The ideal King, Arthur did not really die but was only horribly wounded. He was taken away to the legendary island of Avalon to rest and recovery. One day he will return to lead his people against their enemies.
Prince Csaba was the youngest son of Attila the Hun. Not only will he return, riding down from the stars, whenever his Hungarian descendants are in danger but he has reportedly already done so several times at moments of great crisis.
Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa didn’t really drown and get pickled while on Crusade. He’s half asleep under the Kyffhäuser mountains and when his beard grows around it or the ravens stop flying (I’ve heard both), he’ll wake up and lead the Germans to victory once more.
Emperor Constantine XI wasn’t killed when Constantinople fell, he was turned to marble by an Angel and hidden away under the golden gate. When God decides, the angel will revive him to retake the city, expel the Turks and live forever.
King Sebastián of Portugal didn’t really die at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir in Morocco. He survived and will return one day, in Portugal’s hour of greatest peril, to lead his people to greatness and build the fifth Portuguese empire.
Ogier the Dane, one of Charlemagne’s knights, whose fame was far and wide, is sleeping in Kronborg castle and will awaken at the time of greatest peril for Denmark (probably Germans..) and lead them to victory. 🇩🇰⚔️🇩🇰
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In Texas, one of those honored corps of heroes who came to help us in hour of need was the Alabama Red Rovers.
This was a volunteer company of about 70 men that was organized in Courtland, Alabama by Dr Jack Shackelford. They left in December 1835 & arrived in Texas the... 👉🏻
..following month. They joined the Texas army of Colonel James Fannin at Goliad & were assigned to the Lafayette Battalion. They stood out with their red flag, red uniforms & fighting ferocity that matched their unit color. Eventually, Fannin received orders to leave Goliad... 👉🏻
..& the troops began marching north. However, before getting very far they were overtaken by the cavalry & light troops of General Jose Urrea's Mexican forces at Coleto Creek. Along with their comrades, they fought off repeated Mexican attacks until Fannin was forced... 👉🏻
Few Confederate generals are as famous today as James Longstreet. In his own time, he never quite had top tier status as far as fame & glory went but had a more solid record than some who did. Yet, after the war, he became positively despised by many of his countrymen.👇🏻
A native of South Carolina, Longstreet was of Dutch ancestry & was raised by relatives in Georgia.
He joined the U.S. Army & served with distinction in the Mexican-American War. His political views were not especially strong but his commitment to defending the south was. 👇🏻
Casting his lot with the southern Confederacy, he led a brigade at the 1st Battle of Manassas & after was promoted to Major General & given a division. He led them to success at Williamsburg but fumbled at Seven Pines.
Nonetheless, when General Robert E. Lee took command... 👇🏻
Stalingrad: It is remembered as a battle between the Germans and the Russians, which it mostly was. However, other Axis armies did take part Many Germans would later blame them, often unfairly, for their defeat. Here is a look at who led the other Axis armies at Stalingrad … 👉🏻
Italo Gariboldi led the Italian 8th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. He had previously led Axis forces in North Africa but clashed with Rommel and was transferred out. Hitler awarded him the Knight’s Iron Cross for his leadership during the battle. …👉🏻
Gusztáv Jány commanded the Hungarian 2nd Army which was tasked with holding the northern flank at Stalingrad. This was a 400km front which meant his troops were stretched dangerously thin and lacked heavy ordinance. The Russians were certainly aware of this.
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No other Confederate sailor was as famous as “Old Beeswax” Captain Raphael Semmes. A devout Catholic native of Maryland, Semmes saw service afloat & ashore in the Mexican War before following his adopted state of Alabama into the Confederacy in 1861. He was first assigned… 👉🏻
..captain of the commerce raider CSS Sumter. He broke out of the blockade at New Orleans & for six months prowled the Caribbean Sea & Atlantic Ocean sinking or taking 18 Union merchant vessels. Bottled up in Gibraltar, he paid off his crew & sold the ship.
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Next, Semmes was ordered to take command of the British built sloop-of-war CSS Alabama in August of 1862. From the summer of 62 to that of 1864 Semmes would take the Alabama from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, around Good Hope, into the Indian & Pacific oceans …👉🏻
Most are unaware of Italy’s history as a pioneer in the development of nuclear weapons. The Kingdom of Italy led the world in nuclear research during the Fascist Era, producing the first patented nuclear reactor. The ‘Via Panisperna boys’ led by Enrico Fermi and …(cont)👉🏻
..including Edoardo Amaldi, Oscar D'Agostino, Ettore Majorana, Bruno Pontecorvo, Franco Rasetti & Emilio Segrè. They discovered slow neutrons & Fermi would become known as the architect of the nuclear age. However, Fermi was married to a Jew & left Italy in 1938 after the …👉🏻
..enactment of the race law, going to Americas where he worked on the Manhattan Project. In Italy, during WW2, Italian scientists were sent to work with the Germans on developing atomic weapons. Mussolini was the only non-German to witness the tests of these weapons. …👉🏻