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Online Resources for Historians 6 RZM Feb 2012 Mar 2018 8 48173
Welcome to the DU World History Group! 0 RZM Feb 2012 Dec 2011 3 57729
Europe's last pagan state was already diverse: Medieval Vilnius drew migrants from Christian lands 2 erronis 3 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 4 147
July 14th Bastille Day...I'll be celebrating France's victories 3 BigmanPigman Monday 23 hrs ago 10 280
Image of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud from the ground about 4 miles away. I've never seen this before 3 irisblue Monday Monday 6 559
Japanese Private Kikujiro Shimura needed to pee and started World War II. 4 NNadir Sunday Monday 10 457
'They take you out of life, out of time': a journey into Spain's astonishing cave paintings 10 erronis Jun 30 Jun 30 10 740
Who was the first American President to order the assassination of a foreign leader? 2 NNadir Jun 29 Jun 29 10 719
Philippe Stern, Heir to the Patek Philippe Watch Brand, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 28 Jun 29 3 493
Rudolf Braz, June 26, 1913 - August 3, 2011, last known pink triangle concentration camp survivor. 2 irisblue Jun 26 Jun 26 2 573
Does anyone here NOT know what happened on June 22, 1941? 5 Lionel Mandrake Jun 22 Jun 23 5 1021
Meet The Normans With Eleanor Janega: The Strongest Conquerors Of The Medieval World 2 eShirl Jun 19 Jun 19 6 565
On this day, June 10, 1942, Lidice, Czechoslovakia, was destroyed in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 4 639
On June 10, 1944, members of the 4th Waffen-SS Division massacred over 215 men, women and children in Distomo, Greece. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 5 533
On June 10, 1944, a German Waffen-SS company massacred over 640 men, women, and children at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 4 565
"My Grandmother Married Her Liberator" Gerda & Kurt Klein, Holocaust Survivors, WWII 'Ritchie Boys' 🪖 0 appalachiablue Jun 8 Jun 8 1 556
🇬🇧 100 Yr Old British Veterans Honored, Normandy, France, 82nd DDay Anniversary June 6, 1944, WW2 3 appalachiablue Jun 8 Jun 8 19 791
1964 CBS report "D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy 1 irisblue Jun 7 Jun 7 5 581
Rome Taken!': The Liberation of Rome,[June 4] 1944 1 irisblue Jun 7 Jun 7 3 547
This is just a small window into Britain's Anti-Slavery Efforts in the early 19th century 0 ImNotGod Jun 4 Jun 4 1 626
Nazi Criminals Escaped to South America, Ratlines, Argentina Post WW2 Refuge, President Milei Releases Files 7 appalachiablue May 29 May 30 5 1279
On May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded in an ambush in Prague. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 7 830
On May 20, 1983, the first articles about the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS were published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 4 568
On May 23, 1945, Heinrich Himmler died by suicide while in British custody. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 7 913
On May 22, 1915, Britain's deadliest rail accident happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 1 547
The Dönitz Testament - Was Hitler's Successor President of Germany Until 1980? 2 bucolic_frolic May 21 May 22 2 800
🇬🇧 VE Day London, May 8, 1945, Celebrations - Victory in Europe, WWII - Freedom Over Fascism 0 appalachiablue May 22 May 22 2 647
Last Wills of Shakespeare vs John Heminges (owner of the Globe theater) 6 GreatGazoo May 17 May 17 5 1351
On May 7 and May 8, 1945, the Halifax VE-Day riots occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 2 753
On the night of May 16-17, 1943, Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambuster Raid, was carried out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 1 700

World History Continued...

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Jodocus Hondius, Henry Hudson and My Voyage to the Past 0 GreatGazoo May 15 May 15 3 728
The Holocaust's Youngest Survivors: Born to Imprisoned Mothers in April 1945, Just Before Nazi Surrender 2 appalachiablue May 15 May 15 8 820
Hundred Years War, Black Death, Thirty Years War 3 bucolic_frolic May 14 May 14 5 776
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 1 608
VE Day, May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe, WW2 Germany Surrender; Swastika Blow Up Nuremberg 🧨 0 appalachiablue May 8 May 8 9 759
🇫🇷 Why Jean Lafaurie Still Tells His Story: 102 YO, French Resistance, Survived Dachau Prison, WW2; Current Warning 0 appalachiablue Apr 26 Apr 26 12 975
On this day, April 24, 2013, 1,134 people were killed when the Rana Plaza in Dhaka collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 25 2 1744
On April 22, 2004, there was a massive explosion on a train in North Korea. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 1 819
The curious tale of Rudolf Hess 1 bucolic_frolic Apr 20 Apr 20 8 1082
NAZI TOWN, USA: PBS American Experience ⚔ 13 appalachiablue Apr 19 Apr 20 13 2405
On this day, April 20, 1945 Adolf Hitler went above ground for the last time. He never saw daylight again. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 20 4 950
On this day, April 20, 1945 Adolf Hitler went above ground for the last time. He never saw daylight again. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 20 3 2388
How America recovers from all this 4 littlemissmartypants Apr 19 Apr 19 2 1483
A Thorn in Hitler's Side: How the Brutally Efficient Yugoslav Partisans TERRORISED the Axis 1 bucolic_frolic Apr 18 Apr 18 4 908
Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's Stepsister and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 96 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Apr 2026 8 1246
PBS: 'The Last Twins,' Erno Spiegel, Holocaust Hero Saved Kids in Auschwitz from Nazi Dr Mengele Medical Experiments 2 appalachiablue Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 981
April 10 1940. London Calling 2 irisblue Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 1150
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 969
Hat wars of early modern England reveal how manners make the rebel 0 erronis Apr 2026 Apr 2026 7 907
On this day, April 8, 2013, Margaret Thatcher died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 1 1026
Napoleon's Nazi Funeral 0 bucolic_frolic Apr 2026 Apr 2026 1 991
The Kaiser's Nazi Funeral 0 bucolic_frolic Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 892
Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago 2 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2026 Apr 2026 10 1187
🇬🇧 The Battle of Cable St, London 1936: Brit Fascist Blackshirt March Halted By Antifascist Demonstrators 5 appalachiablue Mar 2026 Apr 2026 9 1532
WW2: Fascist Lord Haw-Haw Tried For Treason, Nazi Propaganda Radio Host 'Germany Calling': BBC 1 appalachiablue Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 1043
Hitler Bribed His Generals - Secret Fund Bought Military Loyalty 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2026 Mar 2026 9 1084
Operation Clockwork Orange - Secret Military Coup Against British Prime Minister 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 1220
How Every Country Got Nuclear Weapons Explained 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 1008
The muqarnas of the Shah Mosque and Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Iran 2 littlemissmartypants Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 1282
On March 9, 1776, Adam Smith's "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 1044

World History Continued...

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Jean Widmer, Designer of Celebrated French Graphics, Dies at 96 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 1139
How The Fridge Destroyed One of the World's Largest Monopolies 2 Uncle Joe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 1711
WW2 Era Letter Written by a Prisoner of The Dachau Concentration Camp To Family, 1940. Details in comments. 1 irisblue Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 1290
Himmler's Fourth Reich - SS Assets Saved in Global Conspiracy 2 bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 Feb 2026 3 1489
The Fake Coal That Destroyed 1,000 German Trains WWII's Most Ingenious Sabotage Weapon 4 Ptah Jan 2026 Feb 2026 19 1841
I stated wondering how European POWS were fedin the Us 3 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1392
Hitler Bribed His Generals - Secret Fund Bought Military Loyalty 4 bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1588
The 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front entered Auschwitz in occupied Poland, today. 1 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1558
Recalling being raised into racism through Boy Scouting. 4 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 1991
Mystery: Who Brought Beans to the Lenape and Mahicans in the 1300s? 6 GreatGazoo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1954
A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot 3 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 13 1869
Heather Cox Richardson: The Schnee Eifel Pocket The Battle of the Bulge Journey to American Democracy 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1261
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime's Nuclear Program 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1170
On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1110
British redcoat's lost memoir reveals harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran 0 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1257
"Hamnet" and the History of History 0 GreatGazoo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1281
On this day, January 10, 1954, BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet, exploded and fell into the Tyrrhenian Sea. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1379
Roman Polanski On Escaping The Jewish Ghetto In World War II The Dick Cavett Show 0 marble falls Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1301
On this day in 1919 - German Workers Party founded in Munich 0 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1174
Alice in Wonderland, the Boer War, Racism, and British Imperialism and Empire. 3 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1718
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