World History EncyclopediaThe Great Game describes the rivalry between the British and Russian empires through the 19th century. #History #TheGreatGame #Afghanistan #BritishEmpire #Imperialism #North-WestFrontier #RussianEmpire #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-26472-en/
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDForced into a fight against the #BritishEmpire, the #SecondContinentalCongress, a nascent American government, formed the #ContinentalArmy out of disparate Colonial militias on #ThisDayInHistory in 1775, giving birth to the US military β a force later employed in racist conquest.
(1 of 2) The #DenshawaiIncident is typical of the #BritishEmpire. Five British officers ignored #Egyptian villagers' warnings & began shooting privately-owned #pigeons, #ThisDayInHistory in 1906. One ran from an ensuing scuffle & died of heatstroke. For this, 52 were arrested...
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1857, the #BritishEmpire showed more of that characteristic terrorist brutality by sentencing 40 captured fighters in the #IndianMutiny to be blown from cannons. This involved tying men to the front of cannons and firing them, blowing body parts all over.
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Mercenary artillerymen with British guns, Qing-dynasty China, ~1880
Sixteen British soldiers of the occupying force in #Mesopotamia were killed in the Iraqi #Turkmen town of #TalAfar. In response, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1920, the #BritishEmpire again turned to #CollectivePunishment, wrecking every home in an ancient town mentioned in #TheBible.
Think But logically"Drop The Empire!" π« Elvis Costello's Demand to Charles π
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#KingCharles #ElvisCostello #OBE #BritishEmpire #RoyalFamily
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#KingCharles #ElvisCostello #OBE #BritishEmpire #RoyalFamily
Tankies hating on Churchill (fair) but glazing Stalin will never cease to be inexplicable
Trying to get the USA to reverse support for the British protectorate in #Egypt, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 Egypt's delegation to the #VersaillesConference showed contemporary photos of the wholesale flogging of villages. #CollectivePunishment was a common #BritishEmpire crime.
