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Galesburg in WWII: Ninety-one more from Knox County drafted
Talbot Fisher
Blitzkrieg came to the Balkans as Germany invaded Greece and Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941.
“Adolf Hitler’s blitzkrieg armies swept through the Balkans like a tornado today,” read the Register-Mail on the 9th.
“Striking with tempestuous fury, the Germans captured the Aegean seaport of Salonika, forced the surrender of the trapped east wing of the Greek army estimated at 300,000 men before hostilities began, and drove westward across Yugoslavia to within 15 miles of a junction with Italian troops in Albania.”
“The toll in slain and wounded was said to be enormous.”
A VILLAGE is set to light up green as part of a fundraising mission to help a woman raise £130,000 for essential home improvements. Lucy Watts MBE, 27, from Thundersley, has a life-limiting progressive condition that is so rare, doctors don’t have a name for it. She is the only person known to have this gene mutation that has left her dependent on 24-hour care. The People’s Independent Party in Castle Point is launching a fundraising event next month in Thundersley to help raise the vital cash needed. Lucy has turned to the community to help her raise cash for an extension to her home which would allow her to stay living with her family.
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SALEM — A pair of Republican senators in Oregon appear to be pulling back on a bill that would have impacted two of their colleagues’ leadership roles in the state