Recent content by Louie O

Here's a quote from Josef Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, "if you tell a lie big enough, and keep repeating it, the public will eventually come to believe it." The power of propaganda is one of the main lessons learned from WW2. Holocaust deniers know it happened, but for their...

One debate is; should General Paulus, commander of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, have disregarded Hitler's "hold at all cost" order and attempted to break out of Stalingrad ?

Explosion of Atomic bomb. June 14, 1948 Berlin Blockade begins. September, 1949 Soviets explode first atomic bomb. June, 1950 Korean War begins. January, 1959 Castro takes over Cuba. May, 1960 U.S. spy plane shot down over Russia. April, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. August, 1961 construction of...

I agree, Columbus never set foot on North America. He did land in Central America, but that wasn't until his third voyage in 1498. However, John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) had already found North America when he landed on Newfoundland in 1497. I think we should be having a John Cabot Day holiday...

I'd still complain if I was a Yankee fan, they only won once in the last nine years. In Pittsburgh, if our team had a 200 million payroll every year, we'd complain if they didn't win the series every year.

I agree, I've been watching that movie since it came out in 1971. That's one of the best tear jerker movies of all time, not just sports movies.

History is to your country what memory is to the individual.

Try Nellie Bly, real name Elizabeth Cochran. She was a daredevil, investigative reporter, feminist, industrialist, author and charity worker. She once faked insanity to get inside a mental hospital to investigate reports of brutality and abuse, and then wrote an expose about it. She attempted to...

Some historians consider 1559 as the year the "Middle Ages" ended and the "Early Modern Europe" period began. The Early Modern Europe period was the time between the end of the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution.

Some historians consider 1559 as the year the "Middle Ages" ended and the "Early Modern Europe" period began. The Early Modern Europe period was the time between the end of the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution.

I believe there were prior civilizations on Earth, long before any recorded history, but I don't believe their demise had anything to do with a God though. Their end came from a natural event; an ice age, or an asteroid impact, or many asteroid impacts, or volcanic activity etc.

May 3, 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville, 2358 dead; 18,000 casualties total.

The "science of history" is a concept. Here's the best source I could find on the topic.

The "science of history" is a concept. Here's the best source I could find on the topic.

The "science of history" is a concept. Here's the best source I could find on the topic.