Tag: World War II
Survivorship Bias
This is an interesting history post about survivorship bias, which is a logic error where you focus on things that survived when you should really be…
American Gender Roles and World War II
This is a very interesting take on traditional American gender roles tweeted by Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li. Her opinion is that you can’t really understand gender…
Audrey Hepburn Fought Nazis
Audrey Hepburn was not only one of Hollywood’s most iconic actresses, she also fought against the Nazis. She transcended the silver screen to become a…
No Submarine Is Ever Lost
This is a very interesting post about the fact that the US Navy has a tradition that no submarine is ever considered lost at sea….
War Trauma in History and the Post-Pandemic World
History major Ana Mardoll posted these interesting tweets about the trauma that young American teen girls went through in World War II. Obviously it’s not…
Christopher Lee Was a Complete Badass
Like we said in the Christopher Lee Quote About Stabbing People In The Back post, he was a total badass who fought in World War…
Poland’s Artillery Bear Wojtek Was a World War II Hero
It’s true, in World War II Poland really had a bear named Wojtek who was a private in the military! Wojtek was a Syrian brown…
Christopher Lee Quote About Stabbing People In The Back
These interview quotes from Peter Jackson and Sir Christopher Lee about the sound someone makes when stabbed in the back are epic. If you didn’t…
Battle for Sevastopol – Movie Quote
This quote from the Russian movie Battle for Sevastopol is totally badass. The movie is a biographical World War II film about Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She was a Soviet…
Chiune Sugihara Saved 6000 Jews
For your daily dose of history, here is an awesome post started by G. D. Falksen about the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who saved 600 Jews during…