Russians at Tannenberg — Surely Nobody Is Listening
Russians at Tannenberg: ‘Surely nobody is listening’ / ‘Transmit everything’ German headquarters: ‘You hearing this?’ / ‘Every word’ The Battle of Tannenberg (1914). The Russians...

















Russians at Tannenberg: ‘Surely nobody is listening’ / ‘Transmit everything’ German headquarters: ‘You hearing this?’ / ‘Every word’ The Battle of Tannenberg (1914). The Russians...
Egyptians in 3,000 BCE: ‘bruh this is god I know y’all see it’ Modern cat: ‘Meow.’ The Egyptians weren’t wrong. Cats were sacred to Bastet,...
"The face that launched a thousand ships" — Helen of Troy. The thousand ships: overloaded migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean. Helen of Sparta launched the...
"We need to attack Troy and bring Helen back." "Helen who? Do you have a sketch of Helen?" shows picture "I THOUGHT YOU SAID HALLE"...
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HOMER, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AUTHORS IN THE WORLD; YOUR PLAN...
"LOOK AT ME. I AM THE HELEN OF TROY NOW." The classic race-swap meme format. Original Helen (Diane Kruger, accurate to the myth) being told...
GG TRIBUNE reports: Bungie Continues Greek Tradition of Dying After Marathon. A pun on two levels. The Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) killed the Persians....
What Hollywood thinks I want: a stylized 300 Spartan with abs and slow-motion kicks. What I want: Mel Gibson making historically accurate epics about people...
George Alexopoulos (@GPrime85): "So I’ve been rereading the Odyssey and I’m not seeing a lot of defying the gods here. In fact, all the characters...
British soldier: "PAY YOUR TEA TAX." American colonist: "GO FUCK YOURSELVES." 250 years later, America is still celebrating telling the British to go fuck themselves....
The Declaration of Independence — THE ORIGINAL BREXIT. July 4, 1776. The original divorce from the crown. 250 years later, Britain still hasnt recovered.
The 1981 Marble Scandal protest in London. Two Greek protesters in black balaclavas climbed a scaffolding platform and hung a banner: ‘BRITAIN MUST GIVE THE...