Jakobs last week. This particular blog, History of Sorts, is written by a Dutchman living in Ireland, Dirk deKlein. Dirk has an interest in history and writes in a fairly engaging way. His post on Josef can be found here. I’m

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The Dangers of Drifting

Apologies to anyone who has been trying to find my Josef Jakobs website (www.josefjakobs.com)! I have drifted away from blogging about Josef for the last 6 months and wasn’t updating the website at all. With the domain up for renewal in January, I had a look at it and was shocked to discover that the

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