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The British Army in Concord, April 19, 1775. "Plate II. A view of the town of Concord." In: "The Doolittle engravings of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775.

u/Loud_Industry_2044 — 14 days ago
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A view of the taking of Quebec, 13th September 1759.

The British conquest of Quebec culminated in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759, marking a decisive turning point in the Seven Years' War and the fall of New France

u/Loud_Industry_2044 — 18 days ago
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Tory Refugees on the Way to Canada" by Howard Pyle

Approximately 40,000 to 50,000 American Loyalists moved to Canada following the American Revolutionary War, seeking safety and remaining faithful to the British Crown

u/Loud_Industry_2044 — 19 days ago
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TIL New Lanark is a restored 18th-century cotton mill village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated on the River Clyde. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its role in the Industrial Revolution and as a pioneering model for Utopian socialism, workers' rights, and modern education

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u/Loud_Industry_2044 — 3 months ago
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TIL Sonderkommandos were forced labor units of Jewish prisoners in Nazi death camps. Under threat of death, they were compelled to work in gas chambers and crematoria. the SS routinely murdered these prisoners after a few months and replaced them.

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u/Loud_Industry_2044 — 5 months ago
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Map of Wolf's Lair

  1. Residential premises and Hitler's personal bodyguard

  2. Bodyguard and Security Services

  3. Emergency generator

  4. Bunker

  5. Press Chief Dr. Otto Dietrich

  6. Conference shack, location of the unsuccessful attack on Hitler of 20 July 1944

  7. Security police

  8. Air-raid shelter for guests

  9. Hitler's personal bodyguards

  10. Stenographers

  11. Security, first Hitler's bodyguard Rattenhuber, chief of the police department Högl, Post Office

  12. Telex

  13. Garages

  14. Train

  15. Cinema

  16. Heating buildings

  17. Dr. Morell, Bodenschatz, Hewel, Voss, Wolff, Fegelein

  18. Commissary

  19. Martin Bormann, Hitler's personal secretary

  20. Bormann's air-raid shelter

  21. Hitler adjutants and Wehrmacht personnel

  22. Mess II

  23. General Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (OKW)

  24. Firefighting pond

  25. Office of the Foreign Ministry

  26. Dr. Fritz Todt, after his fatal accident: Albert Speer

  27. Hotel batallion

  28. Air-raid shelter with Flak and MG units on the roof

  29. Mess I

  30. New tearoom

  31. General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW}

  32. Old Teahouse

  33. Hermann Göring, Reich Field Marshal, head of the Luftwaffe

  34. Göring's air-raid shelter with Flak, MG and reflector units

  35. Representation of the High Command of the Air Force

  36. Representation of the High Command of the Navy

  37. Bunker with Flak Station

  38. Railway line

u/Loud_Industry_2044 — 5 months ago