People: America
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Black Hawk Down-incident (1993) revisited
On the 6th of October 1993 two American Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia. They were on a mission to capture or kill a band of local warlords as they were shot by militia fighters using rocket-propelled grenades. The pilots were lynched by mobs. What followed was a savage rescue operation by…
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Blutige Weihnachten: Die Schlacht von Ortona
In 1943 the Allies planned a massive attack on the small coastal town of Ortona in Central Italy. They are confident of a quick and easy victory. But the German troops were prepared. What follows is the bloodiest battle in Fascist Italy. This documentary explaines how the battle commences and the terrible consequences for the…
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Putin’s letter may mark the end of American hegemony
At first sight Putin’s letter in the New York Times criticizes America’s meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries. Closer reading shows that the writing is meant as an eye-opener for the American public, to show a truth they will not like: that the era of America’s hegemony has ended. The short lived ‘pax Americana’ The letter…
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Book Review: Cold Case Kennedy
The assassination of John F. Kennedy still stirs the minds of historians and conspiracist alike, given the amount of publications on the matter. The murder on that faithful 22th of November 1963 still echoes strongly in our collective memory, while many believe the 35th president of the United States would have been able to cope…
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Battlefield Vietnam (12): The fall of Saigon
The American defeat in Vietnam is strikingly depicted by the footage of the ‘last chopper out’ from Saigon. Nevertheless, the definitive defeat of South Vietnam and America started 3 years earlier, as the North Vietnamese attacked the border with a regular army of 30.000. Only massive American air raids could stop the advance, but the…
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Battlefield Vietnam (11): Peace with honor
The American forces were unable tot win the Vietnam War on the Battlefield. Back in the U.S.A. resistance to the destructive war in Southeast Asia mounted, putting Richard Nixon ever more under heavy pressure tot stop the hostilities. Nixon thought he could win by attacking the Ho Chi Minh trail in Cambodia, expanding the war…
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Battlefield Vietnam (10): Operation Rolling Thunder
This episode chronicles the massive air raids by both U.S. Air Force and Navy fighters and bombers that were meant to annihilate the will to fight of the North Vietnamese forces. Carpet bombings destroyed everything, leaving nothing more then burnt remnants of villages, forests and cities. The goal was never achieved, as the Vietnamese only…