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Are you one of those weirdos who think serial killers are just fascinating? Us too! Turns out, quite a few used wartime chaos and blackouts to commit their crimes. But these killers have flown under the radar in history due to all the other stuff going on at the time.
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Further Reading:
King, David (2011). Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris.
BBC News. “Sodium: Getting rid of dirt – and murder victims.” May, 2014.
Britannica., “Marcel Petiot.”
Gale, Arthur., “Doctor Marcel Petiot: Serial Murderer.” National Library of Medicine, 2022.
Herschaft, Randy., Salazar, Cristian. “The Pond: US Spy Agency that Operated Before CIA Revealed In Classified Documents Disclosure.” Huffington Post, 2010.
Read, Simon (2006). In the Dark: The True Story of the Blackout Ripper. New York: Berkley Publishing Group’
Read, Simon (2008). The Blackout Murders: The Shocking True Story. London: JR Books
Find a Grave. Vasili Komaroff. Website.
Newton, Michael. “The Encyclopaedia of Serial Killers.” New York: Checkmark Books, 2000.
Rosewood, Jack. “The Big Book of Serial Killers.” Lak Publishing, 2017.
Honeycombe, Gordon. “The Murders of the Black Museum, 1870-1970.” Auckland: Hutchinson &Co, 2007.
Robinson, Mark. “The S-Bahn Murderer: A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin.” April, 2021. Berlinexperiences.com
Killer Cloud. Vasili Komaroff. Website
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Intro: (00:00)
Gordon Frederick Cummins: (00:31)
Leonarda Cianciulli: (03:52)
Marcel Petiot: (06:57)
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In this video, we dive into one of the most fascinating comparisons of World War I armored warfare: the British Mark V tank and the German A7V. These early armored giants clashed on the battlefields of the Great War, each representing the cutting edge of tank technology for their respective nations. But how did they truly stack up against each other in terms of design, firepower, and effectiveness?
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Life Inside A WWI Mk. V Tank
Life Inside A WWI A7V Tank
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Japan is known as the land of anime, sushi, and sumo. Today, when outsiders think of Japan the first thoughts that come to mind are probably Godzilla, impeccable politeness, and technological innovation. In the last century, however, there was a different, far darker reputation garnered by the Land of the Rising Sun. What caused this infamous reputation for cruelty?
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No Retreat, No Surrender
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Further Reading:
Dear, I.C.B. and M.R.D Foot, editors. The Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Chang, Iris. The Rape of Nanking.” New York: Penguin Books, 1998.
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Nanjing Massacre." Encyclopedia Britannica, December 15, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/event/Nanjing-Massacre.
Felton, Mark. “Why Were the Japanese so Cruel in World War II?” Historynet.com. November 6, 2017. https://www.historynet.com/a-culture-of-cruelty/
“Japan, POWs and the Geneva Convention.” PBS.org. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bataan-japan-pows-and-geneva-conventions/#:~:text=In%201929%20the%20Geneva%20conventions,laws%20and%20customs%20of%20war.
“Banzai Attack: Saipan.” National World War II Museum. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/banzai-attack-saipan
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "kamikaze." Encyclopedia Britannica, November 22, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/topic/kamikaze.
“Operation Downfall would have been the most costly Military Effort in US History.” WarfareHistoryNetwork.com. May 2004. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/operation-downfall-would-have-been-the-most-costly-military-effort-in-u-s-history/
Pletcher, K.. "Bushidō." Encyclopedia Britannica, November 12, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bushido.
Stockton, Richard. “Inside Unit 731, Japan’s Disturbing Human Experiments Program During World War II.” AllThingsInteresting.com. May 24, 2023. https://allthatsinteresting.com/unit-731
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Operation Market Garden aimed to end WWII by Christmas, with Allied paratroopers and British tanks capturing key bridges in the Netherlands. Despite heroic efforts like the dangerous Waal River crossing, logistical delays and fierce German resistance led to the operation's ultimate failure, though its legacy of sacrifice endures today.
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Further Reading:
“Battle of Nijmegen.” Military-history.fandom.com. https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Nijmegen#20_September_15:00_:_Waal_Crossing
Bos, Jan. “Battle of Nijmegen Bridge: Taking the Crossings over the Waal.” WarfareHistoryNetwork.com. 2011. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/battle-of-nijmegen-bridge-taking-the-crossings-over-the-waal/
Barrett, Claire and JD Simkins. “‘When in doubt, lash out’: The 82nd Airborne’s crossing of the Waal River, 76 years later.” MilitaryTimes.com. September 30, 2019. https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/10/01/when-in-doubt-lash-out-the-82nd-airbornes-crossing-of-the-waal-river-75-years-later/
Beevor, Anthony The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II. (New York: Viking, 2018). Pages 211-213, 218-219.
Ryan, Cornelius. A Bridge Too Far. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974). Pages 285 431-433, 460, 476-477
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