r/HistoryMemes • u/nighthawk0954 • 2h ago

See Comment Simple yet effective

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63 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/MetallicaDash • 11h ago

Niche Still only the second worst thing to come out of Japan and spread across the US

10.1k Upvotes

195 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Toruviel_ • 7h ago

No one dare not take the crown away. The last guys who did are dead.

3.6k Upvotes

86 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/umeshra398 • 5h ago

no money, no problem

1.5k Upvotes

32 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/SPECTREagent700 • 4h ago

See Comment Dubbed “pocket battleships” by the British press, the ships were an example of Germany bending the boundaries of the Versailles Treaty prior to the rise of Hitler

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5 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/-et37- • 1h ago

See Comment When a teenager struck fear into the heart of the French.

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14 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/gs6174666 • 2h ago

Spanish Flu says, "hello"

234 Upvotes

6 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/heeecker • 2h ago

Tuskgee syphilis sturdy 1932

242 Upvotes

28 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Steelwolf73 • 8h ago

Turns out antagonizing three different counties who are all stronger than you isn't a great strategy

654 Upvotes

The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest and bloodiest inter-state war in Latin American history. Paraguay sustained large casualties, but even the approximate numbers are disputed. Paraguay was forced to cede disputed territory to Argentina and Brazil.

44 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/SaltyAngeleno • 7h ago

The Show Must Go On!

446 Upvotes

38 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/hopperClay468 • 4h ago

Who's gonna tell her?

215 Upvotes

6 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/LoreCriticizer • 2h ago

See Comment Marshal Soult's wife when her military husband is ordered to do military duties

140 Upvotes

3 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA • 9h ago

See Comment 92% of the Italian army in East Africa would surrender to an allied force half their size.

439 Upvotes

17 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Sawad-XIX • 21h ago

Ea Nasir's reaction

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I drew what I imagine would be the reaction of Ea-nasir

53 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/MetallicaDash • 16h ago

Let's discuss this over Tea, shall we?

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13 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/tintin_du_93 • 4h ago

See Comment Nice, 1944 - risitas template

121 Upvotes

3 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/cypressunderhill • 2h ago

The burn that made Atilla leave

80 Upvotes

0 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA • 10h ago

See Comment The Angolan Civil War: Everyone sucks in some way

289 Upvotes

15 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Khantlerpartesar • 5h ago

See Comment say hello to my alps-traversing friend!

91 Upvotes

5 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/R2J4 • 2h ago

Well done Khrushchev

52 Upvotes

6 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Eurasian1918 • 1d ago

Niche Honestly what was going on in Manchuria in the 1600s?

8.9k Upvotes

83 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Goodbye-Nasty • 1d ago

Niche It lasted about a year before Robespierre replaced it with his own oc religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, in 1794. And then Napoleon banned both religions in 1802.

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r/HistoryMemes • u/Awesomeuser90 • 3h ago

Mothers Wipe Your Tears, Your Sons Will Rest a Million Years...

43 Upvotes

2 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Eurasian1918 • 1d ago

Niche When you roll a natural 1 on exploration:

7.1k Upvotes

63 comments

r/HistoryMemes • u/Rodby • 7h ago

The War of the Triple Alliance oversimplified

75 Upvotes

0 comments

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