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⚡️A warehouse with parts for Shahed drones worth $16 million was destroyed in Alabuga, Russia -Ukrainian Defense Intelligence
The premises contained 65 fuselages of attack drones, as well as engines,navigation systems,thermal imaging cameras for the production of 400 units of the Shahed

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December 23, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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Sources:

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September 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
dkhunter.bsky.social
Look, Harvard's plagiarism resources didn't say anything about HistoryNet in 2008, OK?
January 11, 2024 at 10:20 PM
marythought.bsky.social
Duck Duck Go is not confused. This is why I changed my phone's default search engine a few months ago. Tired of being force-fed inaccurate AI content.
Duck duck go search for "United States presidents" returns wikipedia link, historyNet, wikipedia as top 3 results
January 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Someone on twitter noted that neri oxman's dissertation contains an apparently irrelevant digression about samurai swords, so I looked it up, and … (a) this sentence is a stunner in its own right (b) this sentence is also plagiarized
Pristine in its entirety, yet the creation of the Samurai sword surmounted a technological impossibility: the blade has to be forged in order to hold a very sharp edge and, concurrently, not break in the ferocity of a dual. To create steel both brittle (it must be hard enough to take a sharp edge), and soft (it must not break) was an almost unfeasible metallurgical challenge The Samurai Sword: The Weapon That Embodied Japan's ... HistoryNet https://www.historynet.com › weaponry-samurai-sword Sep 1, 2006 — The blade had to be forged so that it would hold a very sharp edge and yet not break in the ferocity of a duel. To achieve these twin ..[continues on the site itself: objectives, the sword maker, or cutler, was faced with a considerable metallurgical challenge.]
January 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
janetsomerville.bsky.social
Perplexed that a link to this piece that I wrote for #HistoryNet several years ago ended up in my inbox this AM.

It's a good primer about #Gellhorn, nevertheless. @pstnyc.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth historynet.com/martha-gellh...
Martha Gellhorn: Writer, Warrior, Witness
Journalist and novelist railed against injustice, covered combat—and gave Ernest Hemingway the boot.
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March 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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I used to illustrate a monthly column about World War II for HistoryNet.

This was one for a D-Day story about an all out charge into German defenses to secure a a bridge in the French hamlet La Fiére.

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American soldier charging head first into enemy fire
June 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
palacestories.bsky.social
#OTD 17 July '43. #WW2: Patton informs Alexander, in no uncertain terms, that he wanted his army unleashed. ‘it would be inexpedient politically for the Seventh Army not to have equal glory in the final stage of the campaign.’ Alexander agrees .. with conditions
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General George S. Patton's Race to Capture Messina
When plans for the Allied conquest of Sicily called for the British army to capture the key port of Messina, Patton decided he would get there first.
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July 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Yep, Lincoln did. Texas Democrats are in fine company.

Quorum-Dodging, From the Birth of America to Lincoln | HistoryNet share.google/mwBWju3HVYfx...
When Lincoln Jumped From a Second-Story Window to Dodge a Quorum
Americans have been gaming quorums — the minimum number of qualified people who must be at a meeting in order to conduct business — since day one.
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August 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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2/2 The premises contained 65 fuselages of attack drones, as well as engines, navigation systems, and thermal imaging cameras for the production of 400 units of the Shahed-136 — everything burned down.
 
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December 23, 2024 at 7:31 AM
bibliotekarjimi.bsky.social
Litt vanskelig å finne eksakte kilder, men i følge HistoryNet ble det sluppet ca 100 tonn bomber over Guernica over to dager i 1937. En annen kilde sier 22 tonn. Det var en massakre folk ikke klarte å ta innover seg og skapte sjokk i hele vesten og Picasso malte sitt kjente brutale antikrigsbilde.
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The Substack article references to various times in history. It is one at HistoryNet

“1932 World War I veterans seeking a bonus promised by Congress were attacked and driven out of Washington, D.C., by troops of the U.S. Army under the command…”

Source: HistoryNet
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The 'Bonus Army' Storm Into Washington
In 1932 World War I veterans seeking a bonus promised by Congress were attacked and driven out of Washington, D.C., by troops of the U.S. Army under the command of Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenho...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
palacestories.bsky.social
#OTD 3 June 1943, #WW2 Trent Park is now home to Hans-Jurgen von Arnim... recently in Tunisia. The story of his debriefing is extraordinary.
For a review of Helen Fry's account 'The Walls Have Ears', see historynet here tinyurl.com/3fty7zu9
June 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
eatyrselffitter.bsky.social
maybe as like CitiBank presents HistoryNet (excluding the Civil War and Human Rights material)

good luck!
April 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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It is the birthday of the suffragist who said, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” American activist Susan B. Anthony was born on this day in 1820. She is remembered as a driving force in securing women’s right to vote in the U.S.
#TheVote #ForWomen #History
Anthony was also an abolitionist, though she believed that white women should get the vote before Black men did. This perspective divided the National Women Suffrage Association, led by Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the American Women Suffrage Association. The latter group, led by Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and others wanted equality for all. The two groups eventually joined forces, convinced by Julia Ward Howe that freedom and the right to vote were so important they must be achieved as soon as possible. Unfortunately, none of these leaders lived to see women’s suffrage in the U.S., but their work helped make it a reality, finally, in August, 1920. An undated b/w image of Susan B. Anthony Source: HistoryNet
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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systems, and thermal imaging cameras for the production of 400 units of the #Shahed_136 — everything burned down.
 
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December 23, 2024 at 10:17 AM
bibliotekarjimi.bsky.social
(Usikker på hvor god kilde HistoryNet er, den er mildt sagt "patriotisk" og hevder at Guernica ikke egentlig var så ille som folk påstår, men tonnasjen virker rimelig på det tidspunktet.)
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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| HistoryNet
Dubbed “The Weeping Frenchman,” the photo first appeared in print in Life Magazine in their March 3, 1941, issue, and came to represent the grief of a nation under occupation. The book “Marseille sous...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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John Dean became the “desk officer” for the Watergate cover-up, coordinating hush money payments and destruction of evidence.

He pleaded guilty to obstruction.

Realizing he was being set up as a scapegoat, Dean began cooperating with investigators in April 1973.

www.historynet.com/interview-jo...
He helped cover up Watergate, then he blew the whistle on it. Fifty years after the scandal that brought down Nixon, a key player speaks out to HistoryNet.
What did president Nixon know and when did he know it? Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, a little-known 34-year-old White House counsel, John W.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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@HistoryNet Storytelling from the ranks: The Centum Diary follows Freeman Woodman through 1863—cold camps, marches, caring for his sick brother, and notes from Sherman’s March—compiled by descendants from a 1963 newspaper run. www.amazon.com/Centum-Diary...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The Vietnam Veteran who was once buried in the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier for Vietnam died May 11th 1972 when he was killed in Vietnam. Until January 19th, 1998 He was named "X-26" until CBS broke the news of the CIA cover up. His name was always known from the day he died in Vietnam after Meritorious service. Details in the historynet link. His name is Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J. Blassie. His picture is enclosed. His name was always known from the time he was shot down and killed in Vietnam. Major Jim Connelly was with him when he died and sent a letter to his family. He had a wallet on his person with his identification and a picture of his family. That wallet was "lost" So many details of all the individuals who lied because they wanted somebody in the Tomb of The Unknown Vietnam soldier. The historynet link details his family and his father's service for our country It was a massive CIA government cover up of mammoth proportions since May 11th 1972 until January 19th, 1998 when CBS broke the story. 26 years Once know as "X 26" his name is William J. Blassie. The US government still argued about opening the crypt even after mtdna linked him to his Mother and siblings. He had five siblings, a Mother and a Father. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J Blassie is finally now home. Please read the story in this link. Read he and his family. Michael Blackie was a hero and a son as well as a son and brother. Please Remember Michael Blackie's name. He deserves to be remembered. Welcome home and thank you Sir for your service for our country. You did what our country asked you to do and you kept your oath. I still grieve you are no longer alive. I will remember you Michael Blackie. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blackie You made a difference. https://www.historynet.com/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-vietnam/
April 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
ossokehahninii.bsky.social
We need more Patriots like this, not the "MAGAt Patriots" that turn my stomach.

“This was a very patriotic time in the country,” she told HistoryNet in 2021. “Everybody did something. Everybody was patriotic. It was a beautiful time for that kind of thing.” - www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/w...
Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.
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May 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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January 4th 1944 saw the first mission of Operation ‘Carpetbagger’. Under the control of the American OSS, B-24s of the USAAF dropped supplies and agents to resistance groups in occupied Europe. Sorties were flown at 500 feet or lower, on moonlit nights to allow visual navigation.
(Black painted B-24 Liberator with a modified glazed nose taking off in daylight) B-24 taking off from the main base for Carpetbagger operations, RAF Harrington. The aircraft had all armament removed except the dorsal and tail guns. Agents (known as ‘Joes’ or ‘Josephines’) and smaller packages were dropped through the ball turret opening, while larger supply canisters were stored in the bomb racks. 📷 Harrington Aviation Museum/National Archives (Airman standing by the nose section of a B-24 fitted with extra antennae) Flight Engineer Sgt William Alexander with ‘Playmate’, a B24 of the 858th BS, 801st/492nd BG. The aerials on the side of the nose are for the ‘Rebecca’ system, which communicated with ‘Eureka’ transponders on the ground to home in on drop zones. Carpetbagger aircraft flew 1,860 sorties and delivered 20,495 containers and 11,174 packages, as well as over 1,000 agents. 📷 USAAF photo via HistoryNet
January 4, 2024 at 4:23 PM
gearoidmm.bsky.social
It’s worth reading this history of the last US soldiers who died in WW1. They were sacrificed by their commander who wanted the glory of more victories despite the fact that everyone knew the war was ending in a few hours and still launched the attack.

www.armytimes.com/veterans/sal...
Nov. 11, 1918: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day
An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly.
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November 12, 2023 at 7:11 PM
naffdoodaa.bsky.social
It took about 500 years of this escalation to stop them.
The lesson from this was that less extreme punishment made law enforcement easier, and weapon use go down.

Tl;Dr: wool smuggling is (in part) why I didn't see a gun irl as a minor, and why few British cops have guns.
Smugglers - Smuggling 1300 to 1833
The HISTORYNet reference guide to Smugglers - Smuggling 1300 to 1833 - Smuggling started in the reign of Edward I, about 1300, when a customs duty was placed on the export of wool, which was in great ...
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July 23, 2026 at 5:08 AM