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Quote from the history book "Baal's Blessing: The Carthaginian conquest", which describes how the Carthagianians thrased the Romans, destroying the city forever, and decimating the Latins. The "Great Empires" to the east are the Neo-Syrian Empire, the Empire of Phrygia and the Illyrian state. It also dissected several Roman beliefs, such as it's disdain for Human Sacrifice.
"Berlin? That small German colony? Hah, we will win easily!" ~ General Niklot Dukaj of the Polabians, 1723.
The 1723 Battle of Berlin marked the first defeat of the United Slavic Commonwealth by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Berlin, a small town, was the frontier of the fractious border between the battered and bruised Germans (still in recovery after an outbreak of plague in the 1600s) and the United Commonwealth. Dukaj, a prince of the Polabians and one of the Commonwealth's most powerful figures, was killed during the battle after his forces were entirely routed by a Unified German Army, the first of many defeats that saw the HRE end the German Dark Age and begin its ascendancy as the United Commonwealth collapsed into infighting.
"Can you not see? You've not ended war, but created a guillotine! One that will hang over the collective head of humanity for all time, until one fool pulls the lever and we are all damned for it. I hope you're proud."
Albert Einstein observed the power of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Kokura at the tail end of World War II through reports. He became angry with Robert Oppenheimer, saying he created a doomsday device that would eventually threaten humanity based on Einstein's research on general relativity and nuclear physics. In response, Robert Oppenheimer decided to work at Mattel in creating a fashion doll for older girls.
"The Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Russia and the former Soviet Union uncovered further details on the fate of the Torpedero T-7. In 1941, the Turkish Navy attacked Cartagena in an attempt to weaken Royal Navy and Spanish Navy presence in the Mediterranean. The crew of the Torpedero T-7 was captured by the Turkish Navy, which they handed it over to its ally, Stalinist Russia. Under Stalinist captivity, they were tortured in a PoW camp in Sevastopol and eventually murdered by the NKVD, who buried the bodies in an unmarked grave in Crimea."
An excerpt from a report in the London Times and Gazette, published April 7th, 1987, about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the former Soviet Union, which had been running for several years now following the fall of Communism in 1981 after the January Coup and the March on Red Square. The Commission was, however, later found to have fabricated a lot of their results (at least regarding the stuff that happened after Stalin's Death in 1950) as part of a smear campaign on the Communist League of the Second Russian Republic, after leaks came out in 1995, which brought down the government of President Vladimir Putin, who had been a key part of those fabrications.
Following Putin and his right-wing government's fall (which included numerous oligarchs getting exiled and their property in-country confiscated) a moderate left-wing coalition took power, including the rehabiliated Communist League.
"If we don't stop these rebel Yankees here, then we'll have fucking German Tanks rolling into Denver in a month, so get those defensive works repaired!"
Last orders sent by US President Charles Lindbergh to the Federal Army defending the provisional American capital of Richmond, received on April 11th, 1936, shortly before the fall of the United States. Lindbergh had taken power the previous summer, promising to defeat the Northern Liberation Army, an anti-capitalist rebellion sponsored by the German Workers’ Republic. Disorganisation among the US military and famine in the Midwest prevented Lindbergh from effectively counterattacking. He fled to Spain in May 1936 shortly after the proclamation of the United American Workers’ Republic.
“Goodbye to all that.”
The words of the Stadtholder of the Netherlands as the Dutch and German troops escorted their French captives after the Battle of Verdun. The Dutch ruled the largest empire the world had ever seen, controlling a quarter of the planet, and, along with Germany and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, had defeated the French and British in the Great War.
"Poor Germany. So close to Poland, France, and Sweden, so far from God."
A saying attributed to an unknown German describing how Germany due to her weak stature remained a plaything for the nearby great powers who would often rampage through German territory with scant regard for the population.
"We have bowed before no King before and we shall not bow before you. The Spanish did not break us, we didn't bend to the will of the French, and we will not bow before any Englishmen, this I assure you."
Words said by Berthold Vishal, Grand Admiral of the Great Black Fleet (a coalition of two dozen different pirate fleets operating in the New World) to British Admiral Philip Delamere, who requested Vishal and his men to surrender after their defeat in the Battle of Nassau. Upon hearing his reply to his request Admiral Delamere would bombard the pirate city to surrender, finally ending the European War Against Piracy after 40 years of conflict.
"I gave then an Empire! I've brought them prosperity! I warred against a dozen nations, ended countless lives; all in their name!! I have served them for 40 F*CKING years, sacrificing my life, my love, my happiness, and my limbs! And this is how they repay me!? With betrayal?!"
This one’s for you:
Reportedly the final words of Supreme Commander Smedley Butler before facing summary execution at the hands of his own bodyguards. Butler took power in U.S. following the 1933 coup against civilian president F.D. Roosevelt, acting as the front-man for the interests of the industrialists and military officers organizing the putsch. Butler’s regime launched wars of conquest as an answer to the Great Depression, aggressively capturing new resources and export markets to fuel the American economy. Inevitably this brought U.S. into conflict with other expansionist powers like the Empire of Japan. The American-Japanese War erupted in the 1940s over territorial disputes in the Pacific; initially America’s industrial capacity gave it the edge, allowing the U.S. Navy’s island-hopping campaign to reach all the way to the doorstep of the Japanese home islands. But the Empire of the Rising Sun had a surprise for Butler — the Atomic Super Bomb, developed in secret together its German allies. These bombs were used in a series of surprise attacks by the Japanese, delivering a sudden crippling blow to U.S.A.’s Pacific Fleet and erasing America’s gains in the theatre. The attacks proved shocking to the American citizenry who were promised a “short, quick war” against “primitive, slant-eyed barbarians”. As unrest in U.S. grew over all the lives lost in the name of conquering some barley-inhabited islands in the Pacific, Butler was made the scapegoat and quickly removed to “restore the civilian government” (in reality, the newly-installed President Rockefeller answered to the very same interests as Commander Butler).
Professors are a sorry lot.
They’re aged and weak and die a lot.
Like my Uncle George — that crazy old fossil.
He died when someone him did jostle.
He was a man of quite great learning
Who studied books we should be burning
An excerpt from the lyrics of the song "A letter to my professor," by Led Zeppelin, whilst this part may sound like it advocates for censorship, the song itself warns of those things.
"And so, Nixon passed the torch to Connally, but not really. He was still there in the party, in the bureaucracy, in the shadows, controlling and cajoling. After Connally's time ended, he replaced Connally with Reagan and Reagan with Bush and Bush with Dole. An unbroken chain."
Following the Conservative Revolution in the American Republic, which saw the Socialist-led regime founded by Franklin Roosevelt be destroyed by forces led by opposition candidate Richard Nixon in 1968 (overthrowing and exiling Chairman Lyndon Johnson), a new constitution which forbid a president from serving for more than one six year term was put into place, in order to make it look like Nixon was not interested in power just for his own sake. But he continued to control the country for many years after through his control of the Unified Capitalist Liberation Movement (UCLM), the party of the revolution. The American Republic was not a one-party state, but the UCLM managed to choke out it's rivals through means legal and otherwise until 1996 - when President Dole, now without the support of Nixon (who died in 1994) faced a party rife with infighting, which allowed National Democratic Party candidate William Clinton to run on a slate of pro-democracy reforms, which broke the UCLM's monopoly on power.
In 2000, Clinton stepped down for real, and the American Republic settled into a two-party state between the NDP and a smaller, less corrupt and venal UCLM.
"How can I be expected to hold hands with the people that murdered my family? It may be that the Russians are the greater threat to us all, but the English and their bombs killed my family, my friends, my neighbors in the last war, not ten years ago."
QUote from "The Hung Man's Lot", a 1993 Crime Drama about the rivaling mafia families of the Torinos (Italians), the Sokolovs (Russians), and the Andersons (British-English), loosely based on similar occurrences in 1930s New York. The line was spoken by Giuseppe Torino to his father, who proposed a truce with the Andersons, over the now-resurgent Sokolovs. The "Not ten years ago" refers to the fact that the Sokolovs had been in New York before, but pulled out a decade earlier, with the Torinos and Andersons filling the void, leading to an extremely vicious gang war between the two that lasted for years.
"An unusual development in cinema was a trend in the late 1960s to 1980s, that unintentionally piggybacked off of the 'Ninja Craze' that coincided it, that being the 'Hassassin Mania'. The box office success of 'You Only Live Twice', was coincidentally followed by the movie 'The Eagle's Son' in the same year. And while the James Bond Movie established Ninja as highly-capable warriors, 'The Eagle's Son' focused on the Hashashin Order of Islam, portraying them as an ancient, dignified brotherhood of honorable assassins. And while the portrayal of the Hashashin (or 'Hassassin', as the producers of the movie wanted to avoid association with the drug Hashish) in fights was similar to Ninja, unlike their Japanese counterpart, they drew more on the mindset than their skill and techniques, such as their willingness to die to achieve an objective and to protect their own, as well as acceptance of death if escape was impossible, as shown in the death scene of the protagonist's mentor Mustafa in the movie, in addition to Islamic Tradition. Something that was highly unusual at the time, and struck a cord with the audience."
In the late 1960s, the world of cinema was abuzz with excitement as a new trend emerged known as the "Hassassin Mania" took the industry by storm, drawing inspiration from the popular "Ninja Craze" that was already sweeping through the entertainment world.
Following the success of "You Only Live Twice," filmmakers recognized the public's growing fascination with ninjas and sought to capitalize on this interest. They realized that the concept of hidden warriors and secret societies could be expanded beyond the realm of Japanese ninjas, leading to the birth of the Hassassin Mania. The popularity of the Hassassin Mania was fueled by the unique blend of action, drama, and moral dilemmas presented in these films.
As the 1980s approached, new trends and interests captivated the cinema world. But this one provided a fresh perspective on the world of assassins, introducing audiences to a new breed of enigmatic warriors who fought not only with their physical prowess but also with their unyielding resolve and profound philosophical beliefs.
"And so tonight we lose the keyboard again."
A common quote amongst electro-garage bands of the late 1980s. It basically means the band won't be playing, although it can also mean they'll be taking a break. Never was into that genre myself, tbh. My brother used to front a band back then, though.
"Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death."
Verses 9-14 of the 3rd chapter of the Book of Armachiand, telling the story of the origin of the world, from the Tzu'ligur civilization, which flourished along the upper Indus valley c. 2400-1900 BC. Although fragmentary, it seems to posses many parallels with the Judeo-Christian story of the Garden of Eden. The main difference is that mankind seems to have not been part of the original Creation (by the creator god Lukat-dor) but was introduced later by an outside (perhaps rival) deity, whose name is not known. This particular translation is German, as evidenced by Professor Guilesdorf's of the University of Breslau popularized translation of this unknown god as "the Devil" in imitation of traditional Christian nomenclature. His French colleague, M. DeVillemont, urged the faculty of the Académie des Civilisations Anciennes in Toulouse toward adopting this view to inform their course of studies but was fiercely resisted by the Professor Sans-Beaufort of the Société pour L’étude des Races Eteintes in Bretagne. This, of course, resulted in DeVillemont's death in the famous duel between the two of them in Belleau Wood, immortalized in Powell Smith's painting The Duel of Those Long Dead.
A whore! A whore!...My kingdom for a whore!
A popular book based on the life of young Prince Edward (son of George V), retelling the events when he eloped with Marguerite Alibert, a French prostitute he met when he was stationed in Paris the during World War I, forfeiting his rights to the British Royal Succession and causing his brother George (now King George VI) to become the next heir.
"Not all Alexandrias are from Alexander."
Quote about Alexandria, Virginia, United States. This Alexandria has nothing to do with Alexander the Great, who named many cities in Africa, Europe, and Asia after himself. It instead was named after John Alexander, a Scottish pioneer. Alexandria, Virginia, United States became an important local industrial center during the Cold War. Its proximity to naval bases in Norfolk helped the production of ship parts to expand the US Navy to counter the Soviet Navy.
"In the grim darkness of ancient Persia, there was only war."
Quote from Ænglish Scholar Jon Alenson, at the start of his book "The lands of the east after the Alexandrian era", prefacing the chapter on the Persian anarchy after the downfall of the Alexandrian Empire, due to the death of the son of Alexander the Grear. This anarchy would last into the 2nd century AD, when Alexander Arakid seized the throne, declaring the Arakid dynasty, which would continue until the Mongol Invasions.
"Death to the Commonwealth's Sejm and Tsar! Death to the Peasant rabble of Eire and Germany! Death to the Radicals of England, the Sultan of The turks and King of France!" ~ Last words of the Hetman of Ruthenia.
Legend tells of a powerful and enigmatic artifact, known as the Obsidian Crown. Said to possess unimaginable power and grant dominion over all who wielded it, the Obsidian Crown became the object of desire for the ambitious rulers of Persia. Each sought to claim its power for themselves, believing it would grant them invincibility and unchallenged rule. Legends spoke of its ability to elude capture, slipping through the hands of those who sought it most desperately. The Crown seemed to possess a malevolent sentience of its own, manipulating events and sowing discord among those who coveted its power. And so the pursuit of martial prowess and the art of warfare became paramount, overshadowing all other aspects of life, as kingdoms fought for this elusive Crown.
"She remembered who she was and the game changed."