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July 31, 2023 · War
As the dictator of the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin established an iron grip over the USSR and made it a dominant global power. During World War II, Stalin led the Soviet Union as its premier guiding the nation through its immense hardships and eventual triumph over […]
July 31, 2023 · War
On August 6, 1945, the United States Air Force dropped the first ever atomic bomb used in military combat on Hiroshima, Japan. Nicknamed “Little Boy”, this nuclear bomb caused unprecedented destruction, leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II. Little Boy embodied the dawn of the atomic age. Its deployment introduced the […]
July 4, 2023 · Politics
(Image by Lear 21 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0) The Cold War, a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies, lasted from 1947 to 1991. This era was marked by political hostility, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition. However, the end of the Cold […]
July 1, 2023 · Politics
The American Civil War, a landmark event in United States history, was a four-year-long struggle (1861-1865) that started with the attack on Fort Sumter and pitted the Northern States, known as the Union Army, against the Southern states, known as the Confederate Army. The big issue of slavery mainly fueled the Civil War. The North […]
May 24, 2023 · War
About 200 years ago, parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and a bunch of other American states belonged to Mexico. This is called the Mexican Cession. Most people don’t even know this big piece of land once belonged to Mexico — one of the biggest land transfers in modern history. In this article, I’ll tell you […]
September 24, 2022 · War
The story about this woman will give you chills for life. One of the war stories that fascinated me when I was younger was the story of Ilse Koch or the “Das Biest von Buchenwald”. That’s not because it’s a particular “fun” story or anything but mainly because it’s terrifying and it gives you chills when […]
August 1, 2022 · War
A remarkable story about the man that was protected by the one that hated Jews Hitler absolutely was disgusted by the Jews. We know that right? There are all sorts of theories going around about the origins of Hitler’s anti-Semitic views and his hatred of Jews. But we don’t know for sure. Many people think that […]
July 12, 2022 · Crime
On the 10th of July, the town of Oradour-Sur-Glane witnessed the most terrifying and horrible event of their history. The town in the center of France was destroyed by the Nazi Waffen-SS. The Germans were controlling that region at the time of the war and were brutally exploiting the civilians of southern France. Almost all […]
July 10, 2022 · War
In the 16–17th century, the Netherlands, or the low countries called at that time was under the rule of the Spanish King Philip II, he was the king of the Spanish empire which at this time included large parts of Europe. Philip was very religious, and Catholic and required his people to be so. Other […]
June 28, 2022 · Facts
Being one of the most infamous world leaders to have ever walked the planet makes you famous at the same time. Hitler didn’t only cause the death of around six million Jewish people in the Holocaust, he also killed tens of millions of non Jews in the Second World War and other atrocities. Although he […]
