Daniel Danciu

“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.”
― Max Hastings, Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914

“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.”
― Nick Lloyd, 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.”
― Brian Belton, The First Gunners: Arsenal from Plumstead to Highbury

“It is remarkable that the Danish–German war therefore became the first war in history where at least one side lost more men to bullets than to disease – a milestone of sorts in the history of humanitarian work.”
― Tom Buk-Swienty, 1864: The forgotten war that shaped modern Europe