Soviets open the tomb of Timur in Uzbekistan, the Mongol founder of the Timurid Empire, which apparently started a curse a week before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Timur was reburied a month before the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, which apparently ended the curse. (June 1941)(900x600) - History Education Network

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My beautiful grandma and her dog circa 1930’s

A man in Afghanistan is condemned to death for being a supporter of the communist regime. He would later be shot and beheaded 1980.

‘Let’s protect children from the priest’s claws!’ (USSR, 1962)

Johnny Clem, the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga” who shot and killed a Confederate officer and rose through the ranks to Major General at the time of his retirement in 1916.

Spitfires ready for action in 1939.

Soviets open the tomb of Timur in Uzbekistan, the Mongol founder of the Timurid Empire, which apparently started a curse a week before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Timur was reburied a month before the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, which apparently ended the curse. (June 1941)(900×600)

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