Home
Random
Trending
Today
15
posts added
Search
wikipedia.org
9YQVQ
TIL an Aboriginal man planted a flag on the cliffs of Dover in 1988 and claimed England for the Aborigines
nemE7
TIL Gen. Franz Halder of the High Command warned Hitler of huge Soviet troop concentrations near Stalingrad and certain disaster, but Hitler criticized him for his defeatist mentality. Halder walked out of the meeting and never returned. Five months later, Germany was defeated at Stalingrad.
MeMy7
TIL that The Dirty Dozen was inspired by a WWII paratrooper squadron called The Filthy Thirteen, who used to wear warpaint and mohawks into war, and were famous for disregarding military rules and laws.