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Siegfried Sassoon's WWI diaries published online 5 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Apr 2018 6 3018

Karen Dawisha, 68, Dies; Traced Roots of Russian Corruption. 0 elleng Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1392

Any World War II buffs here? 4 CTyankee Sep 2014 Mar 2018 3 2271

Scientists have likely found Charlemagne's skeleton 29 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Mar 2018 28 13560

Dancing for love in Chad 1 shenmue Feb 2017 Mar 2018 4 1935

Interesting Historical Photos 3 rug Feb 2016 Mar 2018 6 5693

What if Gavrilo Princip had failed at assassinating Prince Franz Ferdinand? 5 DetlefK Jul 2014 Mar 2018 1 3988

The World at War HD (1080p) - Ep. 11 - Red Star: The Soviet Union (19411943) 2 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1787

"Ghosts of Stonehenge" (PBS Nova) 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 Mar 2018 4 2669

Rapes during the Battle of Berlin, and my Reichstag guide 18 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 3054

The Moron watched a parade in France and wanted one too. 1 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Mar 2018 6 1583

Can anyone recommend a good book about Stalin? 13 lordsummerisle Oct 2017 Mar 2018 0 3452

Did Hitler think that taking over Poland 8 raccoon Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 1839

You World War Two history buffs will love this Twitter feed, I do 2 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 6 1457

Andrew Nagorski, Author, "Hitlerland" 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1926

Rene Descartes was an observer in the Catholic League Army of 1620 2 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1455

The Sausage War 3 Kaleva Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2461

Secret War Episode 07 Agent Garbo 1 bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1790

Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior 0 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1237

Bletchley Park: Code-breakings Forgotten Genius 1 bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 Jan 2018 10 1894

I highly recommend the Netflix series "Five Came Back" 4 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1537

Why Should We Read Charles Dickens? Video Essay 9 appalachiablue Dec 2017 Dec 2017 19 3506

The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food. 0 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1387

Allah Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes. 1 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1865

"The Korean people burnt down the US aggression ship General Sherman which intruded into Pyongyang" 3 steve2470 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2373

Slovak Village Prospers in Partnership With Roma Residents It Once Shunned. 0 elleng Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 1976

documentary "Romanitas in Anglo-Saxon England" 0 eShirl Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2464

Indias Muslims and the Price of Partition 0 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 1328

2,500 year-old gay erotica found carved in rock 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 4210

A younger brother of the Last Emperor of China died in 2015 1 Kaleva Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 2984

World History Continued...

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We've all heard of "Bretton Woods", here is a very short description of what it is 3 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 1989

United Kingdom citizenship test....Can you pass on British History? 15 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Jun 2017 4 7640

The Canary Girls: The workers the war turned yellow 0 rug May 2017 May 2017 12 1712

These Rare Color Photos From the Second World War Are Incredible 2 rug Apr 2017 May 2017 7 1698

Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts 9 rug May 2017 May 2017 15 7545

The abandoned Arctic ghost ship: SS Baychimo 3 steve2470 Apr 2017 Apr 2017 12 11597

History of Polar Exploration 6 Mendocino Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 2163

Cross posted from DU lounge. Photos from Lodz ghetto. 1 LiberalLoner Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 1575

McDonalds in Italy Embraces Off-Menu Item: Slice of Roman Road 0 elleng Feb 2017 Feb 2017 5 2276

On this day ... 0 GeorgeGist Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1414

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 zippythepinhead Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1137

History of the World circa 1931. 4 rug Oct 2016 Nov 2016 1 1654

A More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Japanese Design Award. 2 elleng Nov 2016 Nov 2016 2 2307

New Oxford Shakespeare Edition Credits Christopher Marlowe as a Co-author. 0 elleng Oct 2016 Oct 2016 3 1410

The Lost World of The Pacific. Unknown Civilizations. 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2016 Oct 2016 3 1417

THE guillotine... 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2016 Oct 2016 3 1443

Nanjing's Porcelain Tower: Ancient 'world wonder' brought back to life 0 workinclasszero Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1996

15 Surprising Facts About Marco Polo 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 2244

Lascaux cave paintings: Huge replica of Palaeolithic site to open in France in December 2 BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 Jul 2016 6 1915

Does My Family Own a Painting Looted by Nazis? 0 elleng Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 2073

Ireland: 100 years since the Easter Rising 0 shenmue Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2260

Who knows who wrote these words? 0 JDPriestly Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1499

Bronze Age wheel at 'British Pompeii' Must Farm an 'unprecedented find' 0 Bad Dog Feb 2016 Feb 2016 8 1822

If you are a massive WW2 history buff, consider this series: Second War Diary - The War Day by Day 1 steve2470 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 2 1649

I wrote about how the middle east is not a merit based society. I am reading Pre-Industrial 2 applegrove Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2113

Russian TV Drama Documentary about WWI, WWII, from Russian perspective on YouTube 0 vinny9698 Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1568

The Hidden History of the Housewarming Pineapple 2 dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 Jan 2016 5 2004

Stark images of Shackleton's struggle 0 petronius Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1749

February 1, 1945: Ecuador declares war on Germany and Japan. 0 steve2470 Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 2097

Name the war that took place in Europe and lasted from 1809 to 1981 4 Kaleva Jun 2015 Jul 2015 2 2430

World History Continued...

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Nazism and the Wehrmacht 0 steve2470 Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1918

Footprints found on B.C.'s Calvert Island could be oldest in North America 0 applegrove Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1673

How JFK's assassination saved the NYSE from crashing in the Salad Oil Scandal 1 valerief Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2077

Prehistoric gold trade route discovered 0 Recursion Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1470

A rare color film of the aftermath of war in Berlin 1945. 0 canoeist52 May 2015 May 2015 6 1828

Churchill as war leader: myths and realities 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Apr 2015 2 2039

The offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague, April 26, 1937 0 rug Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 23842

Wiki article about the last Imperial German Navy warship still steaming 0 Kaleva Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1733

Rarely Seen “Enchanted” Moments of World History 7 rug Nov 2014 Dec 2014 28 5937

"I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself...." 7 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Nov 2014 2 8320

"Diets of the middle and lower class in Pompeii" 2 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Nov 2014 4 2448

What 3rd Century China thought about the Roman Empire... 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Nov 2014 6 3339

MI5 spied on leading British historians for decades, secret files reveal 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1521

Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found 3 Ghost Dog Sep 2014 Oct 2014 6 2763

Crimes Against Humanity. Historical Evolution and Contemporary Application – M. Cherif Bassiouni 0 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2156

Revealed: how King George V demanded Britain enter the First World War 1 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1989

40 Maps that explain the Roman Empire.... 2 Rowdyboy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2667

Palestine 1896 1 Purveyor Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1919

The bourgeoisie did not respect its heavy heritage 0 no more banksters Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1792

Dovedale Roman and Iron Age coins found after 2,000 years (BBC) 0 eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1710

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