History

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Legions of the Roman Empire 2nd century CE

 

[summerisle]

Very interesting article.

My family and other Nazis

The long read: My father did terrible things during the second world war, and my other relatives were equally unrepentant. But it wasn’t until I was in my late 50s that I started to confront this dark past

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tramps_mate]

Austro-Hungarian cavalry riding toward Russian front in Galicia (now Ukraine), August 1914

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And sadly 100 years later were still doing the same..

 

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Military themed collectable cigarette cards from the early 20th century

 

[summerisle]

I'm already a fatuous pauper, now aiming to be a turnip shepherd.

 

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Origin of ruling Royal families in Europe before WW1 (1914)

 

[summerisle]

This chap's feed has a lot of interesting historical tidbits.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Origin of ruling Royal families in Europe before WW1 (1914)

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Everyone of those royal families in red were more inbred than a character in deliverance

 

[thirdmantackle]

1854.

Dublin was a big deal in 1854

 

[Abertonian]

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cneej0r2n7go

Interesting read on beeb about a female hero of the polish resistance during WW2

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I've been to Northern France and Belgium a few times now on war graves tours, and while it's now grown over you can still see the physical scars of the war.

Moreover, the Belgian and French governments still have dedicated teams dealing with ordinance from the wars that farmers unearth on a regular basis.

If you haven't been already and ever get the chance, visit Lochnagar in the Somme (Picardy). In regard to Ypres and Birkenhead, I've never heard that...

... and I've visited and stayed in Ypres and around the salient many times.

I'm surprised half of Europe doesn't blow up, considering how many conventional bombs were strewn around the place during WWII.

 

[summerisle]

 

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Everyone of those royal families in red were more inbred than a character in deliverance

I know "our" Emperor Franz Joseph (as Croatia was part of Habsburg Monarchy) was married to his 1st cousin (their mothers were sisters), but incest was good old Habsburg tradition.

Also yours Victoria and Albert were cousins i believe, while in 1914 at the start of WW1 German Kaiser, Russian Tsar and your King were all cousins.

 

[thirdmantackle]

We don't have a king in Ireland

Except of the tinkers. And Tory Island

 

[NeilMorepies]