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Every week I uncover the forgotten stories that shaped our world, and why they still matter today. 240+ issues, never missed a week. Because the path to a better tomorrow starts with the past.
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The Armenian Genocide (opens the original)
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It was early in 1915 and the Ottoman Empire was six months into World War I. As you may already know, it wasn’t going well. Enver Pasha was fresh off an embarrassing defeat. He had led a disastrous winter offensive against the Russians in the Caucasus. Later called the Battle of Sarikamish, the route left the Ottoman’s Third Army all but destroyed. Between frostbite, disease, and combat itself, tens of thousands troops perished. As is often in the case in embarrassing defeats, the leader looked
The Three Pashas and the Making of a Proto-Fascist State (opens the original)
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A Revolution That Promised EverythingIt was July in 1908 and a group of men had gathered to restore a constitution that had been suspended three decades earlier. The men included a group of officers in Ottoman Macedonia and they were there to force Abdul Hamid II to undo what he had done with the constitution. There were cheering crowds across Salonica and Istanbul. The crowds featured Muslims, Christians, and Jews - all marching together, flying their banners for liberty, equality, fraternity,
Assassins of Weimar Germany (opens the original)
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In the tumultuous aftermath of World War I, Germany found itself in a state of profound political and social upheaval. The Treaty of Versailles had left the nation humiliated. They were economically crippled. Worse, they were deeply divided. Amidst this chaos paramilitary groups proliferated. Angered and frustrated, nationalism, revanchism, and aggression boiled in Germans. They possessed a desire to combat perceived enemies of the state. One of the most notorious of these groups was the Organiz
The Pearl Harbor Avenger (opens the original)
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Known as the “Pearl Harbor Avenger,” there are few United States submarines more accomplished than the USS Bowfin. During World War II, it would become one of the most feared American submarines. And it was a significant contributor to victory in the Pacific Theater.Commissioning and Early PatrolsThe USS Bowfin (SS-287) was commissioned on May 1, 1943, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. It was a Balao-class submarine and was equipped with advanced technology and weaponry for its
Philip Ashton Is Not Robinson Crusoe, He’s Far More Interesting (opens the original)
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Every few years someone runs a story on Philip Ashton with a common click-bait headline calling him the “real-life Robinson Crusoe.” I’m no copywriter genius, but the permutations on that headline are good. But one look at the dates, you’ll quickly learn it’s mathematically impossible.Daniel Defoe published his timeless classic Robinson Crusoe in 1719. The legendary tales of Philip Ashton started with his capture by pirates in 1722. Simple deduction shows that he could not have inspired the fast
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