Olli Bäckström
@ollibackstrom
Researcher of the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 and Seventeenth Century Europe. Docent (General History) associated with the University of Eastern Finland. Author Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War:
Kävin Seurasaaressa viimeksi 10+ vuotta sitten, ja edelleen se jätti historioitsijan kylmäksi. En vain näe siinä muuta kuin sadan vuoden takaista kansallisromantiikkaa. Historian kerrostumat pitäisi havaita omassa ympäristössään. 🤔
As to Putin, someone obviously needs to go down for all this. Plus it's always better with no witnesses.
Sargon of Akkad was known for implementing communist policies which he had learned at the Frankfurt School of Sociology under the tutelage of Karl Marx himself. Jesus of Nazareth, meanwhile, was one of the most notorious lieutenant-colonels in the Soviet NKVD.
So I finally have it, Advance Britannia by @alanallport.bsky.social. I Will. Read. It. Meticulously.
Alright Spain, get that tercio moving. Time to erase the ignominy of 1640.
Felt like taking fresh air and dropped by in nearby Vandaforsen. In the middle ages, River Vanda was a lifeline that connected the interior of Nyland with the Baltic world. Gustaf Vasa founded Helsinki at the mouth of the river in 1550 to plug the river trade that he wanted to be a royal monopoly.
They were too ashamed and scared to sit in the seats next to her.
All the other nations sent football teams to the games. Murika sent these guys.
Actual US propaganda poster from 1942 [Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office].