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Pompeii, Italy: Well-Preserved Roman Era Fast- Food 'Snack Bar,' Frescos Unearthed 2 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 1434
The Origins of World War I (Yale lecture) 3 Mike 03 Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1418
WWII France: 1940 Nazi Occupation, German Tank Panzer Division Parades Down Streets of Paris 4 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1645
Funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 14, 1945 2 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1701
Washington, D.C. VE-Day, May 8, 1945, Color, Victory In Europe Day 0 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1043
WWII: 75 Years Later, D-Day Veteran Meets Long-Lost French Love 3 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 17 1460
Liberation of Munich, Germany April 30, 1945, Film 0 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1098
Paris 1940, German Occupation, Film 4 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 6 1180
Steve Domitrovich, Last Survivor Malmedy Massacre, Dec. 17, 1944, Battle of the Bulge WWII 12 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 2027
'Zazou' Swing Youth: French Subculture During Nazi Occupation WWII, Jazz, Swing Music 4 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 2242
'Swing Kids' Movie Trailer (1993), Christian Bale, Kenneth Branagh: SwingJugend in Nazi Germany 8 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 1677
Honsfeld Belgium 17 Dec 1944 and taking the better made American boots 3 irisblue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1298
WWII: Dec. 16, 1944, Battle of the Bulge, German Army Surrounds Allies in the Ardennes Mts. 4 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1301
WWII Denmark: Heroes Rescued Danish Jews From Nazis; Henny Sundig, Age 19 Resister; 99% Survived 3 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1884
WWII: Dec. 15, 1944, Musician Glenn Miller Flt. Lost Over English Channel; Battle of the Bulge Began 8 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 8 1590
WWII: 3 Dutch Girls, Teen Resistance Fighters Lured Nazi Collaborators To Execution 5 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 19 1412
The 1944 German operation Wacht am Rhein begins today. 2 irisblue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1147
WWII Germany: Weimar Civilians Forced To Tour Buchenwald Concentration Camp *Graphic Images* 4 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 18 1713
WWII: The White Rose, Brave German College Students Opposed Nazi Reich: Hans & Sophie Scholl 2 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 11 1201
'The Death Factory': Hurtgen Forest and The End of WWII 7 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 2367
German 88 Flak Guns Used By Nazis In WWII, Color Action Scenes 16 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 2303
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 1623
Wuthering Heights: 16th C. House That Inspired 1847 Emily Bronte Novel For Sale, West Yorkshire 5 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1594
I found a very entertaining series on YouTube: BBC's "A Victorian Farm Christmas" 4 catbyte Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1324
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 2416
Interesting Book: A Game of Birds and Wolves 0 NNadir Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1499
Pompeii's ruins yield scalded bodies of rich man and slave 5 mfcorey1 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1712
Athens: Bust of Ancient Greek God Found During Sewage Work 0 appalachiablue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 13 1682
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 1322
Recording from the Imperial War Museum on 11 November 4 irisblue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1412

World History Continued...

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Movie about "the holocaust" - Watch for Free -32 minutes, Night and Fog- Documentary 1 Stuart G Nov 2020 Nov 2020 5 1414
France: 'Super Rare' 100 Yr Old Carrier Pigeon Message In Capsule Found, Sent By WWI German Soldier 2 appalachiablue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 18 2218
The Hunt for Julius Caesar's Assassins Marked the Last Days of the Roman Republic 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1298
Why Henry VIII Orchestrated Every Detail of Anne Boleyn's Execution 2 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1206
Attn shoppers: Viking home in aisle 4 5 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 16 1622
Eerie Witches' Marks Found Among Ruins of Medieval English Church 5 left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1580
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 3210
Chilling Find: King Henry VIII Planned All Details of Wife Anne Bolelyn's Beheading, Brit Archives 6 appalachiablue Oct 2020 Oct 2020 12 2259
September 9, 1945: Japanese Forces Surrender in Seoul 0 soryang Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 1600
Records From Once-Secret Archive Offer New Clues Into Vatican Response To Holocaust 2 Eugene Aug 2020 Sep 2020 7 1500
How The Dambusters Sunk Hitler's Invincible Battleship Sinking The Tirpitz Timelin 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 Aug 2020 9 1693
As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, watch out 2 safeinOhio Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 1312
William Shakespeare: Legendary Wordsmith, Globe Theatre; Va. Descendant Assn. Brandon 0 appalachiablue Aug 2020 Aug 2020 3 1908
Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design. 3 elleng Jul 2020 Jul 2020 5 3235
Song from the 60s...Berry McGuire, "Eve of Distruction" ...Yes, I heard this in college. 6 Stuart G Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 2809
Breakout from Normandy; this film documents the rapid advance inland 1 catbyte Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 2751
American Military Government in Korea by E. Grant Meade 2 soryang Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1454
Time Team S18-E04 Hitler's Island Fortress (Les Gellettes, Jersey) 1 bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1371
'Cannabis burned during worship' by ancient Israelites 1 left-of-center2012 May 2020 May 2020 5 1726
Watching the YouTube archives of TimeTeam UK 5 bucolic_frolic May 2020 May 2020 5 1793
5.18 Democracy Movement Commemoration photos May 18, 1980 Gwangju, South Korea 1 soryang May 2020 May 2020 1 1746
The French SS, Charlemagne Unit, Battle Of Berlin, 1945 WWII 0 appalachiablue May 2020 May 2020 0 1969
A Trip Through The Streets Of Paris, 1927 0 appalachiablue May 2020 May 2020 9 1414
'Who's the enemy here?' Revealed, in harrowing detail how Nazi-sympathising Argentine officers beat 3 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 May 2020 5 1716
Tenochtitlan in 1519 13 jcmaine72 Dec 2019 May 2020 44 11661
Victory in Europe Day 3 elleng May 2020 May 2020 7 1652
Still reading about Churchill 4 captain queeg Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1873
Japanese 'Invasion' of America 1942 3 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1925
St. Louis' Response To The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Was Lauded. Rightly So? 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 2047
I learned something new today: Holodomor Genocide.. - 7 Stuart G Mar 2020 Mar 2020 7 2829

World History Continued...

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Was just watching a video about Lend-Lease. 6 captain queeg Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 1672
"Black Death"/Bubonic plague pandemic of 14th Century killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population 0 steve2470 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 10 1662
Daring Solo Beaufighter Raid - Paris 1942 3 bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 2323
U.S. Troops Cross The Rhine's Ludendorff Bridge At Remagen, March 7, 1945, WWII 0 appalachiablue Mar 2020 Mar 2020 8 1853
Time To Remember - The Last Winter 1944 - 1945 - Reel 4 (1944-1945) 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1283
Historian Robert Dallek on his book "Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life" 0 bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 1585
Shaking up Martinis and Old Fashioneds with FDR 2 bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 2331
PBS Nova Documentary Collection: Ghosts of Machu Picchu 1 yuiyoshida Jan 2020 Feb 2020 3 3253
France: WWI Signatures, Graffitti & Mementos of Soldiers On All Sides Extant In Caves Underground 2 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 2148
Japanese maps of East Asia- a historical resource 0 soryang Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 1462
Do you have a fave book that shaped understanding of history? 9 Bucky Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1972
Manuscript by Elizabeth I 4 ashling Dec 2019 Dec 2019 8 1980
Timely thesis provides historical backdrop to current South Korea vs US + Japan disputes 0 soryang Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1532
100 Years of Shakespeare & Company Bookstore In Paris 4 appalachiablue Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 3401
The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 7 1796
Nepali man shatters speed record for scaling the world's tallest mountains 'to show human capacity' 2 applegrove Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 1591
Korean president assassinated today, 40 years ago 1 soryang Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1398
Impeachment's Roots Go Back To 14th Century English Law, King Edward III Era 1 appalachiablue Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1822
1535 London: Bishop John Fisher's head "grew daily fresher and fresher...caused...traffic jams" 2 steve2470 Jul 2017 Sep 2019 2 2781
youtube documentary "Fall of Great Empires - Alexander and the Fall of the Persian Empire" 1 eShirl Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1454
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