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150 years of German history and nothing to celebrate?

Flying Dutchman - January 19, 2021

On January 18th, 2021, what was left of Germany after World War II and finally reunited on October 3rd, 1990, could and should have...

Asian history

First Western war correspondent died in China in 1860

Flying Dutchman - September 22, 2020

Thomas William Bowlby, British pioneer of war reportage, died on September 22nd, 1860 in Tongzhou, which is now a district of the vastly expanded...

European history

150 years ago, Napoleon III became a prisoner of war

Flying Dutchman - September 1, 2020

After a disastrous military campaign in which he had seen only defeats since the Franco-German War began on July 19th, 1870, French Emperor Napoleon...

European history

150 years ago: beginning of the Franco-Prussian War

Flying Dutchman - July 20, 2020

Beginning exactly 150 years ago, the European balance of power began to shift significantly.

Asian history

The Republic of Formosa, a short-lived experiment in Taiwan

Flying Dutchman - May 23, 2020

The Republic of Formosa, which lasted only for five months, was the reaction to China’s cession of Taiwan to Japan.

European history

Potsdam and its destruction 75 years ago

Flying Dutchman - April 14, 2020

Read a short introduction to the German city of Potsdam, destroyed shortly before the end of World War II 75 years ago on this day.

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