Soldier of the war
Aubrey Cosens served in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada during the war.
While in Mooshof, Germany on February 25 and 26, 1945, Cosens proved certain
Canadian stereotypes to be incorrect when he seized an enemy stronghold by himself.
After his platoon came under heavy counterattack during an attempt to seize three
farmhouses held by the Germans, Cosens took command. He charged from cover, under
heavy fire, to direct the last remaining Allied tank to fire on one the farmhouses. After
ordering the vehicle to ram one of the buildings, Cosens went in alone, killing
several occupants and taking the rest prisoner. He then proceeded to
singlehandedly kill or capture all of the enemies in the second and third
buildings, securing the enemy strong point. After he had captured the farmhouses
in a blaze of glory, he was fatally shot in the head by an enemy sniper.
http://listverse.com/2013/10/18/10-world-war-ii-soldiers-who-pulled-off-amazing-feats/.
http://www.google.com/search?q=RocketLauncher+M1/M1A1/M9+(Bazooka)&safe=active&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=O-t0U6DmN4OuyATP3oGAAQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=705&surl=1#hl=en&q=Aubrey+Cosens&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=32XS_3_c656Y2M%253A%3Bhoqc-sFdvpRkuM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca%252Fdhh-dhp%252Fimages%252Fbio%252Fcosens-a.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca%252Fdhh-dhp%252Fgal%252Fvcg-gcv%252Fbio%252Fcosens-a-eng.asp%3B275%3B400
While in Mooshof, Germany on February 25 and 26, 1945, Cosens proved certain
Canadian stereotypes to be incorrect when he seized an enemy stronghold by himself.
After his platoon came under heavy counterattack during an attempt to seize three
farmhouses held by the Germans, Cosens took command. He charged from cover, under
heavy fire, to direct the last remaining Allied tank to fire on one the farmhouses. After
ordering the vehicle to ram one of the buildings, Cosens went in alone, killing
several occupants and taking the rest prisoner. He then proceeded to
singlehandedly kill or capture all of the enemies in the second and third
buildings, securing the enemy strong point. After he had captured the farmhouses
in a blaze of glory, he was fatally shot in the head by an enemy sniper.
http://listverse.com/2013/10/18/10-world-war-ii-soldiers-who-pulled-off-amazing-feats/.
http://www.google.com/search?q=RocketLauncher+M1/M1A1/M9+(Bazooka)&safe=active&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=O-t0U6DmN4OuyATP3oGAAQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=705&surl=1#hl=en&q=Aubrey+Cosens&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=32XS_3_c656Y2M%253A%3Bhoqc-sFdvpRkuM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca%252Fdhh-dhp%252Fimages%252Fbio%252Fcosens-a.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca%252Fdhh-dhp%252Fgal%252Fvcg-gcv%252Fbio%252Fcosens-a-eng.asp%3B275%3B400
Franz Stangl was born in Austria, Stangl was a commandant of the Sobibor
and Treblinka extermination camps. In 1940, through a direct order from
Heinrich Himmler, Stangl became superintendent of the T-4 Euthanasia
Program at the Euthanasia Institute at Schloss Hartheim where mentally and
physically disabled people were sent to be killed. Stangl accepted, and grew accustomed to the
killing of Jews, perceiving prisoners not as humans but merely as “cargo”. He is
quoted as saying, “I remember standing there, next to the pits full of black-blue corpses…. somebody said ‘What
shall we do with rotting garbage? that started me thinking of them as cargo. Stangl escaped Germany after the war
and was eventually arrested in Brazil, in 1967. He was tried for the deaths of around 900,000 people. He admitted to
these killings, but argued: “My conscience is clear. I was simply doing my duty”. He died of heart failure
in1971, while serving a life sentence.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
https://www.google.com/search?q=margaret+bourke-white&safe=active&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cvtzU-nJKIGjyAS_1IKwBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=705#hl=en&q=Franz+Stangl+&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=fJO8idpbmniBOM%253A%3ByZ48iaE0GmFPQM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fspartacus-educational.com%252FGERstangl.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fspartacus-educational.com%252FGERstangl.htm%3B164%3B257
and Treblinka extermination camps. In 1940, through a direct order from
Heinrich Himmler, Stangl became superintendent of the T-4 Euthanasia
Program at the Euthanasia Institute at Schloss Hartheim where mentally and
physically disabled people were sent to be killed. Stangl accepted, and grew accustomed to the
killing of Jews, perceiving prisoners not as humans but merely as “cargo”. He is
quoted as saying, “I remember standing there, next to the pits full of black-blue corpses…. somebody said ‘What
shall we do with rotting garbage? that started me thinking of them as cargo. Stangl escaped Germany after the war
and was eventually arrested in Brazil, in 1967. He was tried for the deaths of around 900,000 people. He admitted to
these killings, but argued: “My conscience is clear. I was simply doing my duty”. He died of heart failure
in1971, while serving a life sentence.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
https://www.google.com/search?q=margaret+bourke-white&safe=active&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cvtzU-nJKIGjyAS_1IKwBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=705#hl=en&q=Franz+Stangl+&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=fJO8idpbmniBOM%253A%3ByZ48iaE0GmFPQM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fspartacus-educational.com%252FGERstangl.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fspartacus-educational.com%252FGERstangl.htm%3B164%3B257