24 Stories from the Losers of History

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24 Stories from the Losers of History
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“History is written by the victors” is one of the most popular, and often true, cliches trotted out when talking about the limited viewpoint some of us were taught in school. After claiming a win, that side certainly might want to, if not write, at least heavily edit some details. Specifically, actions that aren’t so happy and heroic.

So, what were the tales from the other side that never made our social studies textbooks? Historians over on Reddit helped fill in some of the gaps. Finally, we get to hear from the downtrodden, and unsurprisingly, they don’t always have great things to say. 

Keep reading, unless of course you want to have a much harder time rooting for Captain America.

KaiBishop 4y ago Edited 4y ago Cleopatra' daughter Cleopatra Selene won in her own way: after being raised a hostage by her mother's worst enemies, an adolescence in which all three of her brothers died and she was the only child to live to adulthood. She married King Juba of Maurentia (I think it's Maurentia) and it's said they ruled as equals; her face was on the other side of coinage from his, accounts say she was better at ruling in general because he was a book worm who liked studying more than being king. So she'd do the duties
Pyanez11 4y ago Edited 4y ago Around 1955, the year a president of the US died of an heart attack President Eisenhower suffered an heart attack, surviving it, there were documentations of increasing heart diseases in the country. Ancel Keys at this point came swooping in claiming, through very faulty (and selective) research, that the consumption of fat was the reason for the aformentioned increase. The non-victor of this story, John Yudkin, was researching the same subject as Keys, and found that the exponential increase in sugar consumption was the actual reason for heart failings. Не had great research, points and proof, but Keys at
northernlaurie 4y ago This is pretty niche, but I just finished rereading Voices of our Elders about the HuuAyAht people on the west coast of Canada. It includes oral history of the people along with origin stories and other important stories, and was a collaboration between members of the nation and a historian. It was fascinating to read a really gripping history of an incredibly resilient people. It makes me want to read more histories of indigenous people in North America, written by them. I feel like I've missed out on important parts of my Canadian history-as if it started
ipakookapi . 4y ago Edited 4y ago Every story of every country that has somehow been fucked over by England. France and Spain too, but there's a reason I'm writing this in English. Edit: I mean that France and Spain have fucked over a lot of countries too, not that they got fucked over by the English
AdvocateSaint e 4y ago A lot of Philippine revolutionary heroes aren't household names because after the Spanish were booted out by the Americans, who then decided to colonize the country instead of giving us independence, the guerillas who refused to concede were labeled bandits and outlaws, and weren't given the historical recognition they deserved
4y ago The People's Republic of Korea, established as an independent provisional government at the liberation of Korea from Japan in 1945. They were non-Communists who had the goal of establishing a democratic government with various social reforms to hasten the reconstruction of Korea and vowed to fight any outside power that hindered their actions. They were denounced as communists by the Americans who wanted to seat their own puppet dictator, Lee Seung Man. Their leader was assassinated, and their remaining followers were massacred on Jeju island by the Republic of Korea in 1948.
hexacide . 4y ago The Spanish Civil War. John Brown. The story of Islam in the Middle Ages. Life in the Americas before Columbus.
Fallentitan98 4y ago During the revolutionary war in America Britain freed any black slaves that were willing to join them against the Americans. After the war they kept their promise, with many freed blacks going to England due to the fact that lives for them got much harder in America, especially in the south because that's where most of the slaves rebelled from. That was the start of why southern slaves had it so bad before the civil war.
Delta_Comet . 4y ago The Biscari Massacre. During WWII, a U.S company captured some Italian soldiers. An American sergeant lined up the prisoners and mowed them all down with a machine gun.
WhenTardigradesFly - 4 4y ago a people's history of the united states by howard zinn has a ton of these stories. well worth checking out if you're really interested in that side of history.
AP7497 . 4y ago Winston Churchill is apparently celebrated as some kind of hero in the UK, but those of us in India know him best for having created famines by diverting resources from starving Indians to act as reserve stockpiles for their military.
BigBoy_Kid 4y ago Bangladesh liberation war massacre During the nine-month-long Bangladesh War for Liberation, members of the Pakistani military and supporting pro Pakistani Islamist militias from Jamaat-e-Islami party killed between 200,000 and 3,000,000 people and raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women, according to Bangladeshi and Indian sources, in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape. The actions against women were supported by Jamaat-e-Islami religious leaders, who declared that Bengali women were gonimoter maal (Bengali for public property).(13] As a result of the conflict, a further eight to ten million people, mostly Hindus, fled the country to seek refuge in
mikeymikeymikey1968 4y ago I live in Chicago, where there are so few Native Americans, I can count on one hand all that I have met in my life here. I started travelling by car to the Western states a few years ago, and have stopped and passed through a lot of Native towns, reservations, historical sites. I know it sounds like a total white person cliché, but it's eye opening to learn about their past and current struggles and their histories. It's kind of cringy when people should know some Native history do not know. For instance, I took a
TheSorge 4y ago The two Shōkaku-class aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Despite not having the fame of their predecessors for not being sunk during the Battle of Midway, they were among the best carriers of the war in terms of both design and performance (and by far the best Japanese carriers), and proved to be formidable opponents up until their sinkings in 1944. The younger ship, Zuikaku, is especially interesting to me, but both had very successful and intriguing careers.
OKflyboy . 4y ago The Armenian Genocide The Trail of Tears Wounded Knee
OutlandishnessOk3310 . 4y ago On a more serious note, the Geneva convention was more or less agreed as being required because of the shit the British did in the Boer War.
backplanes 4y ago Any story from the US in Afghanistan since 2001.
311wildcherry . 4 y ago We killed Neanderthals.
gkn08215 . . 4y ago Edison (proponent of DC electric) vs. Westinghouse (proponent of AC electric). It was very fortunate that Edison lost since the electrification of America would have never occurred as rapidly.
RolyPoly1320 4y ago We should always talk about the atrocities committed in the name of victory. Part of me thinks that if everyone understood the full cost of victory in past wars it would make avoiding them more desireable. For example, there are countless stories about how awful the Soviet troops were to Germans while pushing towards Berlin towards the end of the war, including civilians. Yet we don't hear about any sort of punishments doled out for those crimes. <sarcasm> Anything for the war effort. Gotta keep the troops happy. </sarcasm> War never changes but we also never hear
ByzantineBasileus 4y ago History is not written by the winners. An important account of the Peloponnesian War was from an Athenian author named Thucydides. Yet it was Athens that lost that conflict. Constantinople was conquered by Crusaders in 1204, and the Ottomans in 1453. Some of our best records of those sieges come from the losers. This includes like Niketas Choniates and Nicolo Barbaro.
natsgrant . 4y ago The Kandake Queens of Kush https://www.worldhistory.org/The Candaces of Meroe/ African warrior queens who halted the Romans' journey south along the Nile.
Tuxedo_Mask_matters 4y ago George McGovern Не ran for the Democratic Party nomination in 1972 and won it. What makes his run unique was that in both the primaries and general election he only took small dollar contributions from regular people and had a campaign that was entirely funded by regular people. The party establishment hated McGovern and some democrats actually refused to support him. Не ran on the most liberal platform of any major party candidate. Не was openly in favor of Universal Basic Income, Single payer healthcare, legalization of drugs, and a guaranteed jobs program. Не also wanted to
Merinther 4y ago There are a couple of points about the American revolution that aren't talked much about. For one thing, it's a little funny to see people all over the US celebrating, when only 13 states were British colonies. The rest of them are more or less celebrating the independence of the country that took away theirs. Another interesting tidbit is that most people didn't particularly want independence. Washington himself said only a third were actively in favour. And that was probably based on his rich pals - I'd be surprised if it was even that high among the common people.

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