On April 30th Anthony (age ten) asked me if the Reichstag (the Nazi capital building in Berlin and housing for Adolf Hitler) fell that day. He was testing to see if I knew the date and I replied recalling the Battle of Berlin was during April 1945. He then informed me Hitler killed himself on April 30th. Anthony was correct on both accounts.
His homework and report cards indicate he is not the best reader nor the best memorization skills. Yet I know this is not a true reflection of his abilities, he reads history and his memory is amazing.
While watching the History Channel series “The Story of Us (America)” as they began to discuss the World War II era he described in perfect detail the June 6th Allied D-Day beach landings by country: Sword Beach (British), Juno Beach (Canadian), Gold Beach (British), Omaha Beach (American) and Utah Beach (American). I couldn’t remember this when I was ten.
Below is a clip from “Saving Private Ryan” which is very violent as war is very violent.
D-Day was the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.
[Credit to Paramount Pictures, “Saving Private Ryan” and the videographer MarineSniperMK for his video post]
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