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US RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL’S CAPITAL BY TRUMP

On December 6, President Trump made the announcement that the United States would be recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. A little background: When the British conquered Palestine in…

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Franco-Prussian War 1870 and Production of the German Realm

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Aptly enough, Prussia's triumph over Austria in 1866, a conflict that finished the German Confederation and brought about the production of the North German Confederation, expanded previously existing strains with…

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The Berlin Wall

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Conversely, on August 13 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) started to fabricate a security fencing and cement "Antifascistischer Schutzwall," or "antifascist defense,"…

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Mary Surratt, The Lincoln Assassination Conspirator and First Woman Ever Hanged By The U.S. Government

Credit: Austin Harvey on ATI (Backlink below) On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt (tag) and three other condemned prisoners were marched through the courtyard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary outside…

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