In tribute to Sinéad O'Connor.
https://youtu.be/FS5JE3OG07A
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With no reference to the above. It’s worth noting these two historical events. Order 227 was cruel but for it would the German Army have been defeated at Stalingrad?
On this day in 1942 Soviet leaderJoseph Stalin issued Order Number 227.
In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreated or otherwise left their positions without orders to do so were to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in ashtrafbatbattalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
On this day in 2005 the IRA called an end to its 31-year long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
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