r/WorldHistory

Today marks the 87th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, which began on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, ultimately becoming the deadliest conflict in human history and reshaping the global political order. This video visualizes every front of the war every day.

Why is South Korea’s role in the Vietnam War so rarely discussed?

1200 BC — the year the world ended and nobody noticed until 3,000 years later

Roman Emperor Claudius who ruled 41 - 54 AD. Made Britain a province in 43, then extended Roman rule in North Africa by annexing the Kingdom of Mauretania, modern day northern Algeria and Morocco in 44 AD.

I’m doing a PHD about British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War. The UK still has ‘pillboxes’ all over the place. Here’s a Type 25 we visited.

Today marks the 214th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, fought on September 7, 1812, when Napoleon’s Grande Armée and the Russian army clashed in one of the bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars, paving the way for Napoleon’s capture of Moscow and ultimately contributing to his retreat

Today marks the 187th anniversary of the beginning of the First Opium War, which began on September 4, 1839, when the Qing’s campaign against the British opium trade escalated into war, weakening Qing sovereignty and opening China to increased Western influence through the "unequal treaty"

I just got this neckless, what does this symboll mean tho?

#OnThisDay 1937, The Hobbit Is Published

#OnThisDay 1941, The Siege of Leningrad Begins