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HOW STALIN REESTABLISH A DISCIPLE IN THE SOVIET ARMY AGAINST NAZI GERMANY, STALIN ISSUED ORDER NO 227 WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO THE FAMOUS SLOGAN “NOT A STEP BACK”.
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But what if the soldiers still took a step back? Or ten steps back? What would Stalin do about it? Oh yes, absolutely, orders similar to Stalin’s Order No.227 have been issued many many times in history! Here I’m gonna give just one single most relevant and ironic example. A…
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NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden.
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On a summer’s day in 2006, inside an apartment not far from Virginia’s old death chamber, an 82-year-old man handed over a briefcase to an archivist. The bag held four execution recordings so rare, similar tapes from another state had been released just once before in history. When executions take…
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Garrote Execution…
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The garrote is a device thatstrangles a person to death. It very common once, is no longer sanctioned by law in any country though training in its use is still carried out in the French Foreign Legion. It was widely employed in 17th and 18th century India as an assassination…
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THE REVIEL HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF AMAMPONDO/MPONDO.
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The name Mpondo came came from their first King called Mpondo who was a twin to Mpondomise & to Xesibe which they were Kings to their nations that is named after them. The Mpondo nation is like a nation just like the Xhosa & Zulu people but they are officially…
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Poena Cullei: The Worst Roman Punishment.
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Throughout history Man has shown extraordinary imagination in inventing penalties and sentences for crimes committed by fellow man. The Romans in particular had an almost theatrical quality in the way these punishments were dolled out. One of the worst was reserved for parricide—the killing of a parent— in which the…
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THE HORRIBLE STORY OF THE “NO GUN RI MASSACRE”
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The first month of the Korean War was chaotic and full of military failures for the South Korean army and its allied U.S. Army. The invasion came as a complete surprise and the North Korean army quickly captured Seoul and rolled southward with little opposition. American forces had been quickly…
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RAB CONCENTRATION CAMP ARBE, KAMPOR.
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In order to crush partisan resistance in Ljubljana, Fascist Italy carried out raids beginning in February 1942 and the majority of arrested civilians were sent to Rab (or Arbe in Italian). the largest concentration camp in Italian-occupied territory. Established in July 1942, the camp held 10,000-15,000 people until it was…
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Among the many episodes of horrific brutality during the Civil War, the Great Hanging at Gainesville stands out as one of the worst.
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There was considerable Unionist sentiment in North Texas following that state’s secession and widespread objection to the Confederate Conscription Act that went into effect in April 1862. Opposition to the draft led to rumors of a Unionist plot to seize state arsenals. In response to the rumors, Texas militia entered…
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Maj Gen William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
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He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth policies he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. Sherman…
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A PAINFUL HISTORY OF HOW A TOURIST WAS K!L.LED BY THREE TIGERS IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD.
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One of the tigers can then be seen dragging the man away by his foot, The man was rushed to hospital in East China’s Zhejiang Province but it is unclear whether he survived the attack. A tourist k!l.led by three tigers in front of his horrified wife and child jumped…