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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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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…
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(Part 1) The Great Chinese Famine
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The Great Chinese Famine ‘three years of great famine’ was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. It is widely regarded as the deadliest famine and one of the greatest man-made disasters in human history, with an estimated death toll…
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Disturbing footage has emerged showing the moment an angry mob tear the clothes off two women and cut their hair after they were suspected of shoplifting.
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The pair were also shoved and kicked as they lie on the ground and try to shield themselves from the blows. The incident was filmed by onlookers in the town of Tapachula in the south-western Mexican state of Chiapas. It was then shared on Twitter , where it has been viewed over…
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The Heartbreaking Story of a Father and Daughter Separated by War: The Photo That Moved the World
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**👨 👧 A hug after 11 years of silence… ** Imagine a father who never saw his daughter growing up. In 1956, Karl Wawrzinek, a German soldier captured by the Soviets in 1945, finally reunites with Roswitha, his 12-year-old daughter, whom he had left when she was just a baby.…
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An Lushan rebellion
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The An Lushan rebellion was a civil war in China that lasted from 755 to 763, at the approximate midpoint of the Tang dynasty (618–907). It began as a commandery rebellion attempting to overthrow and replace the Tang government with the rogue Yan dynasty. The rebels succeeded in capturing the imperial capital Chang’an after the emperor had fled to Sichuan, but…