FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
August Sabbe (September 1, 1909 – September 27, 1978) was one of the last surviving Estonian members of the Forest Brothers, a group of patriotic citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who resisted and fought against the Soviet occupation of their three nations. Sabbe hid in the forests of Estonia, living off of the land like other Forest Brothers. is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The Forest Brothers (also: Brothers of the Forest, Forest Brethren; Forest Brotherhood; in Estonian: metsavennad, in Latvian meža brÄļi, in Lithuanian miÅ¡ko broliai) were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule and for German Nazis during the Soviet invasion and occupation of... Soviet redirects here. ...
In 1978, at the age of 69, Sabbe was found by two KGB agents posing as fishermen. When they attempted to capture him, he jumped into a river and hooked himself to a submerged log, ending his life. However, this story is sometimes contested by KGB. This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ...
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Józef Franczak
Józef Franczak Józef Franczak (17 March 1918 - 21 October 1963) was a soldier of the Polish Army, Armia Krajowa WWII resistance, and last of the cursed soldiers - members of the militant anti-communist resistance in Poland. ...
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