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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 7:55 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/14/14 at 7:55 pm to Darth_Vader
This one should not be that hard....
1. What's this room's name?
2. Where is it?
3. For what purpose did this place originally serve?
4. What country was born in this room?
5. What war was ended in this room?
(no cheating!)
1. What's this room's name?
2. Where is it?
3. For what purpose did this place originally serve?
4. What country was born in this room?
5. What war was ended in this room?
(no cheating!)
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Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:06 pm to Sampson
Where young Biff threw the kids basketball.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:08 pm to Darth_Vader
I know that is the palace of Versailles
In France
Was a palace for the King
WW1 ended there
Nation created?
IDK
In France
Was a palace for the King
WW1 ended there
Nation created?
IDK
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:08 pm to Darth_Vader
Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. Ended World War I?
Eta: Weimar Republic?
Eta: Weimar Republic?
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:13 pm to Napoleon
quote:
I know that is the palace of Versailles
In France
Indeed. The room in the picture is perhaps the most famious part of the palace. IT's known as the Hall of Mirrors.
quote:
Was a palace for the King
Correct. This was the residence of the French Royal family until they were driven from power in the French Revolution.
quote:
WW1 ended there
Correct again. The Treaty of Versailles which officially ended WWI was signed in that room.
quote:
Nation created?
IDK
The nation that was born in the Hall of Mirrors was the German Empire in 1871.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:15 pm to Darth_Vader
darn, I did not know that. Germany. Created in France.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:25 pm to Napoleon
quote:
darn, I did not know that. Germany. Created in France.
Yep. All due to a war started by this French dude...
all over the who was going to sit on the Spanish throne.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:27 pm to Darth_Vader
What did that guy do?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:33 pm to goldenbadger08
Napoleon III? I assume you mean the Franco-Prussian War. German was unified the same year (1871).
The Prussians blockaded Paris, and when all the animals in the Paris zoo had been eaten, the city's finest restaurants cam up with sewer rat recipes.
The Prussians blockaded Paris, and when all the animals in the Paris zoo had been eaten, the city's finest restaurants cam up with sewer rat recipes.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:37 pm to goldenbadger08
quote:
What did that guy do?
That guy was Napoleon III. He was the nephew of the original. Anyway he started the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, using a dispute over the succession of the Spanish throne as an excuse to go to war with the Prussia. The truth of the matter is he woefully underestimated the German states (particularly Prussia) and thought he could improve his popularity at home with an easy win. Well he was very wrong. The result of his folly was France defeated, Paris buring in Communist revolt, and finally the emergence of the German Empire. Basically many of the seed of a massive general war in Europe that finally sprung forth in the summer of 1914 were first planted in 1870 - 1871.
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:50 pm to Macphisto
1. What's the named of this bridge?
2. What body of water does it span?
3. What major event took place here?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:50 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:
Miss America 1945 Contestants
6,1,4,3,5, don't care
How is Miami Beach so pasty?
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:54 pm to Darth_Vader
Nijmegen? The Operation Market Garden "bridge too far?"
Posted on 7/14/14 at 8:57 pm to Macphisto
quote:
Nijmegen? The Operation Market Garden "bridge too far?"
Very good guess.... But no.
Remember that Nijmegen is in Holland, and there are no hills in Holland like what is in that picture.
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 9:03 pm to Darth_Vader
Ok, the other WWII bridge, at Remagen. I don't know the story, though.
I tried to go to Nijmegen when I was in the Netherlands a few years back, but train tickets from a The Hague to the east of the country are ridiculously expensive.
I tried to go to Nijmegen when I was in the Netherlands a few years back, but train tickets from a The Hague to the east of the country are ridiculously expensive.
This post was edited on 7/14/14 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 9:07 pm to Darth_Vader
I've definitely seen this before.. Something to do with WWII.. Is that the Rhine river? Don't know the name.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 9:08 pm to Macphisto
quote:
Ok, he other WWII bridge, at Remagen. I only know the name, not the story.
That's the one. It was named the Ludendorff Bridge. It spanned the Rhine River. It's significant in history because it was the capture of this bridge by the US 9th Armored Division that gave the Allies their first bridgehead over the Rhine, thus opening the heartland of Germany to invasion.
That's it for tonight... I'll be back tomorrow.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 9:25 pm to Darth_Vader
Damn, I was about to say that. I come back to see Darth getting obscure with us again. 
Oh, I found a pic of a tank you WONT get, but can't post it from my iPad... Tomorrow, Darth goes down...
Oh, I found a pic of a tank you WONT get, but can't post it from my iPad... Tomorrow, Darth goes down...
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:11 am to Spaceman Spiff
quote:
Oh, I found a pic of a tank you WONT get, but can't post it from my iPad... Tomorrow, Darth goes down...
Bump.
Let's see that tank.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:15 am to Spaceman Spiff
Bump
MMMOOOAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!!
MMMOOOAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!!
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