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Monday, September 15, 2008

partisans 2

1. Bill Alexander: Sydenham's International Brigade veteran (Transpontine)

2. Anti-Nazi partisans not Stalinist dupes (TNC)

3. On a Raised Beach: Durruti speaks, Italian liberation, From Franco's Spain to the Liberation of Paris (h/t: Poumista)

Previous: Partisans 1 (in Yugoslavia), The International Brigade vs Durruti in San Fran, The persecution of partisans in Lithuania.
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jams o donnell said...

Thanks for these links Bob. Excellent articles

19 September, 2008 14:06

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