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On this day, June 18, 1940, Winston Churchill delivered his "This was their finest hour" speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 3042
Medici tv series from 2016-2020 0 SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1942
World War One (ALL PARTS) 3 Uncle Joe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1361
The Only Moving Film Footage of Anne Frank, Born June 12, 1929; Jewish Emigration 7 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 25 3770
Plz give me your best audios, from the US a/b the Normandy landings 2 irisblue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1571
Oradour Sur Glane, France: Preserved Town after Nazi Massacre June 10, 1944, 4 Days after D-Day 3 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 3302
On this day, June 10, 1942 and 1944, there were three German-led massacres. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1156
For those interested in WWII, a YouTube channel devoted to WWII has dropped stunning D-Day 2 catbyte Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 3081
D-Day vets remember their landing, very emotional. 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1216
D Day, June 6, Operation Overlord, largest military operation in US history. 3 BigmanPigman Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 3491
On this day, May 31, 1911, the Titanic was launched. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 2053
I bear witness 2 irisblue May 2023 May 2023 12 2632
On this day, May 22, 1915, Britain's deadliest rail accident happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 3009
German child evacuees of World War Two-BBC program witness hstory 1 irisblue May 2023 May 2023 1 1154
Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 45 4152
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 12 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 25 6403
June 6, 1944, D-Day, Operation Overlord Colorized WW2 2 Uncle Joe May 2023 May 2023 9 1635
Explorers find a World War II ship that was sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard 2 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 May 2023 8 4099
Canadians in disarray: the Halifax VE-Day riots, 7-8 May 1945 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 2486
On 7 May 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed the surrender in the French town of Reims. 2 elleng May 2023 May 2023 3 2221
VE Day, May 8, 1945 - Nazi Germany Surrenders - Victory in Europe Day - End of World War II Europe 2 appalachiablue May 2023 May 2023 6 2898
On this day, May 6, 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 4530
Archaeologists Uncover the Ancient Gods of a Lost Civilization in Stunning Find 10 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 Apr 2023 62 5054
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began today. I bear witness 5 irisblue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 21 1812
Serge & Beate Klarsfeld: World Famous Nazi Hunters, Tracking Down Hitler's Henchmen: Memoirs 0 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 3133
Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg Prosecutor has gone to honored glory today. 2 irisblue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 2580
Emperor Charles V's secret code cracked after five centuries 3 sl8 Nov 2022 Apr 2023 9 3109
I bear witness to the Benjamin family 4 irisblue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 31 2205
I am, you are, UKRAINIAN CREATORS FAIR March 24--26th 2023 1 littlemissmartypants Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 3858
Where does the Heart of Darkness come from? 34 Scrivener7 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 4161

World History Continued...

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The Edelweiss Pirates, German Teenage Resistance Fighters of Nazi Germany, WWII 5 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 3111
I enjoyed this history of Ancient Greece; the reactor added to the perspective. 0 Ptah Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 3572
Two archaeologists walk into a 5,000-year-old tavern ... 2 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2023 Feb 2023 10 1746
"Night and Fog." Historical Movie about German Concentration Camps in WWII 7 Stuart G Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 3301
Mary Queen of Scots Prison Letters Decoded, Captive of Queen Eliz. I for 19 Yrs Before Beheaded 1 appalachiablue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 33 4373
Metal Detectorist Unearths Large, Tudor Gold Pendant Linked to King Henry VIII, Warwickshire 10 appalachiablue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 15 4182
Vikings Brought Their Animals with Them to Britain over 1,000 Years Ago: CNN 6 appalachiablue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 3762
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 appalachiablue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 1236
Stalingrad: 80 years ago, a victory that changed World War II 1 catbyte Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 3424
51 years ago today... 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2023 Jan 2023 10 1465
27 January 1945, Russian troops enter Auschwitz 6 irisblue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2638
On this day, January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 23 3355
Indian and Slave Royalists in the Age of Revolution: Reform, Revolution, and Royalism in... 0 old as dirt Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 7483
The Da Vinci Globe, dated 1504, is the oldest known globe to show the New World. 6 elleng Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 5867
Betje van Delft.was 10 months old when she was murdered. I bear witness 0 irisblue Dec 2022 Dec 2022 17 1704
Fanny Synnve Ganz was 6 yrs 11 months when she was murdered. I bear witness 0 irisblue Dec 2022 Dec 2022 7 3563
Nazeem Hussain, Hx of the Royal Familyn Cross Post from Comedy 2 littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2795
She was a child, I bear witness 5 irisblue Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 2064
Musk ain't the only genius/stupid person .....Wait...Was there another?? 2 Stuart G Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 2831
Siegfried Robert Spanjaard was born this day. He was 4 yrs and 11months old when he was murdered 0 irisblue Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 3485
Bio of Polish statesman holds lessons on today's Ukraine 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 1503
From the Auschwitz Museum Twitter, her name is Elisabeth Cohen-Duits 🕯️ 0 irisblue Nov 2022 Nov 2022 23 4017
The ultimate Art Deco painting - tweet 2 BootinUp Nov 2022 Nov 2022 32 3539
Statues discovered in a Tuscan spring could rewrite the history of art -- and the Roman Empire 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Nov 2022 13 3828
One building from every year of the 20th century, in chronological order. (Twitter) 1 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 9 2690
Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" ... but what is it? 4 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 17 2450
1956 High School Exchange Students Debate on Prejudice (1). Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa 0 Uncle Joe Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 3596
A Fabled Map of the Cosmos Lost for Thousands of Years Has Been Found 0 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 2492
Qatar's history: a rich past of heritage and archaeology 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Oct 2022 2 1906
Can someone recommend books on The Partition of India in 1947 5 irisblue Jul 2022 Oct 2022 0 3129

World History Continued...

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About the Holocaust, an entire film about the concentration camps..now at Democratic Underground. 4 Stuart G Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 4488
Regarding Churchill's history of WW 2 12 prodigitalson Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 3400
Rhyming with the Crusades 3 Ponietz Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 2847
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ponietz Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1572
Princess Anne's jobs. 4 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 3564
The Dark Side of British History You Weren't Taught in School 2 al bupp Sep 2022 Sep 2022 14 3299
'What Life Was Like In Fascist Italy' Benito Mussolini, IL Duce. 'The Dictator's Playbook' PBS 2 appalachiablue Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 3996
Japanese Seoul 1937 -- Koreans and Americans comparing old Seoul to modern 0 soryang Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 2380
Richard Cur de Lion was born on the day (8 September 1157 - 6 April 1199) 1 Shellback Squid Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 2309
'Surviving the Holocaust' DW - Hideouts of Polish Jews Used to Escape Transport to Camps Documentary 2 appalachiablue Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 3724
France: D-Day Tribute or Theme Park? Battle Rages Over Normandy Plan 6 appalachiablue Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 3641
Galileo Manuscript Likely Fake 3 berniesandersmittens Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1780
"Where They Burn Books"...Heinrich Heine 4 appalachiablue Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 3069
"Chain dogs", the German Army and the 1945 Battle of Berlin 3 steve2470 Jul 2022 Aug 2022 5 4230
Anne Frank Captured, Aug. 4, 1944: This Day in History 2 appalachiablue Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1618
Photos That Helped to Document the Holocaust Were Taken by a Dutch Nazi, NYT 2 appalachiablue Jul 2022 Jul 2022 10 3534
History of the World Map by Map 2 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 9 2434
A Documentary that Made Me Weep. 1 NNadir May 2022 Jul 2022 9 3205
DREAD AND TREMBLING" 3 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 1578
Two suggestions for World War Two history buffs ( YouTube channels ) 3 steve2470 Apr 2022 May 2022 5 3691
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