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The Forsaken Americans in Soviet Russia
America Eras Modern History 

The Forgotten American Victims of Stalin’s Great Terror

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 A. R. Usmani 0 Comments America, Books, historical events, USSR

In the chaos of war, hardly a soul knew or cared about the solitary deaths of such victims.” In the

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Spanish Inquisition
Europe Quiz 

Quiz: What Are Your Chances of Surviving the Spanish Inquisition?

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 Mike Rogers 2 Comments Europe, historical events, Jewish history, Quiz

You are a converso (recently converted catholic) living in some southern region of Castile during the late 15th century. Religious

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Worst Pandemics in History
Countdowns World History 

8 of the Worst Pandemics in History

April 8, 2020 A. R. Usmani 0 Comments historical events, World history, WWI

As civilization progressed and populations became more densely packed and interconnected so did the magnitude of disease outbreaks. Throughout human

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Nauwoo legion in the Utah war
America Modern History 

The Time When Mormons Waged War Against the American Government

March 2, 2020April 5, 2020 Ross Osborne 0 Comments America, Battles, historical events, War Crimes

The mid-1800s was a time a rapid westward expansion in the US as settlers migrated en masse to seek their

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Jewish pogroms by the Iron Guard
Eras Europe Modern History 

Forgotten Crimes – The Bucharest Slaughterhouse

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 A. R. Usmani 0 Comments historical events, Holocaust, Jewish history, Military history, Nazi, World War 2, WWII

Part of The Forgotten Crimes Series  World War II made us witness the extent of cruelty that man could unleash

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Tour De France First
Europe World History 

Tour de France and The World Wars: A Story of Revenge, Blackmail and Nazi Ties

December 2, 2019December 3, 2019 Laura Yie 1 Comment France, historical events, World War 2, WWI

The Tour de France was founded upon a desire for revenge. Hurting from the loss of Alsace and part of

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The Road to World PoweThe Spanish-American War
America World History 

The Road to World Power: The Spanish-American War

November 23, 2019November 24, 2019 Anthony Ruggiero 0 Comments America, historical events, Military history

The Spanish-American War of 1898 was pivotal in launching the United States into recognition as a Great Power. Following the

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The 10 Most Destructive Wars in History
Countdowns 

The 10 Most Destructive Wars in History

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 A. R. Usmani 0 Comments historical events, Lists, Military history, Mongols, Top Tens, WWI

Wars are as old as history itself, as natural as any other human endeavor. Barring natural calamities, wars have often

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The Putumayo Atrocities, Amazon rubber Boom
America World History 

Forgotten Crimes – The Amazon Rubber Boom

October 20, 2019October 27, 2019 A. R. Usmani 0 Comments America, British Empire, historical events

Part of The Forgotten Crimes Series  The horrendous atrocities that were unleashed on the Indian people of the Amazon during

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Why the fall of Rome was literally the best thing ever
Europe World History 

Why the fall of Rome was literally the best thing ever

September 24, 2019September 25, 2019 Luicen A. Faguet 0 Comments historical events, Rome, World history

The Roman empire made modern development possible by going away and never coming back.” — Walter Scheidel, Historian, Standford University.

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