He gave the Vikings a hard auld time so he did
>>3166516
some old literal who whose life work collapsed once he got gutted down by vikings
>>3166547
Its funny because the viking that killed Brian was literally gutted by Brians brother and Brian got killed after the Battle of Clontarf. So i wouldnt say his life work collapsed.
>tfw you will never see a glorious full mobilized total war betwen two industrial nations
>>3166492
>wanting this
Shame on you.
Most of us, including myself, would not wish to see the inevitable widespread destruction, misery, and unimaginable death that would result from this very scenario. It's something known as not being a psychopath.
>>3166492
>Haha dude it'll be so comfy lmao
>Get conscripted
>See some shit
>Die
Or:
>Live in huge economic depression
>Live basically in poverty, relying on rations
Why do people who want to see massive scale wars somehow think they'll be immune from it and will be able to sit in their little comfy protected bubble watching it unfold?
>Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.
Is based Schopenhauer right again?
>>3166395
WTF I hate chauvinism now
>>3166395
Schopenhauer is always right.
Excess pride, sure, but it is equally foolish to abandon one's nation and prostrate himself in front of Aliens, assuming they'd ever see you as anything other than a foreigner
Hey /his/, quick question.
Who were the dominant super powers of the following centuries
15th
16th
17th
18th
veev luh frons bay bee!
There were no other superpowers in history aside from America and the USSR
As for the dominant powers, I'd say it goes
>15th-16th century = Ottoman Empire
>16th century-1643 = Spain
>1643-1815 = France
>1815-1866 = Britain
>1866-1945 = Prussia/Germany
>1945-Nowdays = USA
WE
Why does the United Kingdom possess the most glorious and influential history in all of man's time in the cosmos forever more?
What's their secret?
>>3166235
Strong African genetics since the days of Rome.
>>3166254
You know it muh knigga!
>>3166235
Lucky geographical position
I recently heard Florida is supposed to be returned to Spain by 2055, as per the Adams o is treaty, but in reaserching i haven't found anything. Can someone help me out?
>Terminated bytreaty of friendship and general relations of July 3, 1902
It's not in effect.
>>3166229
Ok thanks
don't where you people get the idea that such twaddle is worthy of a thread
I was born 71 years ago. For 42 years, I've ruled as Spanish King, but for all these years, I have never been the ruler of my own Low Provinces.
I have seen the Gates of Lutherianism, beyond which no catholic eyes can see. Behold, in darkness, a doom sweeps the land.
This the 13th of September, the year of our Lord 1598. These are the closing days of the Spanish Golden Age, and the final hours of my life.
Rey Planeta
The eternal Dutch
>>3166182
He dug his own grave by stubbornly trying to force Catholicism down the throat of the Dutch. Fucking the Dutch anthem says that William The Silent has always honoured the king of Spain as his Lord, but it was the suffering of his people that made him rebel. I think the Spanish Netherlands definitely would have had a viable opportunity if only he wasn't as stubborn and a bit more agreeing
What was history's greatest legal battle?
Battle of my bulge
>>3166159
0w0 what's this?
Trial of the Twenty-one :^)
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.
Half a million men dead, for a few miles of land. The most atrocious battle, ever. Only just out of living memory.
>>3166065
Somme was worse.
>>3166065
Happy birthday for you.
Happy birthday for you.
Happy birthday little battle!
Happy birthday for you.
>>3166065
>The most atrocious battle, ever
Not even close, Keknadian
Be it just on the same theater of WW1, there was Verdun that was thousands times worse
Why did women fall for the career meme?
>le ''traditional'' wife
>its a 20th century meme
Money and autonomy, same reason men fell for it
>>3165915
Because women are people and can find fulfillment outside the home?
historical photo thread
Why do Irish people hate Cromwell?
He's their Hitler
He tried to starve them death until he could repopulate Ireland with puritans.
>>3165614
He killed and enslaved like half of them.
Are modern-day Macedonians descended from ancient Macedonians?
>>3165593
Most of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia was in Greece. The Macedonians of today are basically Bulgarian.
Macedonia in Greece, or the Paionian pretenders?
>>3165600
>basically Bulgarian
Not "basically", they are Bulgarian. They formed their own identity under Serb pressure though.
Is the public as ignorant about History as some of us assumed?
People are generally ignorant of most things. I mean, what do you know about something as vital as cooking? You know the difference between hollandaise and bearnaise sause?
yes, even more so than i originally assumed
>>3165589
I met someone who didn't know who Stalin was.
Why isn't communism as looked down upon and national socialism? It seems like China and Russia aren't really guilt ridden about their past as Germany is. Also, if you were to come out as a nazi, you'd be beaten up where as being a communist is perfectly acceptable.
>>3165570
They won the war
>>3165574
/thread
>>3165570
>being a communist is perfectly acceptable.
yeah it's so perfectly acceptable that we had a big moral panic about it and executed people for being communist spies