History Thread

[Dr Heckyll]

The Representation of the People Act, 1918, is most famous for enfranchising (some) women in the UK, however it also extended the vote to all men aged 21 or above, regardless of their property. In the late Victorian and Edwardian period some 30% of men were unenfranchised as a result of property and residency requirements spawned out of the 'householder' franchise of the 1867 Reform Act.

Although the vote for women which came with the Act has been used in conventional narratives which say that the vote was an "award" for war work and patriotism by women, various historians have pointed out that the vast majority of women engaged in munitions and war work were left unenfranchised, AKA young women aged less than 30, as the Act enfranchised only women aged 30 and above. It would not be until 1928 that British men and women would have an equal franchise.

 

[Bronn]

 

[Ond]

Lt Rick Rescorla, platoon leader in the 2/7 Cavalry, during the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, 1965. He would later die while looking for survivors in the South Tower when it came down on 9/11​

 

[Dr Heckyll]

 

[Deleted member 1381]

(in a right cockney accent to two young ira sympathisers and my father at a NI border checkpoint) - "what do you three think about the falklands war? who's going to win?", obviously trying to the cocky bastards out on disliking the british

two ira sympathisers: "what war?"

brit: "the falklands! you must've heard about it"

two blokes: "no idea what you're talking about"

few minutes pass, one of the two northern irish blokes turns to the soldier

"ah! you mean Islas Malvinas?"

pwoah let me tell you that was it, two of them and my da got dragged into the detainment centre. showed them a room and went "this is where we torture people, but seeing as [my father] has been so kind as to tell us what you were up to we won't beat the shit out of you this time"

sitting and chatting with him about his 20 years of life during his time in NI is fascinating, if you've got relatives in similar situations I'd recommend you do the same

 

[Deleted member 3713]

A little context, went on a trip to Vienna for a while visiting family while on vacation and went to a few muesums but Ill be showing the most interesting pieces I saw.

World War 1 section of the Military museum

Socialist protests in 1918 following the first world war and the split of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

A 1917 painting named Soldat und Tod which translates to soldier and death

Just thought this one was pretty interesting with the time lapse of the equipment and such shown but other than that I was not able to find out what it all completely meant.

World War 2 section

Airfield just outside Vienna

Not completely sure as to what this one is but it read "Panzer" on it and was made in 1941 so I can only assume this to be in reference to Operation Barbarossa.

Artist depiction of the siege of Vienna by the Soviet Union

Soviet Placards of the battle

Spoiler: Soviet Monument

All I know about this one is that it was made almost immediately following the war in Europe and it is all in Russian. It was meant to boost the moral of the Soviet Troops heading to Germany through Vienna but the war ended before then. So the next reason for its construction was to be "inspiration" for young communists in Vienna, Allied Occupied Austria as the original plans were to split the country similarly to Germany though, it was given its independence.

 

[Dr Heckyll]

(in a right cockney accent to two young ira sympathisers and my father at a NI border checkpoint) - "what do you three think about the falklands war? who's going to win?", obviously trying to the cocky bastards out on disliking the british

two ira sympathisers: "what war?"

brit: "the falklands! you must've heard about it"

two blokes: "no idea what you're talking about"

few minutes pass, one of the two northern irish blokes turns to the soldier

"ah! you mean Islas Malvinas?"

pwoah let me tell you that was it, two of them and my da got dragged into the detainment centre. showed them a room and went "this is where we torture people, but seeing as [my father] has been so kind as to tell us what you were up to we won't beat the shit out of you this

Did you make this up

 

[Deleted member 1381]

Did you make this up

sitting and chatting with him about his 20 years of life during his time in NI is fascinating, if you've got relatives in similar situations I'd recommend you do the same

 

[Dr Heckyll]

The thread of this story is confusing and I wasn’t quite sure what you meant at the end

 

[Deleted member 1381]

The thread of this story is confusing and I wasn’t quite sure what you meant at the end

it had many more intricate details that would make the post too long and more drawn out than it already was

 

[Dr Heckyll]

it had many more intricate details that would make the post too long and more drawn out than it already was

I like intricate details and drawn out stories. That’s history after all

 

[Dr Heckyll]

George Cadbury found the Boer War rather contentious by the virtue of his being a Quaker and used some of his chocolate money to push out almost 3 million copies of a pro-Boer pamphlets and also promoted anti-war papers and ensured a new Editor for the Daily News that would report on unsavoury events in South Africa such as the concentration camps.
Of course, this did not make the company's image popular and when Queen Victoria commanded Cadbury to supply the Brit Army with Cadbury's chocolate for Christmas, no profit was taken and the goods were not branded.

 

[Deleted member 3713]

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Iran for nearly a century has been plagued by two deadly, volatile, and oppressive regimes following the overthrow of the democratically elected government. I'm going to show a range of photos and explain them as I go, going from pretty light hearted and then into depressing and later into hope. Hope of a new Iran, ruled by a popular government for a truly great people.

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Mohammed Reza Shah, a Tyrant Ayatollah Khomeni, a radical Shia Cleric

Rule During the Shah (until 1979)

Now a lot of you may not be aware that the Shah, was simply not well liked by his own people. Most notably for the actions of his father before him, banning the Chadori and any remotely traditional or Islamic dress, in their eyes this was a sign of oppression of religion amongst a traditionally religious populous.

This law was enforced by the secret police, the SAVAK.

They were led by the deathly loyal Teymur Bakhtiar.

These over the top anti-religious policies forced many Islamic clerics to flee the country, the most notable being Ayatollah Khomeni and his exile to France.

He was notorious for calling for uprisings and giving religious speeches through recorded tapes, of which were smuggled into Iran. It is believed that due to his exile and him baring witness to the Shah's anti-religious atrocities, is when he began to develop anti-western sentiments and radical ideas. Conveniently, around the same time, the Shah fell sick to cancer and left for treatment out of the country. The opportunity came and with it, a deadly revolution and small scale coup, and the new Ayatollah himself.

IRANIAN REVOLUTION

Almost immediately following the revolution, the new leader the Ayatollah, who was beloved by his followers, began to rule the country with an Iron rule, women were now FORCED to wear the Islamic veils, this was again, enforced and any resistance to it was crushed by the secret police, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Only a year later, he would be targeted by Saddam's Iraq in order to help ethnically Arab separatist in the region under the Ba'athist ideology, supported by the United States and allies due to the detainment and capture of the U.S. diplomats during the revolution. They were taken hostage due to the United States consistently supporting the Shah's reign.

Following the nearly 8 year war, the Iranian economy was absolutely devastated, and the country became extremely damaged by the conflict. Carrying on into the 21st century, some of the people began to see their government as immoral and tyrannical. Around the same time as the Arab Spring protests, they mirrored the region and began to question their own leaders with the Green revolution, which is still technically active. And like the Shah from the past...

I made this in light of current events, and my personal hope for regime reform or change. The Iranian people deserve better than to be forced by tyrannical governments to follow their every word. Dont want to get too sappy with this but, I hope you guys learned something or were at least interested by this post.

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[Black Rain (1989)]

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Iran for nearly a century has been plagued by two deadly, volatile, and oppressive regimes following the overthrow of the democratically elected government. I'm going to show a range of photos and explain them as I go, going from pretty light hearted and then into depressing and later into hope. Hope of a new Iran, ruled by a popular government for a truly great people.

​

Mohammed Reza Shah, a Tyrant Ayatollah Khomeni, a radical Shia Cleric

Rule During the Shah (until 1979)

Now a lot of you may not be aware that the Shah, was simply not well liked by his own people. Most notably for the actions of his father before him, banning the Chadori and any remotely traditional or Islamic dress, in their eyes this was a sign of oppression of religion amongst a traditionally religious populous.

This law was enforced by the secret police, the SAVAK.

They were led by the deathly loyal Teymur Bakhtiar.

These over the top anti-religious policies forced many Islamic clerics to flee the country, the most notable being Ayatollah Khomeni and his exile to France.

He was notorious for calling for uprisings and giving religious speeches through recorded tapes, of which were smuggled into Iran. It is believed that due to his exile and him baring witness to the Shah's anti-religious atrocities, is when he began to develop anti-western sentiments and radical ideas. Conveniently, around the same time, the Shah fell sick to cancer and left for treatment out of the country. The opportunity came and with it, a deadly revolution and small scale coup, and the new Ayatollah himself.

IRANIAN REVOLUTION

Almost immediately following the revolution, the new leader the Ayatollah, who was beloved by his followers, began to rule the country with an Iron rule, women were now FORCED to wear the Islamic veils, this was again, enforced and any resistance to it was crushed by the secret police, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Only a year later, he would be targeted by Saddam's Iraq in order to help ethnically Arab separatist in the region under the Ba'athist ideology, supported by the United States and allies due to the detainment and capture of the U.S. diplomats during the revolution. They were taken hostage due to the United States consistently supporting the Shah's reign.

Following the nearly 8 year war, the Iranian economy was absolutely devastated, and the country became extremely damaged by the conflict. Carrying on into the 21st century, some of the people began to see their government as immoral and tyrannical. Around the same time as the Arab Spring protests, they mirrored the region and began to question their own leaders with the Green revolution, which is still technically active. And like the Shah from the past...

I made this in light of current events, and my personal hope for regime reform or change. The Iranian people deserve better than to be forced by tyrannical governments to follow their every word. Dont want to get too sappy with this but, I hope you guys learned something or were at least interested by this post.

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This post was very epic and informative and I liked reading it. It has made me want to learn more about the Iranian Revolution.

 

[tera]

 

[Dr Heckyll]

might as well have been “what’s a navy?”

 

[tera]

 

[Ond]

first self portrait ever taken in space featuring buzz aldrin

 

[Bronn]

 

[Senior_NarwhalCrew]

the thread in which you can talk about your favourite historical periods, post videos, images or just discuss stuff in general

my favourite period is(get ready to be shocked) WW2 however im breaking into the cold war and garnering some interest for that as well

My favorite historical period must be either the Dinosaurs oooor egypt and the pyramids!
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first self portrait ever taken in space featuring buzz aldrin

Honestly hella cool xD
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what do you learn about in your history classes

Currently WW2 which is hella boring now as we're almost done with the topic
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just lmao