June 9
1938 - China breached the Yellow River dykes to stop the Japanese invasion: WWII. 840,000 died.
Over 840,000 deaths! That's an enormous sacrifice, and an awesome event...As a point of reference, the U.S. suffered around 400,000 deaths in all of WWII.
Most Americans have no idea WWII started in 1937 between Japan and China. Sadly, most Americans probably think WWII started with the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor...The fact China was willing, able, and needed to sacrifice almost a million people to stop the Japanese is proof the 'Great War' was on.
68 - Roman Emperor Nero died.
The story of Nero fiddling as Rome burned is myth, but I’m quite certain few Romans cried when they heard of his suicide.
1863 - The Battle of Brandy Station: U.S. Civil War.
The importance of this battle is it was the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America, and one of the first where the Union stood toe-to-toe with the Confederates...It was fought at the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg, and both sides lost an equal amount of cavalry troops, but the Union was the eventual victor of the larger battle.
1864 - The U.S. 1st Tennessee Cavalry attacked buck-naked across the Chattahoochee River, in Roswell, Georgia: U.S. Civil War.
This attack occurred at the beginning of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, but I can’t tell you why the group decided to attack 'naked'...Anyone with information on this event is encouraged to comment or email me.
1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis: WWII.
The Norwegians should be proud...They lasted almost as long as the French.
1942 (June 9-10) - Nazis rounded up and killed all the male inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: WWII.
"Just five days after Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich's death, ten truckloads of the Security Police came and quickly surrounded the village. No one was allowed to leave the village; a 12 year old boy and a peasant woman were shot as they tried to escape. All the men and boys over 16 years old, 172 in all, were rounded up and locked in a barn. They were then shot the next day in groups of ten, which lasted from dawn until 4 in the afternoon. 19 men who were working in the mines during the shooting were also rounded up and sent to Prague where they were killed." - Read more about Heydrich
The Butcher of Prague, The Blond Beast and Der Henker (German for 'the hangman') was dead, and I’m sure the populace of Lidice happily traded the deaths listed above in exchange for Heydrich’s death...Especially considering the reality is the Nazis had the Czechs marked to meet the same fate as the Jews - which Heydrich would have efficiently carried out.
1943 - The U.S. Congress passed an act authorizing employers to withhold income tax payments from salary checks.
Taxes have always been cumbersome, but this act perfected the practice of the government extorting money from its citizens.
1963 - President Kennedy named Winston Churchill an honorary U.S. citizen.
As the “Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave,” I can’t think of anyone who has deserved such an honor more than Churchill: The most important freedom fighter of the 20th Century, and definitely one of the bravest as well.
An interesting side note: I'm not sure why Churchill isn't considered a natural born citizen since his mother was an American from New York???
1996 - White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, appeared on NBC's 'Meet the Press,' and said it was wrong for an investigator to have obtained secret FBI files on 341 people, including prominent Republicans. President Clinton agreed with Panetta that an apology was called for.
Can you imagine the feeding-frenzy the media would have if a Republican president did this. The jackals would be howling...But Clinton got a pass, per normal.
And our current president's administration is outdoing all of our previous leaders when it comes to snooping on the American people...He'll get a little bit of criticism, but like Clinton he'll get a pass as well.
Over 840,000 deaths! That's an enormous sacrifice, and an awesome event...As a point of reference, the U.S. suffered around 400,000 deaths in all of WWII.
Most Americans have no idea WWII started in 1937 between Japan and China. Sadly, most Americans probably think WWII started with the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor...The fact China was willing, able, and needed to sacrifice almost a million people to stop the Japanese is proof the 'Great War' was on.
68 - Roman Emperor Nero died.
The story of Nero fiddling as Rome burned is myth, but I’m quite certain few Romans cried when they heard of his suicide.
1863 - The Battle of Brandy Station: U.S. Civil War.
The importance of this battle is it was the largest cavalry battle ever fought in North America, and one of the first where the Union stood toe-to-toe with the Confederates...It was fought at the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg, and both sides lost an equal amount of cavalry troops, but the Union was the eventual victor of the larger battle.
1864 - The U.S. 1st Tennessee Cavalry attacked buck-naked across the Chattahoochee River, in Roswell, Georgia: U.S. Civil War.
This attack occurred at the beginning of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, but I can’t tell you why the group decided to attack 'naked'...Anyone with information on this event is encouraged to comment or email me.
1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis: WWII.
The Norwegians should be proud...They lasted almost as long as the French.
1942 (June 9-10) - Nazis rounded up and killed all the male inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: WWII.
"Just five days after Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich's death, ten truckloads of the Security Police came and quickly surrounded the village. No one was allowed to leave the village; a 12 year old boy and a peasant woman were shot as they tried to escape. All the men and boys over 16 years old, 172 in all, were rounded up and locked in a barn. They were then shot the next day in groups of ten, which lasted from dawn until 4 in the afternoon. 19 men who were working in the mines during the shooting were also rounded up and sent to Prague where they were killed." - Read more about Heydrich
The Butcher of Prague, The Blond Beast and Der Henker (German for 'the hangman') was dead, and I’m sure the populace of Lidice happily traded the deaths listed above in exchange for Heydrich’s death...Especially considering the reality is the Nazis had the Czechs marked to meet the same fate as the Jews - which Heydrich would have efficiently carried out.
1943 - The U.S. Congress passed an act authorizing employers to withhold income tax payments from salary checks.
Taxes have always been cumbersome, but this act perfected the practice of the government extorting money from its citizens.
1963 - President Kennedy named Winston Churchill an honorary U.S. citizen.
As the “Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave,” I can’t think of anyone who has deserved such an honor more than Churchill: The most important freedom fighter of the 20th Century, and definitely one of the bravest as well.
An interesting side note: I'm not sure why Churchill isn't considered a natural born citizen since his mother was an American from New York???
1996 - White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, appeared on NBC's 'Meet the Press,' and said it was wrong for an investigator to have obtained secret FBI files on 341 people, including prominent Republicans. President Clinton agreed with Panetta that an apology was called for.
Can you imagine the feeding-frenzy the media would have if a Republican president did this. The jackals would be howling...But Clinton got a pass, per normal.
And our current president's administration is outdoing all of our previous leaders when it comes to snooping on the American people...He'll get a little bit of criticism, but like Clinton he'll get a pass as well.
Labels: China, Churchill, Civil War, Czech, Germany, Japan, Norway, Rome, WWII
posted by Poison Pero @ Friday, June 08, 2018
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