El 7 de agosto de 1919, el aviador Charles Godefroy realizó una arriesgada maniobra para atravesar con un biplano Nieuport 27 el Arco del Triunfo de París #WWI #Historia #Francia #Paris #Pilotos #Acrobacias #WW1 #Biplano #Aviones #Monumentos
https://momentosdelpasado.blogspot.com/2026/06/la-increible-hazana-de-charles-godefroy.html
How real women dressed over the ages
A lot of fuss and attention is given to how wealthy women dressed in ancient times. Yet for every affluent woman there would be 10 other women of more humble origins, toiling and working in low paid and thankless jobs. Here are some really incredible videos that showcase how these women dressed over time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t__RhUyZMDM
Women in lower paid vocations have always wanted to look well turned out and polished and spent a great deal of their wages and energy on inventively finding ways to look more wealthy and maintaining a sense of dignity and self-worth through their clothing,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibj7GsfsCpI
Design as a clue to women’s daily challenges
How garments were designed gives us clues to their use and the daily challenges that women faced, which were often cleverly overcome by the design.
Hidden buttons in a pinafore protected WW2 nurses from scratching a patient lying down.
Hidden pockets in a dress in the 14th century allowed a woman’s purse to be concealed from view and prevented theft.
A hairpin worn in the hat of a suffagrette in 1910 could be used in self-defense if she was attacked by a mob while protesting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZOaMbTRxWY
Working class suffragette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBEywxurQA
18th century working woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUmO7rBMdoU
Middle Ages – Scandinavian farmer and wealthy woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-W733ylNf8
Sumptuary laws
The law prohibited poorer people from using certain trims, fabrics and even colours. This dictated what clothes they could wear and how they could look.
“Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures for apparel, food, furniture, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ_ZD0dp9bw
When I look at these clothes, some of them seem fussy and time-consuming to put on. Although some are so feminine and beautiful that I really wish they would come back into fashion. What do you think?
Here is Dolly Parton’s Jolene in medieval style…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugqQlB5fpuc
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Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
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Enjoy this week's longread "Can humanity mentally survive another world war?" 👇 on #FPMblog.
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...👆 a century in which conflicts seemingly become more cruel and more inhumane than ever, is this not a question we should ask ourselves?"
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...were completely dependent on stores for their basic needs such as food, and (military) technology was not as advanced as it is today. Based on this, more casualties than during WWII are conceivable in a new world war, not to mention all the people who would be displaced worldwide. Is this a burden that humanity could bear again? In... 👇
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...direct involvement in the war or by its widespread economic and societal impacts. Imagine that at least three percent of the current total world population were to die within a period of six years, as happened during WWII. This would mean that at least 280 million people would die. However, the population density during WWII was much lower, fewer people lived in urban areas that ...👇
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...began in 1939 and ended in 1945. Years earlier, from 1914 to 1918, an estimated fifteen to twenty-two million people died during World War I (WWI), including more than seven million combat deaths. The estimated world population during WWI was 1.7 billion people, and around 1939 there were two billion people. Few families remained unaffected during WWII due to... 👇
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"LONGREAD: Can humanity mentally survive another world war?
World War II (WWII) was so far the deadliest conflict ever. It is estimated that a total of sixty to eighty million people died, which was about three percent of the total world population. About two-thirds to three-quarters were civilians, mainly due to genocides such as the Holocaust, widespread famine, and diseases. This war...👇
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From the “History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme” departement:
The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History --
A Case Study in the Historical Importance of Incompetence by Clausewitz scholar
Kiran Pfitzner
https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory
Wilhelm wished to be “the stag at every hunt, the bride at every wedding, and the corpse at every funeral.”
"At the highest levels, nothing mattered more than his confidence and, indeed, friendship. Wilhelm ruled out candidates on the basis that they weren’t tall enough to cut an impressive figure."
"At times, he raged, declaring his desire to crush Germany’s enemies. During the Boxer rebellion, he ordered Beijing to be razed in revenge for murdered German dignitaries. He was convinced to rescind this order, which is illustrative of the manner in which he was given to flights of fancy and malicious rage. When he spoke to foreign representatives or even the foreign press, he expressed the most fervent desires for cooperation and cordial relations. But the moment he felt slighted, particularly by the English, he seethed, calling for a humbling war. "
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