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A North Korean propaganda poster shows US troops pulling a woman's teeth out. It is one of many posters shown in North Korea, which usually depicts enemy troops as savage and barbaric. This piece of art is thought to have been made in 2005, and it is meant to depict a torture scene during the Korean War, a proxy war that saw American troops aid the democratic government of South Korea, which was fighting against a communist North Korea. It lasted from 1950 - 1953 and is often called "The Forgotten War" as it was overshadowed by the Vietnam War, and because it took place soon after the end of World War II. It is unclear if these images are in museums in North Korea or if they are displayed in public. The imagery in these photos tends to show US troops as ghoulish and gaunt, while the Korean characters tend to be pretty or handsome, and oftentimes are wearing white, possibly to signify purity or to highlight blood depicted in the scenes, or both This poster is just to displ...

French soldier moving the body of a fallen German soldier with a wheelbarrow, ca. 1915. . Colourised by 'DURIEZ Frederic' on Flickr. . Today 109 years ago, on January 8, 1915, the Battle of Crouy began, also called the Battle of Soissons, between French and German forces as part of the First Battle of Champagne. . On December 20, 1914, the French launched the First Battle of Champagne along a 19-km-long front near the city of Reims. Although achieving small gains and suffering huge casualties, the Germans were badly outnumbered and were in need of relief from the French attacks. . In order to shorten their lines and disrupt the French offensive, the Germans planned an attack on the village of Crouy situated right on the Aisne river, northeast of the city of Soissons, with the aim of conquering the Vregny Plateau dominating the plains. The Germans would pin their 5th Infantry Division and 7th Reserve Division against the French 55th and 56th Infantry Divisions. . The German atta...

The man who attacked the Las Vegas judge last week is back in court in front of the same judge, this time in shackles, mitts, and a muzzle🫤 Edited · He wasn’t tryna go bacc to jail she denied his probation & his actions got him more time 😢 This breaks my heart ion care what no one says maybe just maybe she was not being fair maybe he thought he deserved to go out on probation I feel for him Now on a more serious note does anyone know his info i’d like to put money in his books ?? He needs a new judge though, she is biased and should be excluded from his case as now she is a victim Obviously, he has a mental health issue: In our community the unseen noise is silent but we learn how to swim through the waves. In the fact, that he’s in a muzzle speaks volumes of how a black man whose crying for help gets treated like an animal: But if a Caucasian man that’s having trouble with life and surrounded by a dozen of👮 👮‍♂️ 👮 gets treated with empathy and compassion enough to give hi...

Anne Rwigara passed away Anne Rwigara, the daughter of Assinapol Rwigara who was a prominent businessman, passed away unexpectedly at her residence in the United States of America. It's been a long time since Anne Rwigara has been away from Rwanda, because she was granted the citizenship of the United States of America. Most of the time she was in America or even in Belgium where she has family members. On Thursday afternoon, the news of her death started to spread on social media. Reliable information reaches us, saying that Anne Rwigara fell in California and has not been sick for a long time. She passed away at the age of 41. Anne Rwigara she is a little sister to Diane Rwigara who entered politics for a short time in 2017. Welcome to Summitgist.blogspot.com This is a blog site that focused on all that’s interesting and matters and history event. As a visitor, you are free to participate by sharing, comment, and asking of questions and don't forget minding our policy in rega...

Postmortem photos began to emerge shortly after commercial photography itself became available in 1839, and carried on being popular into the early 20th century. These photos varied considerably in presentation. The dead were not always photographed in their caskets, as you might expect. Often, they were propped up in chairs, occasionally alongside the living. Sometimes, the deceased's cheeks were coloured to mask the telltale signs of decomposition, or the eyes drawn over to look as if they were open. R. B. Whittaker in New York described the latter services as “Fast Asleep and Wide Awake” in an advertisement card from 1860. By far one of the most unusual postmortem photos I’ve come across is that of Thomas Jefferson Souder and his wife, Mary. It was taken at the time of their deaths in July, 1921. The couple died within 48 hours of each other from “the flux,” known today as dysentery—an intestinal inflammation that causes severe diarrhea that leads to rapid loss of fluids, dehydr...

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who spied on behalf of the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted, and executed by the federal government of the United States. They provided top-secret information about radar, sonar, and jet propulsion engines and were accused of transmitting valuable nuclear weapon designs; at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. Other convicted co-conspirators were sentenced to prison, including Ethel's brother, David Greenglass (who had made a plea agreement), Harry Gold, and Morton Sobell. Klaus Fuchs, a German scientist working in Los Alamos, was convicted in the United Kingdom. For decades, the Rosenbergs' sons Michael and Robert Meeropol, and many other defenders maintained that Julius and Ethel were innocent of spying on their country and were victims of Cold War paranoia. After the fall of the Soviet Union, much information concerning them was declassified, including a trove of decoded So...