Saturday, March 14, 2020
On this day in 1891,
The Largest Mass Lynching in U.S. History
All 11 victims Italian
Word "mafia" enters lexicon
New Orleans mob avenges murder of police chief David Hennessey
Friday, March 13, 2020
On this day in 1954,
[Partial source: Lt. General H.R. McMaster (President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor), Dereliction of Duty (1997).]
Viet Minh Rout French At Dien Bien Phu - Eisenhower Rejects French Plea For Help
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| Viet Minh Plant Their Flag At French Headquarters |
On this day in 1954, the Viet Minh surrounded 15,000 French troops at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. The French asked Republican President Dwight Eisenhower for military help. Eisenhower, who knew a thing or two about when and how to fight a war, declined. All but 73 of the French troops were killed or captured by the Viet Minh. The massacre at Dien Bien Phu effectively marked the end of French involvement in Vietnam.
10 years later, Democrat President Lyndon Johnson would ignore the advice of his generals and mislead the American people during the presidential campaign regarding the scope of American involvement in Vietnam and what lay ahead. By the time the Vietnam War was over, 58,000 American boys, most of whom had been drafted and forced to go to Vietnam to fight, had been killed.
[Partial source: Lt. General H.R. McMaster (President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor), Dereliction of Duty (1997).]
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
On this day in 1942,
MacArthur Flees Philippines
Leaves 19,000 American Soldiers Behind
Pledges “I Shall Return”
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| Flees in a PT Boat |
On this day in 1862,
Lincoln Fires McClellan
McClellan Later Runs for President as Democrat Opposed to Abolition
Platform calls for end to Civil War
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| Lincoln and McClellan at Antietam in 1862 |
On this day in 1862, President Lincoln removed George McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union Army.
McClellan and Lincoln did not get along. One time Lincoln walked from The White House to McClellan’s home to talk to him about war strategy. When Lincoln arrived, he was told the general was out a social event. Lincoln waited in McClellan’s parlor. And waited. When McClellan arrived home, he walked past Lincoln and went straight to bed.
Lincoln was critical of McClellan’s unwillingness to fight. McClellan thought Lincoln was a bit of a know-nothing meddler. McClellan claimed in part he did not have enough men to win a decisive victory without unreasonable casualties. The two bickered back and forth, with McClellan generally refusing to engage the Confederate Army.
Lincoln went through six generals-in-chief, hoping each time for a more aggressive fighter. He finally got what he wanted in Ulysses S. Grant.
In 1864 McClellan ran for president against Lincoln as a Democrat opposed to the abolition of slavery. The Democrat Party platform called for an immediate end to the war.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020
On this day in 1945,
U.S. War Dept. News Footage Video - Narrated By Ronald Reagan
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U.S. Firebombs Tokyo
Most Destructive Bombing Raid Ever
100,000 Civilians Killed
Operation Meetinghouse is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history: 16 square miles of central Tokyo were wiped out, over 1 million rendered homeless, with an estimated 100,000 civilians killed. The Japanese called it The Night of the Black Snow.
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On this day in 1916,
Pancho Villa Invades U.S. & Kills Americans:
U.S. Invades Mexico
Fails To Capture Villa
Historic archive footage of U.S. invasion effort
Sunday, March 8, 2020
On this day in 1917,
Russian Revolution Begins -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates Week Later
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| Striking workers Petrograd/St. Petersburg March, 1917 |
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