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Online Resources for Historians 6 RZM Feb 2012 Mar 2018 8 47894
Welcome to the DU World History Group! 0 RZM Feb 2012 Dec 2011 3 57594
On this day, June 10, 1942, Lidice, Czechoslovakia, was destroyed in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 444
On June 10, 1944, members of the 4th Waffen-SS Division massacred over 215 men, women and children in Distomo, Greece. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 5 347
On June 10, 1944, a German Waffen-SS company massacred over 640 men, women, and children at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 343
"My Grandmother Married Her Liberator" Gerda & Kurt Klein, Holocaust Survivors, WWII 'Ritchie Boys' 🪖 0 appalachiablue Jun 8 Jun 8 1 385
🇬🇧 100 Yr Old British Veterans Honored, Normandy, France, 82nd DDay Anniversary June 6, 1944, WW2 3 appalachiablue Jun 8 Jun 8 19 531
1964 CBS report "D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy 1 irisblue Jun 7 Jun 7 5 386
Rome Taken!': The Liberation of Rome,[June 4] 1944 1 irisblue Jun 7 Jun 7 3 383
This is just a small window into Britain's Anti-Slavery Efforts in the early 19th century 0 ImNotGod Jun 4 Jun 4 1 464
Nazi Criminals Escaped to South America, Ratlines, Argentina Post WW2 Refuge, President Milei Releases Files 7 appalachiablue May 29 May 30 5 953
On May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded in an ambush in Prague. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 7 604
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 4 386
On May 23, 1945, Heinrich Himmler died by suicide while in British custody. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 7 672
On May 22, 1915, Britain's deadliest rail accident happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 1 369
The Dönitz Testament - Was Hitler's Successor President of Germany Until 1980? 2 bucolic_frolic May 21 May 22 2 585
🇬🇧 VE Day London, May 8, 1945, Celebrations - Victory in Europe, WWII - Freedom Over Fascism 0 appalachiablue May 22 May 22 2 464
Last Wills of Shakespeare vs John Heminges (owner of the Globe theater) 6 GreatGazoo May 17 May 17 5 1090
On May 7 and May 8, 1945, the Halifax VE-Day riots occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 2 593
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 1 516
Jodocus Hondius, Henry Hudson and My Voyage to the Past 0 GreatGazoo May 15 May 15 3 583
The Holocaust's Youngest Survivors: Born to Imprisoned Mothers in April 1945, Just Before Nazi Surrender 2 appalachiablue May 15 May 15 8 641
Hundred Years War, Black Death, Thirty Years War 3 bucolic_frolic May 14 May 14 5 585
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 1 425
VE Day, May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe, WW2 Germany Surrender; Swastika Blow Up Nuremberg 🧨 0 appalachiablue May 8 May 8 9 599
🇫🇷 Why Jean Lafaurie Still Tells His Story: 102 YO, French Resistance, Survived Dachau Prison, WW2; Current Warning 0 appalachiablue Apr 26 Apr 26 12 816
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 1548
On April 22, 2004, there was a massive explosion on a train in North Korea. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 1 670
The curious tale of Rudolf Hess 1 bucolic_frolic Apr 20 Apr 20 8 914
NAZI TOWN, USA: PBS American Experience ⚔ 13 appalachiablue Apr 19 Apr 20 13 2008

World History Continued...

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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 4 757
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 2187
How America recovers from all this 4 littlemissmartypants Apr 19 Apr 19 2 1207
A Thorn in Hitler's Side: How the Brutally Efficient Yugoslav Partisans TERRORISED the Axis 1 bucolic_frolic Apr 18 Apr 18 4 750
Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's Stepsister and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 96 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Apr 14 8 1078
PBS: 'The Last Twins,' Erno Spiegel, Holocaust Hero Saved Kids in Auschwitz from Nazi Dr Mengele Medical Experiments 2 appalachiablue Apr 14 Apr 14 5 787
April 10 1940. London Calling 2 irisblue Apr 11 Apr 11 4 979
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 4 811
Hat wars of early modern England reveal how manners make the rebel 0 erronis Apr 9 Apr 9 7 764
On this day, April 8, 2013, Margaret Thatcher died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 841
Napoleon's Nazi Funeral 0 bucolic_frolic Apr 7 Apr 7 1 833
The Kaiser's Nazi Funeral 0 bucolic_frolic Apr 7 Apr 7 6 743
Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago 2 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2 Apr 2 10 1009
🇬🇧 The Battle of Cable St, London 1936: Brit Fascist Blackshirt March Halted By Antifascist Demonstrators 5 appalachiablue Mar 2026 Apr 1 9 1286
WW2: Fascist Lord Haw-Haw Tried For Treason, Nazi Propaganda Radio Host 'Germany Calling': BBC 1 appalachiablue Mar 23 Mar 23 5 894
Hitler Bribed His Generals - Secret Fund Bought Military Loyalty 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 22 Mar 22 9 932
Operation Clockwork Orange - Secret Military Coup Against British Prime Minister 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 19 Mar 19 3 1061
How Every Country Got Nuclear Weapons Explained 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 866
The muqarnas of the Shah Mosque and Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Iran 2 littlemissmartypants Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 1083
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 5 913
Jean Widmer, Designer of Celebrated French Graphics, Dies at 96 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 985
How The Fridge Destroyed One of the World's Largest Monopolies 2 Uncle Joe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 1519
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 1137
Himmler's Fourth Reich - SS Assets Saved in Global Conspiracy 2 bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 Feb 2026 3 1311
The Fake Coal That Destroyed 1,000 German Trains WWII's Most Ingenious Sabotage Weapon 4 Ptah Jan 2026 Feb 2026 19 1635
I stated wondering how European POWS were fedin the Us 3 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1206
Hitler Bribed His Generals - Secret Fund Bought Military Loyalty 4 bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1394
The 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front entered Auschwitz in occupied Poland, today. 1 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1397
Recalling being raised into racism through Boy Scouting. 4 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 1786
Mystery: Who Brought Beans to the Lenape and Mahicans in the 1300s? 6 GreatGazoo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1698

World History Continued...

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A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot 3 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 13 1667
Heather Cox Richardson: The Schnee Eifel Pocket The Battle of the Bulge Journey to American Democracy 0 marmar Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1117
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime's Nuclear Program 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1027
On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 967
British redcoat's lost memoir reveals harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran 0 erronis Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1107
"Hamnet" and the History of History 0 GreatGazoo Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1120
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 1218
Roman Polanski On Escaping The Jewish Ghetto In World War II The Dick Cavett Show 0 marble falls Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1150
On this day in 1919 - German Workers Party founded in Munich 0 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1034
Alice in Wonderland, the Boer War, Racism, and British Imperialism and Empire. 3 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1539
On this day January 3, 2003, Greta Thunberg was born. 2 spike jones Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 1257
NUTS! Gen. Anthony McAuliffe Refused To Surrender, The Bulge, Bastogne, Belgium, Dec.1944 0 appalachiablue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1033
Charles Dickens' London Home, Christmas Tour - Literary Giant, Victorian Era Social Critic 📚 5 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1648
Immigrants arriving in the US through Ellis Island from 1906 to 1914 5 irisblue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1633
Images from the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, 16 December 1944 16 irisblue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 24 3221
American troops captured by the Nazis in the Ardennes in Dec 1944 3 irisblue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1623
Glen Miller disappeared over the English Channel today 15 December 1944. 3 irisblue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1467
So I just finished (finally) Jackson's book "France on Trial" and am moving to Elkins "A Legacy of Violence." 2 NNadir Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1502
Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts 'long-lost' Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world 2 erronis Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1376
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1212
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