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The curious origin story of Fanta.
Due to the English blockade of Germany from the onset of World War 2, Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) had great trouble sourcing Cola Cola syrup for making Coca Cola. This even became entirely impossible after Germany attacked the Soviet Union and after war was declared on the US, following Pear Harbor.
To keep the company going, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including apple peelings and pomace, sugar beet root & whey (a cheese byproduct).
The origin of the name is contested. Some say it came from Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German). Others from Keith saying "Fantastisch" when for the first time sampling, what would become the final product. In either case, A Coca Cola Gmbh Salesman, Joe Knipp, coined the shorter "Fanta", which became the name of this new product.
In 1943, 3 million cases of Fanta were sold in Germany. Many bottles were not consumed as a beverage but used as a cooking ingredient to add sweetness and flavor to soups and stews, as sugar was severely rationed.
After the war, the US main office of Coca Cola was very surprised to find their German sub branch alive and thriving. They proceeded to adopted the Fanta product back into the mainstay of the company, although the recipe was since heavily reworked in 1955 and once more, in the late 80ties.
Due to the English blockade of Germany from the onset of World War 2, Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) had great trouble sourcing Cola Cola syrup for making Coca Cola. This even became entirely impossible after Germany attacked the Soviet Union and after war was declared on the US, following Pear Harbor.
To keep the company going, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including apple peelings and pomace, sugar beet root & whey (a cheese byproduct).
The origin of the name is contested. Some say it came from Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German). Others from Keith saying "Fantastisch" when for the first time sampling, what would become the final product. In either case, A Coca Cola Gmbh Salesman, Joe Knipp, coined the shorter "Fanta", which became the name of this new product.
In 1943, 3 million cases of Fanta were sold in Germany. Many bottles were not consumed as a beverage but used as a cooking ingredient to add sweetness and flavor to soups and stews, as sugar was severely rationed.
After the war, the US main office of Coca Cola was very surprised to find their German sub branch alive and thriving. They proceeded to adopted the Fanta product back into the mainstay of the company, although the recipe was since heavily reworked in 1955 and once more, in the late 80ties.
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Men of the Kenpeitai pose in front of the camera. 1942, Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
The Kenpeitai was the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army that also served as the secret police of Imperial Japan, active from 1881 to 1945.
They used cruelly repressive tactics to control the militarily occupied territories of Japan's World War II empire. Through horror tactics, the Kenpeitai and their willing ethnic collaborators from Manchuria to Singapore imposed submissiveness on reluctant nations and used ruthless brutality to break the will and spirit of those who did not submit to the Japanese regime.
Forming a part of the Imperial Nipponese Army, the Kempeitai were soldiers who acted as armed military and security policemen, but with a high degree of independence. At the end of WW2 the Kenpeitai were 36.000 men strong.
Many of the Kenpeitai were hung as war criminals. Some committed suicide, but others escaped retribution and went on to enter senior positions in Japanese society.
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The Kenpeitai was the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army that also served as the secret police of Imperial Japan, active from 1881 to 1945.
They used cruelly repressive tactics to control the militarily occupied territories of Japan's World War II empire. Through horror tactics, the Kenpeitai and their willing ethnic collaborators from Manchuria to Singapore imposed submissiveness on reluctant nations and used ruthless brutality to break the will and spirit of those who did not submit to the Japanese regime.
Forming a part of the Imperial Nipponese Army, the Kempeitai were soldiers who acted as armed military and security policemen, but with a high degree of independence. At the end of WW2 the Kenpeitai were 36.000 men strong.
Many of the Kenpeitai were hung as war criminals. Some committed suicide, but others escaped retribution and went on to enter senior positions in Japanese society.
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A Sopwith Camel forced down and photographed at Clapham Junction at Zillebeke Flanders Belgium 26 September 1917.
'From the collection of Hooge Crater Museum, probably the best private WW1 museum in Belgium."
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'From the collection of Hooge Crater Museum, probably the best private WW1 museum in Belgium."
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Members of the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion are loading Pan magazines as used on the Lewis Gun, outside their billets in the Cavalry Barracks at Ypres, Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium, 1 November, 1917.
The 2nd Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 1st, 3rd and 4th Battalions it was recruited from New South Wales and, together with these battalions, formed the 1st Brigade.
The battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. The battalion took part in the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915 as part of the second and third waves, and was led by Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Braund, who was killed in action nine days later. On 6 August, the 1st Brigade led the charge at Lone Pine. Among the dead was the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel R. Scobie, killed during a Turkish counter-attack. The battalion served at ANZAC until the evacuation in December 1915.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt. In March 1916, it sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918 the battalion took part in operations against the German Army, principally in the Somme Valley in France and around Ypres in Belgium. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozieres in the Somme valley in July 1916. Later the battalion fought at Ypres, in Flanders, before returning to the Somme for winter.
In early 1917 the German Army withdrew to the formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line.
As the 2nd Battalion advanced towards these defences in April 1917, Private T. J. Kenny attacked several enemy machine gun positions with grenades, earning the 2nd Battalion's only Victoria Cross. The battalion spent much of the rest of 1917 fighting in increasingly horrendous conditions around Ypres.
In 1918 the battalion returned to the Somme valley and helped to stop the German spring offensive in March and April. The battalion subsequently participated in the Allies' own offensive, launched to the east of Amiens on 8 August 1918. This advance by British and Empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as "the Black Day of the German Army in this war".
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The 2nd Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 1st, 3rd and 4th Battalions it was recruited from New South Wales and, together with these battalions, formed the 1st Brigade.
The battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. The battalion took part in the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915 as part of the second and third waves, and was led by Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Braund, who was killed in action nine days later. On 6 August, the 1st Brigade led the charge at Lone Pine. Among the dead was the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel R. Scobie, killed during a Turkish counter-attack. The battalion served at ANZAC until the evacuation in December 1915.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt. In March 1916, it sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918 the battalion took part in operations against the German Army, principally in the Somme Valley in France and around Ypres in Belgium. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozieres in the Somme valley in July 1916. Later the battalion fought at Ypres, in Flanders, before returning to the Somme for winter.
In early 1917 the German Army withdrew to the formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line.
As the 2nd Battalion advanced towards these defences in April 1917, Private T. J. Kenny attacked several enemy machine gun positions with grenades, earning the 2nd Battalion's only Victoria Cross. The battalion spent much of the rest of 1917 fighting in increasingly horrendous conditions around Ypres.
In 1918 the battalion returned to the Somme valley and helped to stop the German spring offensive in March and April. The battalion subsequently participated in the Allies' own offensive, launched to the east of Amiens on 8 August 1918. This advance by British and Empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as "the Black Day of the German Army in this war".
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On the left is Epraim Blevins born Wilkes Co., NC Nov. 23, 1843, enlisted Co. K, 37th NC Inf. in 1862, WIA & captured at Gettysburg, PA where his photo was taken by Mathew Brady. He was photgraphed with two other prisoners, his father, Andrew Zachariah Blevins, and his cousin, John Baldwin. After the war, he moved to Washington Co., VA where he died on Dec. 7, 1919. He is buried in Washington Co., VA..
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Men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division halt for a rest, a chat and a smoke on their way to an advanced position near Wanssum, Province of Limburg, The Netherlands, 26 November 1944.
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An abandoned enemy gun, near Hannebeek, in the Ypres Sector, being removed by members of the 39th Battery of Australian Field Artillery during the intervals between barrages.
Identified: Sergeant (Sgt) W. Bethune (1); unidentified (2); Gunner (Gnr) J. Burke (3); Corporal T. A. Palmer (4); Driver R. Ross (5); unidentified (6); unidentified (7); unidentified (8); Sgt J. W. Nelson (9); Gnr A. L. Morgan (10); Lt A. Priddle (11); unidentified (12); Gnr J. Holleley (13); Gnr H. R. Schofield (14); Gnr G. Fitzmaurice (15); unidentified (16); unidentified (17); Gnr S. J. Dutton (17A); unidentified (18); Cpl C. W. King (19); Bombardier D. J. Kinghorn (20).
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Identified: Sergeant (Sgt) W. Bethune (1); unidentified (2); Gunner (Gnr) J. Burke (3); Corporal T. A. Palmer (4); Driver R. Ross (5); unidentified (6); unidentified (7); unidentified (8); Sgt J. W. Nelson (9); Gnr A. L. Morgan (10); Lt A. Priddle (11); unidentified (12); Gnr J. Holleley (13); Gnr H. R. Schofield (14); Gnr G. Fitzmaurice (15); unidentified (16); unidentified (17); Gnr S. J. Dutton (17A); unidentified (18); Cpl C. W. King (19); Bombardier D. J. Kinghorn (20).
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Soldier H.E. Goddard of the Perth Regiment, carrying a Bren Light Machine gun on his shoulder, as he moves through a forest north of Arnhem with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. to the Canadian Blind Division. Netherlands. 15th April 1945.
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Royal Italian 400mm Mortar in a camouflaged position on Monte Grappa being loaded for action.
The gigantic steel tube could propel a 270 kilogram projectile with a 105kg charge up to 4 kilometers at a steep angle. It could however fire only up to 6 times per hour.
The first battery of these gigantic mortars which consisted of 2 pieces was deployed during the 10th Battle of the Isonzo with another battery being added just in time for the 11th Battle of the Isonzo.
Date picture: 1918.
The gigantic steel tube could propel a 270 kilogram projectile with a 105kg charge up to 4 kilometers at a steep angle. It could however fire only up to 6 times per hour.
The first battery of these gigantic mortars which consisted of 2 pieces was deployed during the 10th Battle of the Isonzo with another battery being added just in time for the 11th Battle of the Isonzo.
Date picture: 1918.
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