History Thread

[Dallas]

If you can look into the seeds of time
And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your favors nor your hate.

(Macbeth, Act I, Scene III)

聖戦
(Seisen)
Holy War

An ink painting of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, First Sino-Japanese War

Victory over the Tsar, 1905

The firebombing of Tokyo, 1945

Reagan and Hirohito - on American soil

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[Knight]

If you can look into the seeds of time
And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear
Your favors nor your hate.

(Macbeth, Act I, Scene III)

聖戦
(Seisen)
Holy War

An ink painting of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, First Sino-Japanese War

Victory over the Tsar, 1905

The firebombing of Tokyo, 1945

Reagan and Hirohito - on American soil

​

6'0 vs 5'12

 

[ddæ]

OPERATION JUST CAUSE

OPERATION URGENT FURY

OPERATION DESERT STORM

@char ur welcome bucko​

 

[Ond]

G U L F W A R

 

[ddæ]

ok boys recommend me books

historical, fictional, philosophical, whatever

i want to get back into literature

 

[Ond]

ok boys recommend me books

historical, fictional, philosophical, whatever

i want to get back into literature

 

[cns - he/him/his]

ok boys recommend me books

historical, fictional, philosophical, whatever

i want to get back into literature

Roadside Picnic

 

[ddæ]

Roadside Picnic

i was thinking of getting Red Army after recommendation from @char as well as The Brothers Karamazov and Stoner

 

[Dallas]

STALIN: paradoxes of power by stephen kotkin

pure scholar

 

[cns - he/him/his]

i was thinking of getting Red Army after recommendation from @char as well as The Brothers Karamazov and Stoner

I wouldn’t fucking know mate all I know is I’ve read Roadside Picnic like 3 times
House Of Leaves ain’t half bad either

 

[ddæ]

yes well anyway here is a complete accurate, coloured and visually referenced compendium of red army uniforms of ww2, with equipment, division, rank and medal information all included

Spoiler

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[Ond]

yes well anyway here is a complete accurate, coloured and visually referenced compendium of red army uniforms of ww2, with equipment, division, rank and medal information all included

Spoiler

in awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit

 

[Dallas]

yes well anyway here is a complete accurate, coloured and visually referenced compendium of red army uniforms of ww2, with equipment, division, rank and medal information all included

Spoiler

Kuban Cossack confirmed ultimate soviet warrior

 

[cns - he/him/his]

Kuban Cossack confirmed ultimate soviet warrior

Lad doesn’t look into it

 

[Ond]

Kuban Cossack confirmed ultimate soviet warrior

the "stuck in the door" regiment of hussars

 

[ddæ]

Kuban Cossack confirmed ultimate soviet warrior

in awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit

HALT, TOVRISCH

staying loyal to comrade stalin, i hope?

 

[Dallas]

HALT, TOVRISCH

staying loyal to comrade stalin, i hope?

 

[Ond]

P U R E I D E O L O G Y

 

[ddæ]

w-who are you?

i'm you, but better.

 

[cns - he/him/his]

lol what a cuck