History does not exist
With regards to the above question, the tree obviously makes a sound – but if that sound is not perceived by […]
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Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
Author: leimann16 Published Date: September 2, 2021 Leave a Comment on Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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Comrades of the Traveling Pants
Author: eclaybrook Published Date: April 22, 2018 Leave a Comment on Comrades of the Traveling Pants
Imagine a world where the bare necessities like water, shampoo, or even jeans were beyond your grasp. What lengths would you go to obtain these simple consumer goods that we have come to take for granted? In the image above, Russian poet Smirnovskii sums it up …
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Showdown at Damanskii!
On March 1969, two red behemoths stood on the brink of war. On the Soviet side, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were amassed along the southern border and over a million Chinese faced them. The Communist states of China and Russia, allegedly allies against the global “bourgeoisie” order, were now massed along the border of …
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From Stalin with Love: The Victor’s Plight
Author: eclaybrook Published Date: April 1, 2018 Leave a Comment on From Stalin with Love: The Victor’s Plight
In its heyday, the Soviets rarely had issues with drumming up “volunteers” for their political and social needs. By 1945, the Red Army was 11 million strong and had proved itself to be the true victors in the European front. Faced with a starving, war torn nation, it was obvious that tanks and bullets were …
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An Unorthodox Approach
To the average Russian, it must have seemed that in the summer of 1941 there was no salvation from tide of war. Within the first month of Germany’s “Operation Barbarossa”, Russian defenses had been obliterated and 84% of the Soviet’s pre-war active forces had been captured or killed by the end of the year (Freeze, …
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A Conflicted History
The Nanking Massacre was the worst event against the Chinese during World War Two. The death tolls go as high […]
Politicization and Forgetting in Nanking
World War II included many terrible atrocities, such as the Holocaust and the atomic bombs dropped in Japan. However, these […]
The Nanking Massacre: One Event, Two Perspectives
When most people think of World War II, the biggest and most horrific event that first comes to mind is […]
History In The Eye of the Beholder
As historians, it is our mission to correctly interpret the past so that others may learn and know what their […]
Totalitarian MartyrsCJackson
Christopher Jackson Totalitarian Martyrs The conflicts between Asian states may not be as popular as European or American ones but […]
Totalitarian Martyrs
The Nanjing Massacre was a mass killing and rape of the citizens of Nanjing, China by Japanese soldiers during […]
The Rape of Nanking as a Case Study of Historiography
“Our perception of history derives from past events as transmitted via the written word, not from the events themselves” (Masaaki […]
The Rape of Nanking from 2 Different Viewpoints
It is interesting to read both accounts of what happened in Nanking, China during World War II. Growing up and […]
Schrödinger’s Massacre
The above image shows Chinese and Korean protesters outside the Japanese Consulate, signs and chants voice their outrage, reverberating off […]
Relationships not Politics as the Driving Factor for Civil Rights.
Michael Kilmartin, (pictured from left to right:) Lou Fumbanks, Bess, Michael Kilmartin, Chuck Kickbusch, 1954-1955, photograph, Wakkanai, Japan The inclusion […]
WWII and Decolonization
During WWII, soldiers from European colonies, from the Dutch East indies to French West Africa, fought for their “mother countries” […]
Imperial Displacements
The end of World War II resulted in unfamiliarity for many citizens across the globe. There were many senses […]
How Britain and France lost their colonial rule
Battle of El Alamein – World War II during the North Africa Campaign The colonial lands of both Britain and […]
