Jesse Alexander

"The more I think about history, ancient or modern, the more ironical all human affairs seem."

Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome

Si les guerres méconnues vous intéressent, jetez un coup d'oeil ci-dessous! Je viens de commander ma copie...

Vienna Capitals with a gritty short-handed victory against league leading Ljubljana on Friday!

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

YouTube video by Real Time History Urban Combat in the Pacific: Manila 1945 (Documentary)

Our latest, on the battle for Manila in 1945: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcn...

You can add this to the list of problems with using AI for history questions. I asked most of the major providers the same question. Perplexity ended up using a source from Reddit, from a subreddit dedicated to a HoIIV mod, from a user asking a question about that mod's alternative history.

Judgement at Nuremberg - David Low's cartoon in the Evening Standard #OnThisDay 1946

Fantastic photo of a group of German children studying the newest movements of the armies and the frontlines on a map of Europe, 1914.

Nope, in Slovakia!

"The advance of the 155th Kuban Infantry Regiment against Turkish positions at the Bardus Pass on December 25, 1914" by German painter Richard-Karl Karlovič Zommer (1866-1939)

I'm looking for expert interviewees to talk about Gordon Flowerdew, who earned the Victoria Cross in what many have called the "last Canadian cavalry charge," the Battle of Moreuil Wood on March 30, 1918.

📸 Wikipedia / Canadian War Museum.

Youtube comment of the day:
"Extremely pro communist narrative here. The narrator is Canadian so guess it makes sense"

Evidence of a fellow hiker…

The decline of reading % of US teenagers who read in their leisure time... 50 Hardly ever 40 30 20 10 Almost every day 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Source: US National Assessment of Educational Progress Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments FT graphic: John Burn-Murdoch / @jburnmurdoch OFT 2020

Problems now, bigger ones ahead.

C’est mon ancêtre aussi!

Ai and plastics have so much in common
- yes, they can be useful in some very specific applications, but they're actually subpar in many cases (breaks/spills BS)
- they are huge sources of pollution
- they are marketed to us as "inevitable"
- once introduced, they're impossible to get rid of

Youtube comment of the day:
"Extremely pro communist narrative here. The narrator is Canadian so guess it makes sense"

YouTube video by WW2: Both Sides Of The Wire | Podcast Soviet invasion of Poland 1939 | WW2 Podcast Episode: 61

We talked about the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDGa...

Youtube comment of the day:
"I am honestly impressed with this reporting. I could see all sides points and it was easy to draw conclusions. The lack of bias was refreshing."

Some people felt they did...or convinced themselves they did, at any rate. The point is perhaps a little more relevant in the context of Cold War anti-colonialism, but def not in 1939 or Eastern Europe!

YouTube video by WW2: Both Sides Of The Wire | Podcast Soviet invasion of Poland 1939 | WW2 Podcast Episode: 61

We talked about the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDGa...

Trump's statement that Ukraine can win back all it's territory is mostly a message to Putin that Russia should more seriously engage in peace negotiations. It does not mean new US support for Ukraine, but it does signal that Trump will not obstruct Europe's efforts. 1/4

Youtube comment of the day:
"I am honestly impressed with this reporting. I could see all sides points and it was easy to draw conclusions. The lack of bias was refreshing."

Congrats on making a meme that I've thought about offline quite a bit:

question for Pacific War historians: I'm looking for reliable figures on the number of Allied airmen captured in Japan or the Pacific theater more broadly.

I've seen 568 mentioned in passing a few places, but can't find a credible source. Any ideas on where I can find one?

Lowest approval of all on Ukraine...

Was reminded of this clip.

August 1942: troops of the US Army Air Forces, recently arrived in the Middle East, break up their physical training with dancing. Shot by Monty Berman.

Full film: IWM AYY 253/5 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

OK, there are just too many good caricatures of FDR & co. in this magazine not to make this a running thread.

You've seen demon, you've seen ogre, but have you seen monstrous whale?

Titled "Quite a catch, Let's Go!" from Sept. 1944 issue

Ogre-like FDR & Churchill sporting quite undergarments as they stare down a tasty cow (labeled "Asia") armed with Japanese swords for horns

From a Feb. 1942 edition of the satire magazine Manga