Tag: war crimes

British forced surrendering German Troops into cages in Belgian Zoos

When the British troops took the Belgian city of Antwerp, hitherto held by the Germans, they found that they did not have a suitable place to keep the prisoners locked up. After searching unsuccessfully for a cinema or theatre that could serve as a prison, the British realized that the zoo was empty, since, it was said, the hungry population had eaten most of the animals. Thus, the zoo was soon filled with new occupants. The six thousand prisoners who were to be accommodated there were distributed by category; The officers, the Belgian fascists and the citizens who had collaborated with the Germans ended up in the lions’ enclosure. Prisoners of another type were assigned the bear pit, the tiger cage, or the monkey house. As a witness would describe, ‘the prisoners remained sitting on piles of straw, looking through the bars.’

Say only, what you can do for your country

MICHAEL WALSH: Through my 55 years of political activity, I have consistently spoken in favour of excluding politicians from the parliaments of the Western powers. The principle of politicians is so deeply ingrained my stance has been likened to removing blood from the human body to make it more efficient.

The remains of the soldiers of the army of Napoleon fertilized the fields of Britain

Burial sites on the Waterloo battlefield have not yet been identified. Tony Pollard, director of the Scottish Centre for War and Conflict Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, UK, has researched private letters, memoirs, and sketches of people who visited the Belgian village of Waterloo shortly after the battle. The results are presented in a paper published in the  Journal of Conflict Archeology 

The Bloodsucking Vampires of War

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has published a list of countries that earned the most from arms supplies between 2015 and 2020, according to Junge Welt. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the top importers by far. The main exporters are the USA, Great Britain and France, the German edition notes.

The United States in many ways has become a laughing stock – TRUMP

The United States is no longer a great power, but a country in decline, according to Newsmax, former US President Donald Trump made such a statement. According to him, over the past two years, America has ceased to be listened to and respected, and in many ways, it has become a laughing stock.
The US is no longer a great country, according to Newsmax, former US President Donald Trump said at a rally in Illinois. ‘This is no longer a great country,’ he told a crowd of his supporters.’ This is a country in decline, I am very sorry to tell you this.’