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 Australian soldiers walking on duckboards through the shell-torn Château Wood, October 29, 1917. s photograph is perhaps one of the most iconic and famous from the First World War, and was captured today 106 years ago by Australian Second Lieutenant Hubert Wilkins - but often, and wrongly, credited to the other and more well-known Australian war photographer Frank Hurley. The photograph shows five Australian soldiers from the 110th Howitzer Battery of the 10th Field Artillery Brigade of the Australian 4th Division walking on duckboards inside the Château Wood near Hooge in Flanders, during the Third Battle of Ypres. Four of the five soldiers have since been identified, with two of them confirmed. The soldier leading the party is Gunner James Macrea Fulton and the man to the right of him, staring into the camera, is Lieutenant Antony Devine. It's speculated the two next men behind are  brothers - Gunner Hubert Lionel Nichols and Gunner Douglas Roy Nichols. The soldier at the back,

 50 Years Before Ted Bundy, Earle Nelson Was The Most Prolific Serial Killer In American History Why "Gorilla Man" Earle Nelson was America's worst murderer long before the term "serial killer" was even invented. In the era before the likes of Ted Bundy and the Zodiac Killer, plenty of serial killers roamed throughout the United States and committed unspeakable acts of murder — even though the very term “serial killer” hadn’t yet been invented and the public wasn’t yet fascinated by these murderers like it is today. And in that era before serial killers were mainstays on front pages and movie screens, one of America’s grisliest and most prolific murderers was a man named Earle Nelson. Earle Nelson’s Early Life The tragedy of Earle Nelson began a mere 15 months after his birth in San Francisco on May 12, 1897. It was then that his parents both died of syphilis, causing him to go live with his maternal grandparents, Lars and Jennie Nelson. The Nelsons lived a puri

 Raymond Zussman of Hamtramck, Michigan, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on September 12, 1944, near Noroy-le-Bourg, France. Zussman joined the Army in September 1941 and became a street fighting instructor at Fort Knox, Kentucky.  In June 1943, he participated in the Allied invasions of North Africa and Italy. After being wounded at the battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, the Army offered Zussman a Headquarters position. Zussman declined, stating he wanted another front-line position; he was then assigned to a tank unit in France. By September 12, 1944, he was serving as a second lieutenant, commanding tanks of the 756th Tank Battalion.  On September 12, during a battle in the city of Noroy-le-Bourg, France, Zussman repeatedly went forward alone to scout enemy positions and exposed himself to enemy fire while directing his tank’s action. On September 21, he was killed in action by a German mortar blast. M He was pos

 a terrible story of Herschel Grynszpan , a young man who uses his incident as an excuse  to initiate the Kristallnacht attacks against Germany's Jews — widely believed to be the starting point of the Holocaust. On November 7, 1938, a Jewish teenager named Herschel Grynszpan walked into the German embassy in Paris with claims that he had a valuable secret document he was willing to hand over to the Nazis.  When diplomat Ernst vom Rath asked for the document, Grynszpan instead pulled out the gun he'd bought the day before and shot vom Rath to death as the price tag still hung from the smoking barrel.  Grynszpan's parents had been arrested by the Nazis just days before and shipped off to a Polish work camp alongside 12,000 other Jews.  The young man wanted vengeance, but he had no idea what the true fallout of his desperate act would be.  Hitler soon used the incident as an excuse to initiate the Kristallnacht attacks against Germany's Jews — widely believed to be the sta

 On this date in 1940 (April 27th), Wilhelm Kusserow was executed in Munster, Germany, for refusing to be inducted into the German Army. Jehovah's Witness. Conscientious objector. Born Sept. 4, 1914 in Bochum, Germany. Wilhelm was drafted in the fall of 1939. Due to his religious beliefs, he refused to cooperate with any orders. In early 1940, he was transferred to Munster, Germany to be court-martialled. On April 2, 1940, he was sentenced to death by firing squad. A few weeks later the sentence was carried out in an open field behind a former hospital. He was 25 years old. Two years later, Wilhelm's younger brother, Wolfgang, also a Jehovah's Witness and a conscientious objector, would be executed for refusing military service, based on his religious beliefs.  ~The Marginal Mennonite Society Heroes Series Thanks for reading, leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

MUSSOLINI SHOT AT END OF WWII Today is April 28,  and on this date in history, in 1945, in northern Italy, Benito Mussolini and his mistress were shot by a firing squad of Communist partisans.  Mussolini and his girl friend were attempting to escape to Germany with retreating German troops.   After shooting them, Mussolini and Clara Petacci, his mistress, were ignominiously hung upside down in a square in Milan, Italy. Mussolini came to power in Italy in the early 1920's and although his fascist economic policies had varying degrees of success, as a general rule Italy benefited by his programs. His fascism was widely admired and copied by other countries especially after the Great Depression started.  Fascism is essentially the symbiotic co-operation of government and business in the economic area, at least, and parts of F. D. Roosevelt's New Deal were copied directly from Mussolini. Mussolini's downfall began with the rise of Hitler in Germany in 1933.  At first Mussolini

 We have all at some point lied about our age to enable us to do things that we perhaps shouldn’t be doing. Harmless things, like lying about our age to go to the pub; lying about our age to smoke; lying about our age to buy magazines we genuinely hope our mothers (or fathers) will not be featuring in. Either way we have all lied about our age at some point to do things we shouldn’t. With that in mind, meet Sidney Lewis. In 1915 Sidney was just 12 years old when he ran away from home to lie about his age to a recruitment officer, who thought absolutely nothing of promptly enlisting this fine young chap into The British Army.  We can only assume that early 1900’s British primary schools syllabus included Derren Browns sick mind skills, and that for the 10 months basic training with the East Sussex Regiment, Sidney used a wild concoction of psychology, suggestion, misdirection and magic to maintain the illusion to fellow recruits and training team alike, that he was a man ready for war –

 Today is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's 115th birthday A German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church. Still too young to be ordained, at the age of twenty-four, Bonhoeffer went to the United States in 1930 for postgraduate study and a teaching fellowship at New York City's Union Theological Seminary. Although Bonhoeffer found the American seminary not up to his exacting German standards ("There is no theology here."), he had life-changing experiences and friendships.  He studied under Reinhold Niebuhr and met Frank Fisher, a black fellow-seminarian who introduced him to Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where Bonhoeffer taught Sunday school and formed a lifelong love for African-American spirituals, a collection of which he took back to Germany.  He heard Adam Clayton Powell Sr. preach the Gospel of Social Justice, and became sensitive to not only social injustices experienced

 On ThisD in 1945, Allied soldiers liberated Wöbbelin, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp. At the time, Wöbbelin held thousands of inmates. Most, including George Salton, were sent there from other camps in the last weeks of the war. "I was liberated in spring of 1945. I was, by that time, a prisoner in various concentration camps for over three years, and it was the tenth camp," George remembered.  "It was a camp that apparently the Germans didn't finish when we arrived there. The buildings were not finished, there were no floors in the few barracks, no windows." By the time Allied troops arrived there, they found sick, starving inmates who were barely surviving. "I had basically deteriorated very badly physically. I couldn't, I couldn't walk very well...," George recalled. "I think if I wasn't liberated, in a matter of days, I would have been one of those bodies that was laying in mountains of dead in front of the toilets

 Antonio Mancini - Albert Pierrepoint’s first job as No. 1. 39 year old Antonio “Babe” Mancini was an Italian immigrant and was a known gangster as well as being the manager of the Palm Beach club at 37 Wardour Street in London’s Soho district.  Above the club was a billiards hall. There was a strong rivalry and turf war between the Italian and Jewish gangs in Soho leading to regular fights.  On the evening of Thursday the 1st of May 1941, a fight broke out in the billiards room and Mancini went upstairs to investigate, armed with a knife.   As he entered, he heard a familiar voice say “Here’s Babe, let’s get him!”  Mancini was then confronted by Edward Fletcher, a member of the Hoxton Gang, whom he had previously banned from the club and 36 year old Henry “Hubby” Distleman.   Fletcher attempted to hit Mancini with a chair but Mancini stabbed him in the wrist.  Distleman was not so lucky and was stabbed through the heart, the knife entering under his armpit. His final words were “I’m s

 ON THIS DAY: 27 JANUARY 1945 Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army during the Vistula-Oder Offensive 75 years ago. More than one million people, most of them Jews, had been murdered at Auschwitz by the Nazis and by January 1945 there were approximately 60,000 prisoners at the site.  As the Red Army approached the camp, the majority of the prisoners were forced to leave on death march westwards while 7,000 were left behind. The liberation was not a specific goal for the Red Army but they had already liberated camps in the Baltic area during 1944.  Soviet soldiers from the 322nd Rifle Division arrived at Auschwitz at 3pm on 27 January. 231 Red Army troops actually died in fighting around Monowitz (a sub-camp of Auschwitz), Birkenau and Auschwitz I as well as the local towns of Oswecim and Brzezinka.  The SS guards at Auschwitz had left and the majority of the 7,000 prisoners were seriously ill. Most were middle-aged adults or children younger than 15. The Red Army a

 ON THIS DAY: 15 APRIL 1945  Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated by British forces in Germany 75 years ago today. First established in 1940 as a POW camp, Belsen was converted into a concentration camp from 1943. Used as a collection centre for survivors of death marches, Belsen was not technically an extermination camp but conditions were horrendous in the extreme.  When British and Canadian forces of the British 11th Armoured Division entered the camp they found a nightmare situation. 60,000 prisoners were discovered, most of whom were acutely sick and starving. An additional 13,000 dead bodies had been left unburied.  Prisoners died at a rate of 500 per day before and after the liberation primarily from typhus, although the British Army immediately began a relief effort despite having limited resources. Their first priority was to bury the dead, contain disease and arrange suitable food, water and medical supplies for the starving prisoners. These challenges were overwhel

 Joseph William Ozbourn of Herrin, Illinois, a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 30, 1944 on Tinian in the Marianas Islands. Ozbourn enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 1943, and by July 30, 1944, he was serving as a Browning Automatic Rifleman with the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division during the Battle of Tinian. He died after hurling himself on a live hand grenade and saving the lives of four fellow Marines. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his action on July 30, 1944. Ozbourn was initially buried in Tinian, Marina Islands, but later his remains were reinterred in the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii Thanks for reading, leave your thought in the comment section below.

 Alan James Grierson - Robert Baxter’s last hanging. On Wednesday the 30th of October 1935, Robert Baxter would conduct his final execution, at London’s Pentonville prison.  His sight was failing and he could no longer adequately see what he was doing.  He was removed from the Home Office list the following day. The subject of this execution would be 27 year old Alan James Grierson who was to die for the murder of 62 year old Louise Bertha Gann.  Grierson was recorded as being 5’ 8 1/2” tall and weighing 182 lbs.  He was given a drop of 6’ 2”.  Baxter was assisted by Henry Pollard.  Despite his failing eyesight, the hanging was carried out in a satisfactory manner, according to the LPC4 form. Outside the prison, Maxine Gann, Louise’s daughter, sat in her car with friends while the execution took place. In April 1935, Grierson had met Maxine Gann at a club in Hammersmith.  Louise had been asked to look after a flat at 19 Gloucester Road in Regent’s Park, London, owned by her long time f

 Donald Ronald Lobaugh of Freeport, Pennsylvania, a Private in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 22, 1944, near Afua, New Guinea. Lobaugh joined the Army in May 1942 and began serving as a private in the 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, by July 22, 1944. On that day, near Afua, New Guinea, he single-handedly attacked an enemy machine gun placement, pinning down one platoon of his company and was killed in the attack. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on April 17, 1945, for his action on this day. In 2004, Lobaugh was inducted into the Hall of Valor at the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thanks for reading, leave your thought in the comment section below.

 The Battle of Hürtgen Forest  was a series of battles fought from September 19 to December 16, 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II in the Hürtgen Forest, a 54 sq mi area about 3.1 mi east of the Belgian–German border. It was the longest battle on German ground during World War II and is the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought. The Germans fiercely defended the area because it served as a staging area for the 1944 winter offensive, the Battle of the Bulge.  After several heavy setbacks, the Allies failed to capture the area, and the Germans successfully held the region until they launched their last-ditch offensive into the Ardennes on December 16 and ended the Hürtgen offensive.  The US Army suffered over 33,000 casualties. In the end, Hürtgen Forest was of little strategic value and the fierce battles that took place were overshadowed by the American victory in the Battle of the Bulge.  Thanks for reading, leave your thou

 AMAZING KAPAMPANGAN WOMEN The story of the strong women in Kapampangan,  In fact, Kapampangan women, throughout history, were as empowered, and empowering, as their male counterparts, on these day two Kapampangan women, Dionisia Talangpaz and Cecilia Talangpaz of Calumpit, Bulacan, founded the Congregation of the Augustinian Just because you see very few women in Kapampangan history does not mean they weren’t there, or didn’t play crucial roles, or merely stayed home while their men were out changing the world. In fact, Kapampangan women, throughout history, were as empowered, and empowering, as their male counterparts. For example, as early as the 1300s and 1400s powerful women with names like Panginuan (‘the Revered One”) and Sasamban (“the Worshipped One”) were already enjoying co-ruler status witn their husbands in the ancient Kapampangan-Tagalog communities around the Pampanga and Pasig rivers. Their daughters, daughters-in-law, nieces and granddaughters, with names like Kalangit

 Blood Eagle: The Viking Torture Method So Grisly Some Historians Don’t Believe It Actually Happened During the Viking's blood eagle torture, victims would have their lungs pulled out of their back to create a pair of "wings" — while they were still alive. The Vikings didn’t come into towns walking on moonbeams and rainbows. If their sagas are to be believed, the Vikings cruelly tortured their enemies in the name of their god Odin as they conquered territory. If the suggestion of a blood eagle was even uttered, one left town and never looked back. Viking sagas details blood eagle as one of the most painful and terrifying torture methods ever imagine. The story describes how: “Earl Einar went to Halfdan and carved blood-eagle on his back in this wise, that he thrust a sword into his trunk by the backbone and cut all the ribs away, from the backbone down to the loins, and drew the lungs out there…” The History Of Blood Eagle Executions One of the earliest accounts of the us

  Charles Peace, a name that struck fear into the hearts of the wealthy and sent chills down the spines of law enforcement in 19th-century England. Born in 1832, Peace embarked on a criminal career that would make him one of the most notorious burglars of his time. With his keen intellect and meticulous planning, he became a master of breaking into heavily fortified mansions, leaving no trace behind. Peace's uncanny ability to crack even the most intricate security systems earned him a reputation as the ultimate intruder. Peace was not just a master thief but also a master of disguise. Known for his chameleon-like ability to change his appearance, he would often assume various personas to avoid detection. From a respectable gentleman to a humble tradesman, Peace seamlessly blended into different social circles, making it nearly impossible for authorities to identify him. This skill, combined with his audacity and quick thinking, allowed him to outwit the police time and time

 Wilburn Kirby Ross of Strunk, Kentucky, a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was awarded  the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on October 30, 1944, near St. Jacques, France. Ross started working in the coal mines at age 18 and soon joined the Army. By October 30, 1944, he was serving as a private in Company G, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.  On October 30, 1944, he manned a machine gun through repeated German assaults, holding off the enemy even after his supporting riflemen had run out of ammunition. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 20, 1944. Ross re-enlisted after the end of the war and was deployed to fight in Korea. He retired in 1964 as a master sergeant. Ross died in May 2017, three days before his 95th birthday. Thanks for reading, leave your thought in the comment section below.

 Charles Neilans DeGlopper of Grand Island, New York, a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on June 9, 1944. DeGlopper joined the Army in November 1942 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina, before being deployed overseas in April 1943, where he served in No rth Africa, Sicily, Italy and France. On June 9th, 1944, regimental commander Colonel Harry Lewis was ordered to make a crossing of the le Merderet River and help attack the La Fière Bridge from the opposite side.  Themselves under attack, C Company 1st Battalion was cut off from the rest of the battalion. Despite coming under increased fire, PFC DeGlopper stood up and began firing at the attacking Germans to suppress their fire and relieve the battalion. Although wounded, PFC DeGlopper continued to stand and fire, and when hit yet again, still fired although kneeling and bleeding profusely. Meanwhile, as the Germans were distracted and occupied with PFC DeGlo

 A TERRIBLE STORY OF ERIE AND MILLCREEK, THE ANCIENT LANDMARKS, CRAFTED BY HUMAN HANDS.  As the earth was excavated, the ground yielded a haunting discovery, Knives, bullets, and more human bones emerged confirming the accounts of history and painting a vivid picture of the struggles.  In the depths of Erie and Millcreek, where nature once held sway, a chilling secret lay hidden, waiting to be unearthed.  The ancient landmarks, crafted by human hands, whispered tales of a forgotten past.  Timber, aged 500 years, bore witness to the passage of time upon the embankment.  But it was not just the aged wood that spoke of mysteries untold. As the earth was excavated, the ground yielded a haunting discovery.  Fragments of decomposed human skeletons emerged, their silent presence a haunting reminder of lives long gone.  The relics, scattered amidst the soil, hinted at a forgotten history, waiting to be unraveled. But it was not just in Erie where the unsettling truth lay buried.  Two miles to

 the most happiest day of Teresa Wright, her birthday history,  She was treated with great civility by George Steinbrenner and his wife. And when she went to the mound, the crowd applauded her warmly for her pitching effort, I love every minute of that day and I get great pleasure watching such talented players as Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams. Teresa Wright, a fresh-faced young actress from New York (fittingly, the Bronx) had just been signed to a long-term contract by the movie producer Samuel Goldwyn.  He had seen her in ''Life With Father'' on Broadway, and was captivated by her performance.  At the time, Wright didn't know a baseball from a mothball, and Goldwyn shared her ignorance of the game.  But the two would soon become permanently connected to one of baseball's most precious and painful moments.    One day Niven Busch, Goldwyn's story editor and executive producer (as well as the future husband of Wright) insisted that the impatient Goldwyn sit

 The Shocking Reality Of The Top 6 Deadliest Genocides Throughout human history, there have been several terrible genocides where millions of people lost their lives. These genocides were carried out with deliberate and systematic violence, targeting specific groups based on their ethnicity, religion, or politics. Even though these events are very dark, it’s important to talk about them so that we can prevent them from happening again. The top 7 deadliest genocides in history have left a lasting impact on the world and are still studied, discussed, and debated by historians and scholars today. From the Holocaust, which claimed the lives of 6 million Jews, to the Bengali Genocide, which resulted in the deaths of 3 million people, each of these genocides represents a harrowing chapter in human history. Here, we will examine the shocking reality of the top 7 deadliest genocides that shook the world to its core. 1 Moriori massacre The Moriori people were the indigenous inhabitants of the C

 The most gruesome execution method used during the Spanish Inquisition. The heretic's fork was a torture device that consisted of a metal piece with two opposing bi-pronged forks attached to a strap. The forks were typically around 8 inches in length and were sharpened to a point. One end of the device was pushed under the victim's chin, while the other went against the sternum. The victim was then hung from the ceiling, and the strap was used to secure the heretic fork around the neck of the victim. The purpose of the heretic's fork was to extract confessions from accused heretics and other religious dissidents during the Spanish Inquisition. This was a period of intense religious persecution and violence in the 15th and 16th centuries, during which the Catholic Church sought to root out and eliminate any perceived threats to its authority. The heretic's fork was considered a particularly cruel and inhumane form of torture, as it caused intense pain and could lead to

 On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there. Auschwitz was a group of camps designated I, II, and III. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps. It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established in October 1941, that the SS created a complex, monstrously orchestrated killing ground: 300 prison barracks; four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed; corpse cellars; and cremating ovens. Thousands of prisoners were also used for medical experiments overseen and performed by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death.” The Red Army had been advancing deeper into Poland since mid-January. Having liberated Warsaw and Krakow, Soviet troops headed for Auschwitz. In anticipation of the Soviet arrival, the German Gestapo began a murder spree in the camps, shooting sick prisoners and blowing up crematoria in a desperate attemp

 Arthur Otto Beyer of Rock Township, Iowa, was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II on this day in 1945. Beyer joined the Army in February 1941, and by January 15th, 1945 was serving as a corporal in Company C, 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. On that day, he used hand grenades and his carbine to single-handedly destroy to German machine gun positions before working his way through a honey-combed series of enemy foxholes, killing and capturing German soldiers as he went. For is actions on this day, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Beyer also witnessed the horrors at Buchenwald when American troops liberated the prisoners held in the concentration camp.  He rose to the rank of sergeant before leaving the Army. He moved to rural Buffalo North Dakota and married Marian Hicks in 1962. He died at age 55 in 1965 and is buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. His Medal of Honor citation reads: “He displayed conspicuous gallantry