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The atomic bombing of Nagasaki
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In 1945, in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a 10-year-old Japanese boy stood in attention at a cremation site, carrying his deceased baby brother on his back. The boy, barefoot and expressionless, stood in silence as he brought his sibling for cremation. Joe O’Donnell, the American photojournalist…
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It’s been more than 50 years since the Vietnam War ended.
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But for the combat nurses who served there, the details remain as sharp in their minds as the needles they used to help patients heal. Like the tropical heat that greeted Marsha Four when she arrived in July 1969 at the 18th Surgical Hospital at Camp Evans north of Huế.…
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the partial remains of Andrew Comyn “Sandy”
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After 100 years of speculation surrounding his fate, the partial remains of Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine are believed to have been discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest. Irvine vanished while attempting to conquer the world’s tallest peak in 1924, along with climbing partner…
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Atlantic slave trade.
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The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage. Europeans established a coastal slave trade in the 15th century and trade to the Americas began…
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barbaric” mob attack in Nigeria’s southern town of Uromi, in Edo state
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ABUJA, March 28 (Reuters) – At least seven suspected kidnappers were set ablaze and killed in a “barbaric” mob attack in Nigeria’s southern town of Uromi, in Edo state, the governor said on Friday. Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo condemned the mob killing of the individuals, pledging that those responsible would…
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The Holocaust (1933-1945)
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The Holocaust A genocide during World War II, where six million Jews and millions of others were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime. The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish…
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The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever
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Ole J Benedictow describes how he calculated that the Black Death killed 50 million people in the 14th century, or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population The disastrous mortal disease known as the Black Death spread across Europe in the years 1346-53. The frightening name, however, only came several centuries…
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The BLACK DEATH: 1346-1353 epidemic
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The estimated number of deaths ranges from 75 million to 200 million, or between 30 percent and 50 percent of Europe’s population. The Black Death, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, first exploded in Europe between 1347 and 1351. The estimated number of deaths ranges from 75 million to 200…
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Part 3. Cannibalism in the Chinese great famine 1959.
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There are widespread oral reports, though little official documentation, of human cannibalism being practiced in various forms as a result of the famine. To survive, people had to resort to every possible means, from eating soil and poisons to stealing and killing and even to eating human flesh. Yang Jisheng,…
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Part2. Death toll The Great Chinese Famine
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The excess mortality associated with the famine has been estimated by former CCP officials and international experts, with most giving a number in the range of 15–55 million deaths. The Maoist author Gao Mobo claims that anti-communist writers prefer to stretch the death toll number as high as possible while…