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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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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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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…
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Smilodon was a prehistoric predator and one of the most famous saber-toothed cats.
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Despite often being called the “saber-toothed tiger,” it was not closely related to modern tigers or any living cats. Instead, it belonged to the now-extinct subfamily Machairodontinae. Smilodon roamed the Americas during the Pleistocene and early Holocene epochs, living between 2.5 million and 8,200 years ago. Smilodon was a stocky…
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MUSE ALONG
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Bloody symposiumAccolades to comradesFallen at the fore frontsLevelled by leadersExempted from the lawNeglect of human rights Embattled leadersDefeated in self battleEntangled in their own craftinessMoving with hollow conscienceExperts in painting of good imageStealing the hearts of the massesEnticing many a heartManipulating to malfunctionThe heads o’ the lot At the turn…
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SOLDIER ROY WOOLDRIDGE’S LIFE SAVED BY ERWIN ROMMEL….
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He was viewed as Hitler’s finest General, admired even by the Allies for his skills as a military leader. But to one captured British soldier, Erwin Rommel was the man who saved his life – and gave him beer and cigarettes.Captain Roy Wooldridge, from the Royal Engineers, has told how he…
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Worst Prisons in History.
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Nelson Mandela once said that to truly know a nation, you must experience its jails. However, today we go beyond nations and venture back through centuries. We will explore the worst prisons in history, from ancient dungeons to modern facilities. Let’s begin with Mamertine Prison. In Ancient Rome, life was…