Current events:
SOLDIERS ARE NOT HEROES: an in-depth analysis of ignorance and pseudo-intellectualism. - Some kid on tumblr says soldiers are not heroes. I say bullshit and here’s why.
The Battle of Misurata**** - Recounting the story of the three-month siege of Misurata in the early stages of the civil war in Libya that started in February.
Cluster bombs in Misurata**- Talking about cluster bombs and why Gaddafi’s a fucking asshole.
Syria’s government is fucking insane. - Written in ten minutes so it’s pretty short. Just talking about the uprising in Syria.
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Rwanda:
Rwanda: Part one****-Explaining what happened during those hundred days in Rwanda
Rwanda: Part two***-Going through Rwandan history, blaming Belgium for being the root cause of everything and elaborating on UNAMIR’s role or lack thereof.
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Soviet Russia sucks:
In Soviet Russia…**-Short post on Russia’s douche space program
IN SOVIET RUSSIA…**-Anniversary of the discover of the Katyn mass grave.
ONCE MORE in Soviet Russia…**-The role of Russia’s douche space program in the extermination of dogs.
In Soviet Russian Seas…*-The sinking of the Goya
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Nazi Germany:
Erwin Rommel**-Written in French class, totally not written in French.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising***-Name says it all
Hitler’s birthday and a bit about nazi germany and war you probably didn’t know:
Part 1:Hitler**-Taking a look at uncle Adi’s younger years and (falsely) thinking his insanity is because of PTSD
Part 2:The twenties**-Figuring out why he’s really insane and detailing the youth of Nazism from the rise of the German Worker’s Party to the Putsch at Munich
Part 3:Rise to power**-Following the failed coup, Hitler focuses on gaining power by legal means at the start of the economic disaster that was the depression.
Part 4:Nazi Germany*-Nazi Germany is born and the road to war has begun. Hitler needs to consolidate his position and eliminate all his rivals.
Part 5:Poland****-Detailing the invasion and the brutal occupation of Poland.
Part 6:France-Hitler’s invasion of western Europe and why the stereotypes about the French are a load of bullshit.
Part 7:Genocide****-The Holocaust, what more is there to say?
Part 8:The Home Front-Germany’s economy and administration during the war.
Part 9:Valkyrie*-Operation Valkyrie and why piano wire really sucks.
Part 10:Berlin**-1945. After almost four years of fierce combat, the soviets are at Hitler’s doorstep, ready to launch the bloodiest single battle in the history of mankind.
Part 11:Hitler’s suicide*-Weary and with certain defeat looming overhead, Hitler finally kills himself.
Part 12:It’s over.-With Hitler dead and their country devastated, Germany surrenders. Europe is in ruins and its countries need to set about getting rid of Nazism, but this doesn’t mean it’s over for the civilians caught in the maelstrom.
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Normandy:
Part 1: Before the buildup. - In the months following the fall of France, the British halted the German conquest of Western Europe not on the beaches but in the air. Over a year after that, a failed raid on the french coast taught the allies several lessons that would later prove critical in the invasion of Europe - D-Day.
Part 2: Preparing for the invasion - The stage is set for Nazi Germany’s final, desperate struggle. Both sides are building up their forces for what would be, in Rommel’s words, the longest day.
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A metric shit ton of pictures : A load of pictures of the first day of the invasion posted on June 6 as a placeholder for my actual d-day post which I didn’t have the time to write that day.
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Misc. WW2:
Liberation of the Netherlands-Canada’s liberation of the Netherlands
Yugoslavia and the Balkans campaign-Italians, Yugoslavians, Germans, Paratroopers, Yadda yadda mussolini so on and so forth. The title says it all really.
The Rape of Nanking****-In the aftermath of the 1937 assault on Nanking, Japanese troops participated in an infernal slaughter of Chinese civilians.
Okinawa*-The final step before the invasion of Japan was a muddy, blood drenched hellhole of an island. The battle was called the Typhoon of Steel, or Tetsu no Ame. The island it took place on was called Okinawa.
*Depressing
**Mildly depressing
***Soul-crushingly depressing.
****Not only soul-crushingly depressing but also very graphic.
