Your favorite small piece of History.

[United States of Natan]

Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. Is that too large?

[True American States]

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I know that one of George Washington 's favorite dish is Peanut Butter Soup. I know this cuz it sounds completely disgusting.

My dad actually makes something like that which is pretty good.

I shouldn't egg something until I try it. I'm just so used to peanut butter with jelly and two slices of bred.

[Clayton Island]

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[Germanic Essentials]

The death of Irish-Canadian Orangeman Thomas Scott (March 1870). He was sentenced to execution by Louis Riel on March 4th, 1870. He was pronounced dead and put in a coffin after being shot in the cheek. Miraculously however, he was still alive after being shot. His actual cause of death was from being trapped in his coffin.

[The Conez Imperium]

The battle of Stalingrad, although a deplorable loss of life for both parties an interesting view into the mechanics and leadership of Soviet Russia and the 3rd Reich.

One of my favorite pieces of history is this fight in the grain elevator in Stalingrad

Andrey Khozyaynov, a sailor serving in the Naval Infantry Brigade, who was the only survivor of the battle for the Grain Elevator, lived to write an account of the battle fought by 30 Guards and 18 sailors:

'I remember on the night of the 17th, I was called to the battalion command post and given the order to take a platoon of machine-gunners to the grain elevator and ... to hold it come what may. We arrived that night and presented ourselves to the garrison commander. At that time the elevator was being defended by a battalion of not more than 30 to 35 guardsmen. Eighteen well-armed men had now arrived from our platoon.

At dawn ... enemy tanks and infantry, approximately ten times our numbers, launched an attack from the south and west. After the first attack was beaten back, a second began, then a third, while a reconnaissance "pilot" plane circled over us. It corrected the fire and reported our position. In all, ten attacks were beaten off on 18 September.

In the elevator, the grain was on fire, the water in the machine-guns evaporated, the wounded were thirsty, but there was no water. This is how we defended ourselves 24 hours a day for three days. Heat, smoke, and thirst - all our lips were cracked. During the day many of us climbed up to the highest points in the elevator and from there fired on the Germans; at night we came down and made a defensive ring round the building. We had no contact with other units.

A 10.5cm (4.134in) leFH howitzer fires over open sights against Soviet positions near the Grain Elevator in southern Stalingrad. The howitzer, developed in the 1920s, fired a 15kg (331b) shell to a maximum range of 10,675m (11,674 yards).


20 September arrived. At noon 12 enemy tanks came up from the south and west. We had already run out of ammunition for our anti-tank rifles, and we had no grenades left. The tanks approached the elevator from two sides and began to fire at our garrison at point-blank range. But no one flinched. Our machine-guns and Tommy-guns continued to fire at the enemy's infantry, preventing them from entering the elevator. Then a Maxim, together with the gunner, was blown up by a shell, and the casing of the second Maxim was hit by shrapnel ... We were left with one light machine-gun.

At dawn a German tank carrying a white flag approached from the south. We wondered what could have happened. Two men emerged from the tank, a Nazi officer and an interpreter. Through the interpreter the officer tried to persuade us to surrender to "the heroic German army", as defence was useless and we would not be able to hold our position any longer. "Better to surrender the elevator," affirmed the German officer. "If you refuse you will be dealt with without mercy. In an hour's time we will bomb you out of existence."

"What impudence," we thought, and gave the Nazi lieutenant a brief answer: "Tell all your Nazis to go to hell! You can go back, but only on foot." The German tank tried to beat a retreat, but a salvo from our two anti-tank rifles stopped it. The Germans made 10 attacks on the elevator, all failed. As the grain burns, the water in the machine-guns evaporated, leaving all, especially the wounded, thirsty. The explosions were shattering the concrete; the grain was in flames. We could not see one another for dust and smoke, but we cheered one another with shouts. German Tommy gunners appeared from behind the tanks. There were about 200 of them. They attacked very cautiously, throwing grenades in front of them. We were able to catch some of the grenades and throw them back. On the west side of the elevator, the Germans managed to enter the building, but we immediately turned our guns on the parts they occupied. Fighting flared up inside the building. We sensed and heard the enemy soldiers' breath and footsteps, but we could not see them in the smoke. We fired at the sound. At night, during a short lull, we counted our ammunition.

There did not seem to be much left .... We decided to break out ... To begin [with] all went well. We passed through a gully and crossed a railroad line, then stumbled on an enemy mortar battery. The Germans scattered, leaving behind their weapons, but also bread and water. "Something to drink!" was all we could think about. We drank our fill in the darkness. We then ate the bread ... and went on.

But alas, what happened to my comrades I don't know, because the next thing I remembered was waking in a dark, damp cellar. A door opened, and in the bright sunlight I could see a tommy-gunner in a black uniform. On his left sleeve was a skull. I had fallen into the hands of the enemy.'

[Lalaki]

Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. Is that too large?

Probably not. But try looking for a specific small event for his Presidency. With someone like Roosevelt, there is always something to be found.

[Republic of Coldwater]

The Battle of Gettysburg. If we decided to hold a defensive and perhaps move towards higher places instead of going on the offensive with the only logical basis of the Army of Northern Virginia being invisible, then we would've won that battle, allowing Alexander Stephens into Union territory and perhaps ending the war in favor of the Confederacy.

Battle of Sharpsburg (Or Antietam). If the CSA won that battle, we would've gotten French and British help, once again defeating the Union and allowing the secession to happen.

First Manassass. That was when Thomas Jackson got his nickname Stonewall when his troops, despite intensive artillery fire from the Federal Troops stood there "like a stone wall" and eventually charged against the Federals, defeating them. If we decided to not invade Maryland and go to D.C instead, we could've once again ended the war on short order.

[The New Sea Territory]

The Battle of Gettysburg. If we decided to hold a defensive and perhaps move towards higher places instead of going on the offensive with the only logical basis of the Army of Northern Virginia being invisible, then we would've won that battle, allowing Alexander Stephens into Union territory and perhaps ending the war in favor of the Confederacy.

Battle of Sharpsburg (Or Antietam). If the CSA won that battle, we would've gotten French and British help, once again defeating the Union and allowing the secession to happen.

First Manassass. That was when Thomas Jackson got his nickname Stonewall when his troops, despite intensive artillery fire from the Federal Troops stood there "like a stone wall" and eventually charged against the Federals, defeating them. If we decided to not invade Maryland and go to D.C instead, we could've once again ended the war on short order.

Those aren't small.

[Novia Soviet Socialist Republic]

The Battle of Mirbat. When around 50 soldiers including 9 SAS soldiers fought off 300 Adoo Guerrillas. Over 80 of the Adoo were killed with only 3 killed and 1 wounded on the side of the SAS.

[Ad-Shabi]

The events between 1860 and 1980 in America.

[Ikania]

In July 1914, Nedeljko Čabrinović was almost the assassin of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, instead of the better known Gavrilo Princip.

He chucked a bomb at Ferdinand's car, but luckily the driver saw this and accelerated. As a result of that and a 10-second delay, it exploded under the wheel of the fourth car of the convoy, and only injured a few people.

Čabrinović ran once he saw the bomb fail to kill the Archduke. He took out a cyanide pill, placed it into his mouth and bit down as he jumped into the river Miljacka, falling to his death if the poison didn't work.

In a comedy of events, the cyanide pill was expired and made him sick. As well, he failed to realize that the Miljacka was only four inches deep. So there he sat, legs wounded, vomiting onto the ground as Police came and took him away.

[Eriz]

Kingdom of Serbia in World War I.

[Imperium Nova]

One of my favourite pieces of history regards the Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico, His Majesty Emperor Norton I. He was a man who lived in San Fransisco in the mid 1800s and after losing all his money in Peruvian Rice he left San Fransisco only to return later and lay claim to the throne of the United States. The people of San Fransisco took it quite nicely though. Restaurants would let him eat for free, an Imperial Stamp of Approval would considerably boost customers, and theaters would have balcony seats reserved for Norton.

He also stopped one of the anti-Chinese riots in San Fransisco by placing himself between the rioters and the Chinese targets and reciting the Lord's Prayer until the rioters dispersed. Speculations were that he was the son of Napoleon III, that he intended to marry Queen Victoria and that he had met Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. And as he was short on money he issued his own currency, which the people of San Fransisco accepted. On his funeral over 30 000 people lined the streets. It's quite a sweet story.

[Lysset]

One of my favourite pieces of history regards the Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico, His Majesty Emperor Norton I. He was a man who lived in San Fransisco in the mid 1800s and after losing all his money in Peruvian Rice he left San Fransisco only to return later and lay claim to the throne of the United States. The people of San Fransisco took it quite nicely though. Restaurants would let him eat for free, an Imperial Stamp of Approval would considerably boost customers, and theaters would have balcony seats reserved for Norton.

He also stopped one of the anti-Chinese riots in San Fransisco by placing himself between the rioters and the Chinese targets and reciting the Lord's Prayer until the rioters dispersed. Speculations were that he was the son of Napoleon III, that he intended to marry Queen Victoria and that he had met Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. And as he was short on money he issued his own currency, which the people of San Fransisco accepted. On his funeral over 30 000 people lined the streets. It's quite a sweet story.

Made my day.

[Apparatchikstan]

William Bradford's reformation of a declining New Plymouth colony from collectivism to individual enterprise.

[Perine]

In 1066, the battle of Stamford Bridge pitted a Norwegian berserker with a Dane axe against several hundred Saxons, with the maniac killing 40 and wounding dozens others. Luckily the maniac was swiftly defeated via a Pike to the stomach from a saxon floating down the river in a barrel.(insert corny joke here)

[Kalosia]

Here's another one. Apparently in the 1830s a rather nationalistic play gave its audience so many emotions that they went out there and started rioting.

The conflict escalated and that's how the country of Belgium was created - from a show that gave its viewers too many feels.



They broke away from the Netherlands. This event is known as the Belgian Revolution.

[Perine]

Here's another one. Apparently in the 1830s a rather nationalistic play gave its audience so many emotions that they went out there and started rioting.

The conflict escalated and that's how the country of Belgium was created - from a show that gave its viewers too many feels.



They broke away from the Netherlands. This event is known as the Belgian Revolution.

Was it Les Mis?

[Bulgar Rouge]

The 1920s Soviet Union when architecture, literature and science flourished before Stalin decided to go full retard and kill everyone.

[Farsview]

The Sea Peoples invasion (part of the Late Bronze Age Collapse according to Wikipedia).

[The Blaatschapen]

Here's another one. Apparently in the 1830s a rather nationalistic play gave its audience so many emotions that they went out there and started rioting.

The conflict escalated and that's how the country of Belgium was created - from a show that gave its viewers too many feels.



They broke away from the Netherlands. This event is known as the Belgian Revolution.

Was it Les Mis?

No. La muette de Portici.

And Kalosia is going a bit too quickly in his story. There were problems(eg. language, religion) between the North and the South ever since they were merged at the congress in Vienna. The opera was just a trigger.

[The Intergalactic Russian Empire]

One of my favourite pieces of history regards the Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico, His Majesty Emperor Norton I. He was a man who lived in San Fransisco in the mid 1800s and after losing all his money in Peruvian Rice he left San Fransisco only to return later and lay claim to the throne of the United States. The people of San Fransisco took it quite nicely though. Restaurants would let him eat for free, an Imperial Stamp of Approval would considerably boost customers, and theaters would have balcony seats reserved for Norton.

He also stopped one of the anti-Chinese riots in San Fransisco by placing himself between the rioters and the Chinese targets and reciting the Lord's Prayer until the rioters dispersed. Speculations were that he was the son of Napoleon III, that he intended to marry Queen Victoria and that he had met Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. And as he was short on money he issued his own currency, which the people of San Fransisco accepted. On his funeral over 30 000 people lined the streets. It's quite a sweet story.

Best. Emperor. Ever.

[Greater Miracium]

Adolf Hitler almost drowned when he was 4 years old.

[Perine]

Adolf Hitler almost drowned when he was 4 years old.

He was saved by a priest, and a few years later he had a Jewish girlfriend. Then he tried art school!

and one thing led to another
and America nuked the small Japanese city of Nagasaki.Thanks reddit for the short life of Hitler in joke form.

[Herargon]

Adolf Hitler almost drowned when he was 4 years old.

He was saved by a priest, and a few years later he had a Jewish girlfriend. Then he tried art school!

and one thing led to another
and America nuked the small Japanese city of Nagasaki.Thanks reddit for the short life of Hitler in joke form.

I know that joke from 9gag.