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• History Daily– November 13, 2025. FREE ACCESS

  

  History Daily with Francis Chappell Black Nov 13, 2025 Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Cubs, 1903. Mordecai Brown, nicknamed “Three Finger” due to a childhood farm injury, was a dominant pitcher in the early 1900s. He was a key player for the Chicago Cubs, leading their pitching staff to two World Series championships in 1907…

  November 13, 2025

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• The D-Day Landings. June 6, 1944

  

  This 71-second video offers a visceral look into one of the most monumental days of the 20th century: the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Known as D-Day, this operation marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Western Europe. Over 150,000 troops from Britain, Canada, the…

  November 4, 2025

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• The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945

  

  October 19, 2025

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• The Liberation of Broglie, France: A Triumph of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division

  

  Guest Post by M. Raoul Boyer Video Description: The machine-gunner/assistant driver of a Sherman tank belonging to the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) is given a glass of wine to drink by a Frenchwoman during a pause in the advance. FFI volunteers and townspeople gather in small groups in the rain to greet…

  September 12, 2025

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• FREE ACCESS-History Daily-June 26, 2025

  

  Today’s Photographs – Enjoy!!! Image: An Armenian woman is seen kneeling beside her dead child in a field within sight of help and the safety of Aleppo, Syria, during the Armenian Genocide, 1915. #ArmenianGenocide https://amzn.to/4kZljyT Image: Two students sharing a rocking chair at Macalester College, Minnesota. 1890s. #America1890s https://amzn.to/4lpOZFm Both images: Mata Hari – The…

  June 26, 2025

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• Echoes of Ruin, Whispers of Revival: Italy’s Tumultuous Path from War to Reconstruction (1947)

  

  June 15, 2025

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• The Face of Defeat: The Story Behind Hans-Georg Henke’s Heartbreaking Photos

  

  The haunting photographs of Hans-Georg Henke, a sixteen-year-old German anti-aircraft soldier captured in Hessen, Germany, remain some of the most powerful images from World War II. Taken by American photojournalist John Florea in April 1945, these photos depict Henke in a moment of profound despair, his face contorted in grief and exhaustion. Over the years,…

  May 11, 2025

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• 56 Vintage Photos of Life in New York City during the 1940s

  

  February 19, 2025

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• The Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

  

  February 12, 2025

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• “Miss Dior:” Member of the French Resistance During World War II

  November 26, 2024

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