Weekly History Wrap Up: 08/19/11
August 19, 2011
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Fridays mean time for the Weekly History Wrap Up.
A new book was released this week, pinning French fashion icon, Coco Chanel, as a Nazi spy.
World War II naval aviators, Stewart Bass and Leon Frankel, were reunited at the Fargo Air Show this week after 66 years. The pair flew Avengers together over the Pacific.
Scoot over Monopoly, how about a World War II based board game?
Fascinating story on the “Ritchie Boys,” a group of German-speaking Jews who fled their homeland and ended up working intelligence for the U.S. in World War II.
A new memorial will be unveiled this week in Queensland, Australia, honoring Australian Korean War soldiers.
Archeologists are sifting through the remains of a newly-discovered Civil War-era POW camp near Savannah, Georgia.
Til Monday, have a historical weekend!