🏹 The ancient Olympic Games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, in honour of Zeus, the supreme god of the Greek religion.
The games, held from 776 BCE to 393 CE, involved participants and spectators from all over Greece and even beyond.
The Olympic Games were the most important cultural event in ancient Greece, and they ran for 293 consecutive Olympiads. So important were the Games in the ancient world that they were even used as a basis for the calendar.
📝 Article and photos by Mark Cartwright.
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The games, held from 776 BCE to 393 CE, involved participants and spectators from all over Greece and even beyond.
The Olympic Games were the most important cultural event in ancient Greece, and they ran for 293 consecutive Olympiads. So important were the Games in the ancient world that they were even used as a basis for the calendar.
📝 Article and photos by Mark Cartwright.
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On this day in 1783, France and Spain call off a failed three-and-a-half-year siege of the British territory of Gibraltar. Although a sideshow of the American War of Independence, the standoff actually represents the largest battle of the conflict.
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Today in 1862, Federal troops capture the Confederate bastion of Fort Henry, Tennessee. It's an early victory for an up-and-coming general by the name of Ulysses S. Grant. The capture of the fort opens up the Tennessee River to Union gunboats which begin targeting Rebel shipping
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On this day in 1904, Japan officially cuts diplomatic ties with Russia over disputed territories in Manchuria and Korea. Two days later, the two empires will be at war.
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Today in 1778, France officially recognizes the newly established United States with the signing of the Treaty of Alliance. The pact opens up the War of Independence to direct French (and later Spanish and Dutch) intervention saving America’s precarious rebellion against Britain
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A stained-glass window at the church in Angoville-au-Plain, France in honor of the 101st Airborne Division. 🇺🇸
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82 years ago today, Cpl. Stephen Zabur & his field ambulance unit in the 5th Army work with men from a German ambulance unit to give first aid to a wounded German soldier in the Battle of Anzio. 🪖
colour_history on the colorization
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colour_history on the colorization
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On the off chance you didn’t know the Father of the Army Rangers was a badass, here is William Darby on a Harley-Davidson in North Africa with his M1903 Springfield rifle. 🪖
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In 1945, two MPs “interrogate” a couple of German grade school children who were pressed into military service as the war came to a close.
In general, any German “soldier” under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.
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In general, any German “soldier” under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.
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In 1945, two MPs “interrogate” a couple of German grade school children who were pressed into military service as the war came to a close.
In general, any German “soldier” under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.
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In general, any German “soldier” under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.
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81 years ago today, Moroccan soldiers of the 1st French Corps fill the hands of American soldiers with candy in Rouffach, France. 🪖
The Americans are with the 12th Armored Division 🇺🇸
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The Americans are with the 12th Armored Division 🇺🇸
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In February of 1945, a paratrooper of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepares to move out after surviving his jump on Corregidor in the Philippines. 🪂
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In February of 1944, the view of an M1 155mm howitzer that blew up, killing five of its crew and wounding several others on Kwajalein. 🪖
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If you thought legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry’s coaching resume in the NFL was impressive, you should see his service record as a pilot with the 8th Air Force during WW2 ✈️
- 30 combat missions over Europe
- 3 Air Medals 🎖️
- Survived crash landing over 🇧🇪
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- 30 combat missions over Europe
- 3 Air Medals 🎖️
- Survived crash landing over 🇧🇪
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Marine Cpl. Robert Borrell fires a .50 caliber machine gun inside a bomber over Papua New Guinea. 🪖
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In February of 1945, muddy soldiers of the 76th Infantry Division clean their weapons before moving up the line in the woods near Echternach, Luxembourg. 🪖
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"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."
— William Tecumseh Sherman, born on this day in 1820.
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— William Tecumseh Sherman, born on this day in 1820.
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