Articles with the Tag Lessons From History

Dead In The Water – The Sinking of the USS Liberty

Lessons From History
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Created on Friday, 09 April 2010 18:35

During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Israeli war planes and torpedo boats. Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the explanation..

For more than 30 years many people have disbelieved the official explanation but have been unable to rebut it convincingly. This documentary uses startling new evidence to reveal the truth behind the seemingly inexplicable attack. The film combines a dramatic reconstruction of the events with new access to former officers in the US and Israeli armed forces and intelligence services who have decided to give their own version of events.

Interviewees include President Lyndon Johnson's Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, former head of the Israeli navy Admiral Shlomo Errell and members of the USS Liberty crew. 

 

Evidence of Revision

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Created on Saturday, 19 September 2009 15:38

Evidence of Revision is a mind-blowing 5-part documentary series that presents previously unavailable and suppressed historical audio, video and film recordings largely unseen by the American and world's public.

The aforementioned recordings cover the assassination of the Kennedy brothers, the little known classified "Black Ops" used to intentionally create the massive war in Vietnam, the CIA mind control programs and their involvement in the RFK assassination, the Jonestown massacre and other important truths of our post-modern time.

"The only thing new in the world, is the history you don't know." – H.S. Truman

 

Part 1: The Assassinations of Kennedy and Oswald

 

Part 2: The "Why” of it all referenced to Vietnam and LBJ

 

Part 3: LBJ, Hoover and others; What so few know even today

 

Part 4: The RFK assassination as never seen before

 

Part 5: RFK assassination, MK ULTRA + Jonestown massacre

 

Part 6: The life and assassination of Martin Luther King

 

The Nazis: A Warning From History

Lessons From History, Nazi Ideology & The Dark Occult - Then and Now
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Created on Saturday, 19 September 2009 14:22

The Nazis: A Warning from History is a 1997 BBC documentary film series that examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis' rise to power, their zenith, their decline and fall and the consequences of their reign. It features archival footage and interviews with eye witnesses.

Part 1 – Helped Into Power  

Part 1 shows how the Nazi party was formed and how Adolf Hitler was able to rise to power. Interviewees include former Nazi party members and their opponents.

 

Part 2: Chaos And Consent

Part 2 examines how the Nazis consolidated power and how extreme and radical policies were formed and implemented, using the example of the euthanasia policy of Philipp Bouhler. The help given to the Gestapo by ordinary citizens is also explored and other events covered include Kristallnacht and remilitarization.

Interviewees are former Nazi officials, an army officer, a Jewish man and an inmate of an early concentration camp.

 

Part 3: The Wrong War

Part 3 traces the path to war with Great Britain and the alliance with the Soviet Union. Interviewees include former Nazi officials and diplomats.

 

Part 4: The Wild East

Part 4 examines Nazi rule and 'ethnic cleansing' in occupied Poland under Hans Frank, Albert Forster and Arthur Greiser. Interviewees include a Polish man who was subjected to 'Germanisation', an ethnic German who was resettled in Poland and a former Nazi official.

 

Part 5: The Road To Treblinka

Part 5 is an account of mass killings in occupied territories after the invasion of the Soviet Union. Interviewees include a former member of an execution squad and a survivor of the Treblinka extermination camp.

 

Part 6: Fighting To The End

Part 6 explores why Germany fought on when military defeat was inevitable. Interviewees include German soldiers and civilians.

 

The Fog Of War – Eleven Lessons From The Life Of Robert McNamara

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Created on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 19:33

'The Fog Of War' is a documentary about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, who subsequently became president of the World Bank. The documentary combines an interview with Mr. McNamara discussing some of the tragedies and glories of the 20th Century with archival footage and documents.

McNamara discusses his experiences and the lessons learned during his tenure as Secretary of Defense under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He talks about his work as a bombing statistician during World War II, his brief tenure as President of Ford Motor Company, and the Kennedy administration's triumph during the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, the film focuses primarily on his failures in Vietnam.

The theme of the film is his "eleven lessons" learned during this time. Some of these include improving military efficiency, understanding your enemy, and the frustrations of trying to deal with (and unsuccessfully trying to change) human nature.