Mark Cartwright

Trench Warfare on WWI's Western Front The trench warfare of the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18) involved soldiers living and dying in an awful mix of mud, filth, and barbed wire. Trench systems became more sophisticated...

Latest #history article on #WWI: www.worldhistory.org/article/2820...

Penny Black: The World's First Postage Stamp People have been sending letters to each other ever since paper and pen were invented, but it was not until 1840 that a new idea was introduced where people could prepay the cost of delivering their.....

Latest #history article. #stampcollecting #philately
www.worldhistory.org/Penny_Black/

The Brink's-Mat Robbery: Britain's Biggest Bullion Heist Six armed robbers. One warehouse. Three tons of gold worth around $320 million today. The raid on the Brink's-Mat secure storage facility on the edge of London's Heathrow airport on 26 November 1983.....

A new short-format type of #history article: www.worldhistory.org/article/2778...

The Transatlantic Zeppelins: A Golden Age of Air Travel Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic....

More #zeppelin #history. www.worldhistory.org/article/2752...

The Zeppelin Bombing Raids of WWI Zeppelin airships were used by Germany to attack its enemies on all fronts during the First World War (1914-18). Bombing raids, usually conducted at night, targeted key infrastructure like railways...

First of a batch of articles on the #zeppelin #airships.
www.worldhistory.org/article/2751...
#history

Latest #history #writing topic.

1 book, 3 careful owners."There is something about old books. For my part I regard them with the deepest reverence. They are like voices speaking from past centuries. Searching eyes, which have scanned the printed lines, have long been closed for ever, but the books still live"S.Hedin #bibliophile

Got myself a fancy book stamp.
#bibliophile

Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 The siege of Sevastopol (Oct 41 to Jul 42) was an attack by Axis forces on the base of the USSR's Black Sea Fleet during Operation Barbarossa of the Second World War (1939-45). Sevastopol (aka Sebasto...

My latest #history article, why the #Ukraine has attracted dictators in the past. www.worldhistory.org/article/2683...
#writer

This is the #library and office of the late travel writer Alan Whicker. Oh to have the luxury of space in one's study.

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) began during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), during the Second World War (193...

My latest #history of #WWII article. www.worldhistory.org/article/2680...

Still looking for #shangri-la
#himalayas #tibet #books #bibliophile #maps

Why Did Hitler Attack the USSR? Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, was intent on attacking the USSR in the summer of 1941. With Western Europe subdued in 1940, Hitler could finally pursue his dream of territorial....

Latest #history article. www.worldhistory.org/article/2674...

Finally got volume I of this trilogy by J.F.C.Fuller, published in 2001. #books #militaryhistory #bibliophile #library

Battle of Kiev in 1941 The Battle of Kiev (Kyiv) in July-September 1941 was a major Axis victory in Operation Barbarossa, Adolf Hitler's attack on the USSR during the Second World War (1939-45). Hitler wanted the resources....

Latest article on #militaryhistory www.worldhistory.org/article/2671...

Battle of Smolensk in 1941 The Battle of Smolensk in 1941 ended in victory for Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). Smolensk on the Dnieper...

The Battle of Smolensk in 1941 ended in victory for Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). https://whe.to/ci/2-2668-en/  #history

Spring is in the air. #flowers in the #library

blank map of western Tibet

#Exploring empty places, Hedin's discoveries include sheep, yaks, and nomadic shepherds. Tibet was a huge blank on the map but, after a few generations of explorers lost their souls up there on the high plains and found nothing whatsoever, we now know it is to remain a blank on the map. #Tibet #book

Battle of Białystok-Minsk The Battle of Białystok-Minsk in Jun-Jul 1941, which involved the encirclement of entire Soviet armies positioned near each city in Poland and Belarus, respectively, was one of the first victories by...

The Battle of Białystok-Minsk in Jun-Jul 1941, which involved the encirclement of entire Soviet armies positioned near each city in Poland and Belarus, respectively, was one of the first victories by Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red....  #history

Latest batch of #books for future articles at World History Encyclopedia #writing #history

Operation Barbarossa Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941 with the largest army ever assembled. The Axis offensive of June-December 1941 was code-named Operation Barbarossa.....

My latest #WWII #history article. Why Russia has a thing about being attacked from the West. www.worldhistory.org/Operation_Ba...

Steadily filling these #stamp albums. #philately #stampcollecting

50 Stunning Photographs of WWII This gallery of photographs tells the dramatic story of the Second World War (1939-45). The selection aims to reflect the global nature of the conflict and reveal many of its different aspects, from.....

I put this gallery together to try and tell the #history of #WWII in pictures.
www.worldhistory.org/collection/2...

Kon-Tiki Expedition The Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, led by the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), successfully crossed 8,000 km (5,000 miles) of the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands on a balsa-wood raft...

My latest #history article.
www.worldhistory.org/Kon-Tiki_Exp...

A Gallery of 40 Portrait Paintings Through History Capturing in paint for all time the faces of particular people has been an endeavour of artists for millennia. In this gallery, we present in chronological sequence a series of 40 portraits, from anti...

I put together this chronological gallery of interesting #portraits through #history
www.worldhistory.org/collection/2...

Why Did Hitler Hate Jewish People? The leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) identified Jewish people as enemies of the state, presenting them through relentless propaganda as responsible for Germany's economic and cultural.....

Part of my intermittent series that asks one question whose answers explain a lot of things. #history
www.worldhistory.org/article/2646...

New #writing desk. Louis VI style. #antiquefurniture

Every authoritarian power in history identified somebody to hate and then convinced a significant number of the people they ruled to do the same. If you ask yourself "why would anyone ever hate me?", then you've solved the riddle: nobody should hate anyone. #history #Orwell

Eyewitness Accounts of the Holocaust The Holocaust was the murder of 6 million Jewish people by the SS, Gestapo, and other organisations of Nazi Germany and its allies in the years prior to and through the Second World War (1939-45). Inn...

Latest #history article on the #holocaust. The voices of those who suffered it. www.worldhistory.org/article/2628...