History Buffs

Historical Pictures? Documentaries? How about educational videos and articles? Have an opinion on a historical event you want to share? If it's from the past, it's welcome here! From the Creator: I'm not really expecting anyone to follow any rules other than basic respect for others. However, I ask that you keep posts as historically accurate as possible. This is a group about history, and while there will always be biased articles and documentaries, which I have no problem with, propaganda and conspiracy videos are things I would like to keep away from this group. Like I said previously, please just fact check and keep things as historically accurate as you can. Thank you. :)

gbkthadd

@gbkthaddock

Rockefeller's father was a snake-oil saleman. The tycoon’s father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a traveling snake-oil salesman who posed as a deaf-mute peddler and hawked miracle drugs and herbal remedies. The smooth-talking huckster dubbed “Devil Bill” alternately fathered children—including the future industrialist—with his wife and mistress, the couple’s live-in housekeeper. The itinerant William Rockefeller also lived a double life posing as an eye-and-ear specialist named Dr. William Levingston, and in 1855 he secretly married another woman.

IronDuke99

@IronDuke99

Goes live on YT and X at 9.00pm Wednesday British time, 8.00am Thursday eastern Australian time, 2100 GMT. This is our weekly history stream, this week the battles of Hlobane and Kambula in the Zulu War of 1879. The thumbnail is Redvers Buller earning his VC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM271XemoXQ

Splendid Isolation History 41: Hlobane and Kambula

This is our weekly, history stream, the battles of Hlobane and Kambula in the Zulu War of 1879. Goes live, at 9.00pm Wednesday British time, 8.00am Thursday…

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Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

This was one of FDR's first acts of mass thievery. It's mind-boggling that anyone considers him America's savior when he basically took the people's money away and gave them back just enough not to revolt.

Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

Francois d’Eliscu taught thousands of U.S. Army Rangers how to fight down and dirty in World War II. https://www.historynet.com/killer-instinct-how-one-man-taught-u-s-rangers-to-fight-dirty-in-wwii/

Killer Instinct: How One Man Taught U.S. Rangers to Fight Dirty in WWII

Francois d’Eliscu taught thousands of U.S. Army Rangers how to fight down and dirty in World War II.

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Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

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Off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, archaeologists recently uncovered a rare artifact from the Roman world: a gold ring nearly 1,700 years old. Buried beneath layers of sand and shipwreck debris, the ring immediately drew attention for its delicate engraving. It shows a young...See more

Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

The Fortress of Athens in 1877 This is a hand-colored stipple engraving by Emrik & Binger, published in 1877 in the Dutch travel magazine "De Aarde en haar Volken" (“The Earth and its Peoples”). It offers a panoramic view of the most iconic monuments of the Acropolis, as they...See more

Justin Raimondo: Pearl Harbor and the Engineers of War https://original.antiwar.com/justin/2014/12/07/pearl-harbor-and-the-engineers-of-war/

Pearl Harbor and the Engineers of War - Antiwar.com

What gets me are the lies. Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction” – Iran’s (nonexistent) nuclear weapons program – the Vietnamese “attack” in the Gulf of Tonkin – Germans bayoneting Belgium babies – the sinking of the USS Maine: over the long and bloody history of US imperialism, these are just…

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Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

Archaeologists Say These Conch Shells May Have Been Used as Early Musical Instruments 6,000 Years Ago New research suggests that a collection of conch shells unearthed in Spain may have once produced melodies, in addition to enabling communication across long distances https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-these-conch-shells-may-have-been-used-as-early-musical-instruments-6000-years-ago-180987786/ • ─ • #ConchShells #AncientHistory #MusicHistory #history

Archaeologists Say These Conch Shells May Have Been Used as Early Musical Instruments 6,000 Years Ago

New research suggests that a collection of conch shells unearthed in Spain may have once produced melodies, in addition to enabling communication across long distances

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IronDuke99

@IronDuke99

Goes live on YT and X at 9.00pm Wednesday British time, 8.00am Thursday eastern Australian time, 2100 GMT. This is our weekly history stream, this week Winston Churchill and the fall of Malaya and Singapore, with Mitch. The thumbnail shows Percival and other British officers surrendering to the Japanese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQHNZucz63s

Splendid Isolation History 40: Churchill and the Fall of Singapore

This is our weekly, history stream, Winston Churchill and the fall of Malaya and Singapore 8 December 1941-15 February 1942, with Mitch. Goes live, at 9.00pm…

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Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

A stunning perspective of the Sphinx reveals a metal hatch concealing an opening atop its head, igniting intrigue about the hidden tunnels and chambers that lie both inside and beneath.

Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

Anglo-Saxon silver-gilt plated disc brooch, 6th-7th century AD. Excavated at Wingham in Kent, England.

Whistlin' Britches

@whistlinbritches

In August 2023, archaeological digs at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City uncovered a remarkable treasure: a stone chest containing 15 human-shaped figurines associated with the #Mezcala civilization, which flourished in Guerrero, Mexico, from 700 to 200 BC. This find highlights the...See more