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The German Army was flushed with success after the swift and overwhelming victories in Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, France and the Balkans. They had already conquered most of Europe. They then proceeded on their most enterprising project yet - Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. Operation Barbarossa was the largest and most ambitious military venture ever undertaken. However, Germany and its leader bit off more than they could chew as they assaulted the massive land of Russia wi...

‘Glory of arms and art’: Napoleonic plunder and the birth of national museums Issued on: George Crukshanks 1815 cartoon of Napoleon "Seizing the Italian Relics". © Wikimedia creative commons 12 min Napoléon’s military conquests fuelled a vast and unprecedented migration of artworks aimed at establishing a “universal museum” in Paris, the self-proclaimed capital of knowledge and the arts. The rise and fall of the Napole...

BirdGuides 1a5cafae-840b-4a57-87d3-4a242a6efc41 In a rapidly changing world, headlines about the many insect species losing as a result of human activity are depressingly commonplace these days. For all the losers though, the Anthropocene has some remarkable winners – and among European butterflies, few can be more impressive than Southern Small White. Female Southern Small White near Maastricht, Limburg, on 27 September 2015 – at the time, the first specimen for t...

The French meddled in the civil war between the Yorks and Lancasters, hoping for an outcome that would favour them.

2 May 2021 BRUSSELS (AP) – Police have detained 132 people who took part in an illegal party in a Brussels park to protest COVID-19 restrictions, authorities said Sunday. About 15 people, including protesters and police, were injured in clashes, police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere said.   TOPSHOT – A protester is hit by a water cannon during clashes with riot police at the Bois de La Cambre park in Brussels, on May 1, 2021, during the second edition of the unauthorized ‘La Boum – L’...

Submitting... The building was previously derelict offices – builders found collapsed ceilings, dead pigeons and a foot of muck upstairs – and before that the Dutch Consulate. Crowle House - built for wealthy merchant George Crowle in 1664 There were still pictures of the Netherlands’ Royal family on the walls and an old passport control desk. Builders said they have had a couple of elderly people turn up and ask where they can sign so they can receive their pensions. Miss Corrie-Peace,...

Will Langdon profiles this rapidly expanding European butterfly and pin-points what to look for in a potential British vagrant.

This is how Dutch society sees democracy: The majority rules while taking minorities into account. I learned this in school when I was about 16, years before I was allowed to vote. In the US, they can’t stop bragging about how their democracy of equality of all voters is their invention and superior to all other systems. Well, first of all, equality’s not an American but a Jewish invention. Secondly, how can a system be ideal if it employs piling lies on half-truths to polarize and split up...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. The Maginot Line and the Fall of France The Maginot Line proved useless. France fell in a matter of days.   After their experiences in the first World War the British and French High Commands assumed that any new war with Germany would be similar to WW1 – a massive static engagement be...

Driving on ‘wrong side’ of road part of colonial legacy Summary There are 163 countries and territories that drive on the right side of the road, while only 63 drive on the left. Friday April 30 2021 A 1938 British Morgan 4-4 Series 1 competes on the 2017 RAC 1000 Mile Trial Rally for pre-War cars organised by Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK By DOUGLAS KIEREINI Summary There are 163 countries and territories that drive on the right side of the road, while only...