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On this date in History, 1943 image. The guys on the carrier do not look too happy with photographer 12 irisblue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 2083

Wuthering Heights: 16th C. House That Inspired 1847 Emily Bronte Novel For Sale, West Yorkshire 5 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1894

I found a very entertaining series on YouTube: BBC's "A Victorian Farm Christmas" 4 catbyte Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1531

I never knew that Trotsky's assassination took place near the home of Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera. 10 NNadir Dec 2020 Dec 2020 6 2788

Interesting Book: A Game of Birds and Wolves 0 NNadir Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1624

Pompeii's ruins yield scalded bodies of rich man and slave 5 mfcorey1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1917

Athens: Bust of Ancient Greek God Found During Sewage Work 0 appalachiablue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 13 1829

Planning for War: Elite Staff Officers in the Imperial Japanese Army and the Road to World War II 2 soryang Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1483

Recording from the Imperial War Museum on 11 November 4 irisblue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1661

Movie about "the holocaust" - Watch for Free -32 minutes, Night and Fog- Documentary 1 Stuart G Nov 2020 Nov 2020 5 1565

France: 'Super Rare' 100 Yr Old Carrier Pigeon Message In Capsule Found, Sent By WWI German Soldier 2 appalachiablue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 18 2399

The Hunt for Julius Caesar's Assassins Marked the Last Days of the Roman Republic 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1403

Why Henry VIII Orchestrated Every Detail of Anne Boleyn's Execution 2 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1467

Attn shoppers: Viking home in aisle 4 5 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 16 1846

Eerie Witches' Marks Found Among Ruins of Medieval English Church 5 left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1813

I spent 3 1/2 hours last night listening to Amon Goeth's (Schindler's List) former slave talk... 3 NNadir Sep 2020 Oct 2020 5 3459

Chilling Find: King Henry VIII Planned All Details of Wife Anne Bolelyn's Beheading, Brit Archives 6 appalachiablue Oct 2020 Oct 2020 12 2629

September 9, 1945: Japanese Forces Surrender in Seoul 0 soryang Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 1690

Records From Once-Secret Archive Offer New Clues Into Vatican Response To Holocaust 2 Eugene Aug 2020 Sep 2020 7 1653

How The Dambusters Sunk Hitler's Invincible Battleship Sinking The Tirpitz Timelin 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 Aug 2020 9 1850

As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, watch out 2 safeinOhio Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 1482

William Shakespeare: Legendary Wordsmith, Globe Theatre; Va. Descendant Assn. Brandon 0 appalachiablue Aug 2020 Aug 2020 3 2055

Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design. 3 elleng Jul 2020 Jul 2020 5 3416

Song from the 60s...Berry McGuire, "Eve of Distruction" ...Yes, I heard this in college. 6 Stuart G Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 3071

Breakout from Normandy; this film documents the rapid advance inland 1 catbyte Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 2886

American Military Government in Korea by E. Grant Meade 2 soryang Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1634

Time Team S18-E04 Hitler's Island Fortress (Les Gellettes, Jersey) 1 bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1500

'Cannabis burned during worship' by ancient Israelites 1 left-of-center2012 May 2020 May 2020 5 1898

Watching the YouTube archives of TimeTeam UK 5 bucolic_frolic May 2020 May 2020 5 2126

5.18 Democracy Movement Commemoration photos May 18, 1980 Gwangju, South Korea 1 soryang May 2020 May 2020 1 1895

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The French SS, Charlemagne Unit, Battle Of Berlin, 1945 WWII 0 appalachiablue May 2020 May 2020 0 2115

A Trip Through The Streets Of Paris, 1927 0 appalachiablue May 2020 May 2020 9 1545

'Who's the enemy here?' Revealed, in harrowing detail how Nazi-sympathising Argentine officers beat 3 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 May 2020 5 1922

Tenochtitlan in 1519 13 jcmaine72 Dec 2019 May 2020 44 12336

Victory in Europe Day 3 elleng May 2020 May 2020 7 1844

Still reading about Churchill 4 captain queeg Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 2058

Japanese 'Invasion' of America 1942 3 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 2123

St. Louis' Response To The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Was Lauded. Rightly So? 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 2212

I learned something new today: Holodomor Genocide.. - 7 Stuart G Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 3130

Was just watching a video about Lend-Lease. 6 captain queeg Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 1887

"Black Death"/Bubonic plague pandemic of 14th Century killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population 0 steve2470 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 10 1800

Daring Solo Beaufighter Raid - Paris 1942 3 bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 2516

U.S. Troops Cross The Rhine's Ludendorff Bridge At Remagen, March 7, 1945, WWII 0 appalachiablue Mar 2020 Mar 2020 8 1995

Time To Remember - The Last Winter 1944 - 1945 - Reel 4 (1944-1945) 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1419

Historian Robert Dallek on his book "Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life" 0 bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 1703

Shaking up Martinis and Old Fashioneds with FDR 2 bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 2486

PBS Nova Documentary Collection: Ghosts of Machu Picchu 1 yuiyoshida Jan 2020 Feb 2020 3 3400

France: WWI Signatures, Graffitti & Mementos of Soldiers On All Sides Extant In Caves Underground 2 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 2396

Japanese maps of East Asia- a historical resource 0 soryang Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 1572

Do you have a fave book that shaped understanding of history? 9 Bucky Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 2366

Manuscript by Elizabeth I 4 ashling Dec 2019 Dec 2019 8 2171

Timely thesis provides historical backdrop to current South Korea vs US + Japan disputes 0 soryang Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1646

100 Years of Shakespeare & Company Bookstore In Paris 4 appalachiablue Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 3822

The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 7 1948

Nepali man shatters speed record for scaling the world's tallest mountains 'to show human capacity' 2 applegrove Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 1847

Korean president assassinated today, 40 years ago 1 soryang Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1536

Impeachment's Roots Go Back To 14th Century English Law, King Edward III Era 1 appalachiablue Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1993

1535 London: Bishop John Fisher's head "grew daily fresher and fresher...caused...traffic jams" 2 steve2470 Jul 2017 Sep 2019 2 2940

youtube documentary "Fall of Great Empires - Alexander and the Fall of the Persian Empire" 1 eShirl Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1640

Are the Positions of the U.S. and Japanese Governments in Agreement in the American POW Forced Labor 0 soryang Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1698

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End of Golden Age: Dutch museum bans term from exhibits 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 1802

TY to John III Sobieski 0 Falcata Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1893

Origins of the South Korean- Japanese dispute over Dokto 0 soryang Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1964

Has anyone read "The Arms of Krupp" ? 7 backtoblue Aug 2019 Sep 2019 2 4357

Hitler tamed by prison 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1667

The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes 2 elleng Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 2049

'The Hittites lived in interesting times' - art after the end of civilisation 4 ashling Jun 2019 Aug 2019 3 2225

Overlooked No More: Rani of Jhansi, India's Warrior Queen Who Fought the British 0 elleng Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1605

Divers Find 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Graveyard Near Tiny Greek Island 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1640

A movie on the Holocaust. Yes, it shows it all, you are warned. Night and Fog, 32min 7 Stuart G Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 2543

Megalomaniac Stalin's World War II: 1941 and the Man of Steel 1 bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1728

Medieval Warrior Woman Found in a Viking Graveyard Was No Viking 3 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 2489

An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God 3 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 2182

HITLER WAS INCOMPETENT AND LAZY--AND HIS NAZI GOVERNMENT WAS AN ABSOLUTE CLOWN SHOW 11 Cattledog Jul 2019 Jul 2019 34 4796

Excavating a Horror That Some Koreans Wish Would Stay Buried 1 soryang Jul 2019 Jul 2019 9 2487

Ancient city of Babylon designated Unesco World Heritage Site 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 1964

Greek Temples of Sicily 2 ashling Jul 2019 Jul 2019 16 2714

3d live in Knossos 0 ashling Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1619

Undisturbed Ancient Roman shipwreck found off the coast of Cyprus 0 sandensea Jul 2019 Jul 2019 19 2423

Poseidon or Zeus 3 ashling Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1906

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