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Michael Burleigh comments on Heinrich Himmler’s character while thoroughly abusing a thesaurus

June 5, 2021 akin214

Just put it down, man. Put the thesarus down and slowly… back… away.

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John Toland comments on playful pups in combat zones

June 5, 2021 akin214

Leave it to Man’s Best Friend to turn a combat zone into play time.

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Solzhenitsyn comments on Chekhov’s heroes and soviet torture

February 17, 2021 akin214

How might the great heroes of Chekhov respond to the discovery of torture in the Gulags? Solzhenitsyn muses in a tome which requires MUCH bourbon… or a whole bottle of vodka.

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Gerhard Weinberg Comments on Italian Inaction in North Africa

June 18, 2019 akin214

Snarky Historian of the Day goes to Gerhard Weinberg and this snippet from his venerable tome “A World at War:” “The Italians had halted after

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A Student Comments on the Zapruder Film

March 8, 2019 akin214

After viewing the film, one of my students reflects: “That’s what love will get you, Miss – a lap full of brains.”

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