Image: A Japanese soldier poses with the severed head of one of his victims. The Rape of Nanking, December 1937. The name Nanking, now the sprawling capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China, is forever etched with the indelible stain of one of the 20th century’s most horrific atrocities. In the winter of 1937, followingContinue reading “The Unspeakable Darkness: The Rape of Nanking and the World’s Silence”
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The North-West Rebellion 1885: Resistance and Reckoning: The North-West Rebellion’s Lasting Legacy.
Image: “Shelling Batoche, last shot before the attack on the guns” (guns from Battery A, Canadian Artillery Regiment, bombarding Batoche with a gun firing 9-pounder cannonballs. May 9, 1885. Batoche, Saskatchewan, during the Northwest Rebellion. Photographed by James Peters. The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a pivotal moment in Canadian history, marking a violent confrontation betweenContinue reading “The North-West Rebellion 1885: Resistance and Reckoning: The North-West Rebellion’s Lasting Legacy.”
“The Forgotten Holocaust”: Horrific Photos From The Rape Of Nanking, 1937-1938.
Left: A Chinese woman is tied to a pole and forcibly kissed by a Japanese soldier. Right: Elsewhere, a man is left blindfolded and tied up. Both images were taken during the Rape of Nanking. “The Forgotten Holocaust”: Horrific Photos From The Rape Of Nanking, 1937-1938. These tragic photos and stories that capture the horrorsContinue reading ““The Forgotten Holocaust”: Horrific Photos From The Rape Of Nanking, 1937-1938.”
86 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Paris During World War 1
Charles Lansiaux (1855–1939) became a photographer at the end of the 19th century. He established his own business in 1903, describing his company purpose as “Artistic and industrial photography, city works, emergency works, interior photography with artificial light, enlargements, amateur documentary photography.” At the beginning of the war in 1914, he started documenting daily lifeContinue reading “86 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Paris During World War 1”
The Story Behind The Gruesome Wounded Knee Massacre, December 29, 1890
The Wounded Knee Massacre was one of the most notorious episodes of violence by the United States government against Native Americans. While most peoples know about the horrors of the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota, few know the backstory to the incident, which involves a Paiute prophet named Wovoka. In 1889, Wovoka went intoContinue reading “The Story Behind The Gruesome Wounded Knee Massacre, December 29, 1890”
60 Vintage Photos of the Anglo-Egyptian Army in Sudan During the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898
The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief (sirdar) major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist Islamic State, led by Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. The battle took place on 2 SeptemberContinue reading “60 Vintage Photos of the Anglo-Egyptian Army in Sudan During the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898”
Amazing Photographs of the Tuskegee Airmen at an Air Base in Italy During WWII
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Sarah Rosetta Wakeman aka Lyons Wakeman: A Woman’s Life as a Man in the Civil War
In 1940, Jackson Doane, of Binghamton, unearthed a packet of letters, a ring and a picture in his family’s attic from Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, the older sister of Jackson’s great-grandmother. She was a family member that seemed to be little spoken about — and little known. In 1976, Jackson read those letters, discovering that theyContinue reading “Sarah Rosetta Wakeman aka Lyons Wakeman: A Woman’s Life as a Man in the Civil War”
Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I
When the First World War broke out, the era of the horse bus drew to a close. London’s largest bus operator, the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC), had replaced all its horse buses with motor buses in 1911 and 1912. A few other bus operators continued to use horses until August 1914. These new vehicles,Continue reading “Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I”
