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Exhibit featuring Code Talkers in WW1 and WW2 (4 photos)
u/Baba_Jaga_II — 6 hours ago
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In camp, moving a hut. WWI
u/Books_Of_Jeremiah — 23 hours ago
The Cambodian Civil War ends in 1975, with Phnom Pneh falling to the Khmer Rouge, beginning a reign of terror that turned the country into the killing fields, and would lead to the death of close to 2 million in one of the worst ever genocides post WW2.
The Khmer Rouge was heavily backed by China, and they were finally overthrown by the Vietnam Army in 1979, bringing an end to a reign of terror, that devastated Cambodia and pushed it back by a decade or so.
Ironically it was the King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk, who was responsible for the Khmer Rouge's growth, when he allied with them after he was overthrown in a coup. It would soon turn out to be a Frankenstein that went beyond control, backed by China.
u/LoneWolfKaAdda — 7 hours ago
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The Victorian Horse Artillery (Australia) 1890.
Coloured inks illustration I did for "Galloping Guns" (published in 1986) about a militia unit in the Colony of Victoria in Australia between 1884-1897. Raised by Sir William Clarke at Sunbury, and later enlarged at Werribee Park by John Chirnside.
u/LindsayCoxoam — 16 hours ago
The Victorian Horse Artillery - 1891.
A Mililtia unit of the Colony of Victoria (Australia) between 1884-1897.
Orders of Dress: Sergeant, Gunner, Officer - Full Dress; Officer, Gunner, NCO - Drill Order; Gunner, Officer - Undress; Officer - Mess Dress.
u/LindsayCoxoam — 12 hours ago
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in uniform of the General of Austro-Hungarian army. His assassination in 1914 would lead to start of WW1
u/Severe-Difficulty635 — 21 hours ago
The July 20th Plot: How a one-eyed colonel with 3 fingers came within 1 meter of killing Hitler — and why it failed (new video, Spanish with subtitles)
Long time lurker, first time posting a video here.
I run a Spanish history channel called Historia Decisiva
and just published what I think is my most complete
breakdown of Operation Valkyrie.
What most people don't know about the July 20th Plot:
- It wasn't the first attempt — there were at least
15 previous assassination attempts against Hitler
- Stauffenberg had to arm the bomb with only 3 fingers
(he lost the others in North Africa)
- The meeting was moved last minute from a concrete
bunker to a wooden building — that single change
probably saved Hitler's life
- A thick wooden table leg deflected part of the blast
- The difference between success and failure
was less than 1 meter
- 5,000 people were executed in the revenge
that followed
- 9 more months of war and millions more deaths
followed the failed plot
The video covers everything from the military
situation in 1944, the structure of the conspiracy,
Stauffenberg's background, the day itself minute
by minute, and the devastating aftermath.
It's in Spanish but has subtitles available.
Would love to hear your thoughts —
especially on the counterfactual:
what do you think would have happened
if Hitler had died that day?
u/True_Instruction_579 — 23 hours ago
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