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WW2 submariners spent weeks underwater in vessels so cramped that some slept on the deck, shared bunks in rotation, and ate wherever they could find space. One man called it "bloody rough living." Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AptcG #history

A list of female convicts onboard the Lady Penrhyn in the First Fleet. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApIAn

In 1939, Finland faced a Soviet invasion with 33,000 trained soldiers against an army that would grow to 760,000. They held out for three and a half months and made the Red Army pay dearly for every kilometre. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApxHd

The Black Death killed nearly half of England's population in three years. It also, unintentionally, gave the survivors something feudal society had long denied them: bargaining power. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApxB5

The oldest axe recovered from an Australian archaeological site dates to between 49,000 and 44,000 years ago. Aboriginal weapons are among the most ancient and sophisticated ever designed. lttr.ai/Aptaq

It is a dramatised retelling of a 1905 mutiny in the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy – a key cresting point in the wave of profound social and political unrest that swept across the empire that year. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Aptap #history

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The tree resin artefact found at Mololo Cave dates back to 55,000 to 50,000 years ago. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApplZ #history

1. The Peshmerga are the internal security forces of which group? History Guild Weekly History Quiz No.312 See how your history knowledge stacks up! historyguild.org/weekly-history…

Fifty years on, historians and veterans reflect on the Vietnam War at Vietnam 30/50. Featuring keynote speaker Prof. David Horner and presenters from Australia and the US. May 16–17. #history lttr.ai/ApIHy

The 1962 Sino-Indian War lasted four weeks — but its consequences for India's Chinese community lasted years, with around 3,000 people detained in a remote desert camp under the Defence of India Act. #history lttr.ai/Apkpo

So where did this idea come from and what did it look like in Ancient Rome? Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApLyD #history

Vietnam 30/50 — a two-day conference bringing together veterans, historians & authors to present new research on the Vietnam War. May 16–17, Glen Waverley. Tickets from $100. #history lttr.ai/ApIHx

Profiles of five of ancient Rome's most eccentric leaders — from a senator who mourned his pet eel for three days, to emperors who dressed as gods, competed as stage performers, and scandalised Rome with their personal lives. Read the full article: ▸ lttr.ai/ApLxV

What caused the Little Ice Age?The earth does not have some magical average natural temperature to which it always returns. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApLwS #history

Vietnam 30/50 examines the strategies, operations and human cost of the Vietnam War — from French Indo-China to 1975. Two days of research and discussion. Glen Waverley, May 16–17. #history lttr.ai/ApIHw

1. Where was The Book of Kells written? History Guild Weekly History Quiz No.311 See how your history knowledge stacks up! historyguild.org/weekly-history…

The language is different but this edict on maximum prices, issued in 301 CE by Roman emperor Diocletian, reflects a feeling familiar to many: why is everything so expensive lately? Read more 👉 lttr.ai/ApTHs #history

Australia, as an ally of the US and equally adverse to the spread of communism in South-East Asia, made its contribution to support the Republic of Vietnam, opposed by the southern Viet Cong and northern Vietnam People’s Army. #history lttr.ai/ApTDw

Over two million Indians served in WWII — yet the British Indian Army entered the war with just 240,000 troops, having been told it was unlikely to see frontline combat. #history lttr.ai/ApRLe