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Mongol conquest
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In 1227 AD, Genghis Khan, famous Mongol warlord and conqueror, is believed to have fallen from his horse while campaigning in China. The fierce Mongol emperor suffered severe internal injuries and subsequently passed away, leaving a vast empire – an empire that historians ascertain as the largest contiguous empire in…
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World War II or the Second World War
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World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world’s countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used…
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Colonization Of The Americas
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Introduction. During the 15th century, the European countries of Spain and Portugal began sending ships on expeditions to find new trade routes to Asia. An accidental outcome of this search was that explorer Christopher Columbus encountered land in the Western Hemisphere in 1492. He landed in the Caribbean islands. Other European explorers soon traveled…
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How the Americans bombed Prague and what it has to do with the Dancing House.
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The Dancing House, also known as Ginger and Fred, is Prague’s most famous modern building. Instagram is full of photos of tourists taking pictures with the Dancing House – and I’m sure few of them know that the Dancing House exists as a result of the bombing of Prague in…
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THE OIL PATCH WARRIORS OF WORLD WAR II
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I thought all you Oilfield Hands and others would enjoy this. As a side note, during the War, anyone working on Oil Rigs was exempt from the Draft and was required to stay on the job as long as required. If a hand didn’t show up for work, the Sheriff…
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Lynching was a form of terrorism used against Blacks.
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Today, the Equal Justice Institute (EJI) released a report about lynching in the United States between 1877 to 1950, and their research indicates that hundreds more of African American men, women, and children were lynched during that time period than previously thought, bringing the number of victims to nearly 4,000.…
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I REMEMBER how men and women were thrown into gas chambers only because their identity was deemed evil and not worth life.
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Unfortunately the suffering of the Jewish identity in these world for almost 2000 years similar to the one of Africans hasn’t changed, to this day those Hitler ideas still occupy minds of many in our sadly troubled world. When you listen to the so-called academics who publicly and unashamedly deny…
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An estimated 1.4-1.6 million Jews were killed in Ukraine between 1939-1945. That number is staggering.
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and with the horrific scenes playing out worldwide of violent rhetoric against Jews, I wanted to take a minute to stop and remember the Ukrainian men and women who survived those tragic years of World War II. An estimated 1.4-1.6 million Jews were killed in…
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Today, we remember the slain Jewish men, women…
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On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army and the inconceivable extent of the atrocities perpetrated by Nazi Germany came to light. The piles of suitcases now on display at Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum tell the story of the countless victims that walked through the camp’s gates.…
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William Homer “Bill” Genaust (October 12, 1906 – March 4, 1945)
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was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who went missing in action during the battle of Iwo Jima while serving as a war photographer in World War II. He is best known for filming the second U.S. flag-raising on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945. Genaust operated a…