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History is a grand story that is continually manipulated by the powers that be of the time. It is always manipulated with great skill on the basis of the logic of the powerful that says, ‘It is I who am just.’ All chronologies and history
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“Between July 1936 and June 1937, the number of children in the city receiving free school education rose from 34,431 to 116,846, and for the first time free nurseries were opened.”
― Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War
― Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War
“A football pitch consisted of a centre line with no other markings; goals didn't have a crossbar or nets. There was no such thing as a penalty kick and the goalkeeper was able to put his hands on the ball anywhere on the field of play.”
― The First Gunners: Arsenal from Plumstead to Highbury
― The First Gunners: Arsenal from Plumstead to Highbury
“German test pilot Ernst Canter noted in his logbook that while in 1910 he flew at a height of eighty feet, two years later he was ascending to almost 5,000.”
― Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
― Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
“Between 20 and 23 August, 40,000 French soldiers died. By 29 August, total French casualties since the war began reached 260,000, including 75,000 dead.”
― Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
― Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
“Another senseless practice, that of appointing honorary colonels-in-chief from the ranks of European royalty, reached ludicrous heights in 1914 when the British regiment known as the Royals went off to fight against Germany. The honorary colonel-in-chief of the regiment was none other than Kaiser Wilhelm II himself! The”
― The British Army in the Victorian Era: The Myth and The Reality
― The British Army in the Victorian Era: The Myth and The Reality
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