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Thread starter PC
Start date Oct 29, 2019

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PC

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Oct 29, 2019

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If you love maps, or loved the movie The Monuments Men (or like me, both)...
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/untold-story-secret-mission-seize-nazi-map-data-180973317

Last edited: Oct 29, 2019

PAUL161

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Oct 29, 2019

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Really liked that movie! Hard to imagine the history preserved by those men, let alone the value of the items saved. :encouragement:

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TR3driver

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Oct 29, 2019

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Good read even if you don't love maps.
Thanks!

waltesefalcon

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Oct 30, 2019

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Excellent article, thanks for sharing it PC.

DrEntropy

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Oct 31, 2019

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I'd known about Hans Meier and The Richie Boys but not "the rest of the story". Thanks, PC! This fills in a lot of blanks. :thumbsup:

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