Terrifying History on Instagram: "In 1953, a significant wave of German prisoners of war (POWs) began returning from Soviet captivity, marking the end of a brutal chapter of post-WWII history. These men had been held for up to eight years in the notoriously harsh Gulag system, where estimates suggest nearly 1 million of the 3 million German POWs sent to the USSR perished from starvation, disease, and forced labor. The returns coincided with Stalin’s death and subsequent Soviet policy shifts, wit

Top Historic Moments on Instagram: "On the 25th of August 1944, Paris was liberated from German occupation by Free French forces under General Philippe Leclerc, supported by American troops, after four years of German control. Resistance fighters and civilians rose up in the preceding days, engaging in street battles that weakened German defenses. General Charles de Gaulle entered the city triumphantly, marching down the Champs-Élysées amid cheering crowds. At the Hôtel de Ville, de Gaulle deliv

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