History

  • One of the things I can’t comprehend is the fact that no one appeared to be seeing through the lies and hypocrisy of the Nazi regime. They saw they Jews as vermin and filth. And everything Jewish was forbidden, Jewish books were burned, Jewish music was banned. Basically in the eyes of Hitler and his…

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  • You’re an immensely popular Rock-Blues band and you have been invited to one of the Warsaw pact countries,Czechoslovakia to be precise. They just got a new leader a man with a vision,a prelude to glasnost as such. Alexander Dubček opened it up his country for new cultural experiences, so when the Moody Blues got a chance…

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  • ++++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++++++ The buzzword nowadays is gender balance, and to be fair to the Nazi regime, they figured out gender balance decades ago. But was that a good thing? When it comes to evil—there is no real difference between men and women. Men, in general, are physically stronger through their biology, but that is…

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  • Opha May Johnson-US Marine

    Today marks the 100th anniversary of real girl power. Om August 13th 1918,Opha May Johnson became the first Female US Marine. World War I was drawing to an end when the Marine Corps decided to fill some of the gaps left behind by all the men fighting overseas. In 1918, Johnson was the first of…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: I reckon at least 70% of all Star Wars fans will hang their heads in shame after reading this blog for not knowing this.I did after I heard about this. “Rising to the challenge of a Skyhopper race against the cocky Fixer, Luke wins the race and the respect of his peers.…

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  • Age 10

    I am age 10, I should be at school learning and having fun with my fellow students. I am age 10, my only worry should be “will I have enough  time to go out and play after my homework” I am age 10, my greatest ambition in life at this stage is to become 11.…

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  • Operation Pastorius will mean not much too most people. It is one of those forgotten WWII operations. Forgotten because it was a complete failure. Shortly after midnight on the morning of June 13, 1942, four men landed on a beach near Amagansett, Long Island, New York from a German submarine, clad in German uniforms and…

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  • This week marks the 80th Anniversary of the Germans building the Mauthausen Concentration Camp complex in Austria. From day 1, the camp’s aim was to make a profit. The prisoners from the Dachau Concentration Camp built Mauthausen and its many sub-camps, which effectively meant free labour. The Nazis had chosen the site because of the…

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  • I am just a boy on a rocking horse, not a man but a boy aged three. I am just a boy on a rocking horse, quite happy as you can see. I am just a boy on a rocking horse, I feel like a cowboy or a knight. I am just a boy on…

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