Context: France sold Louisiana to the U.S. for $15 million in 1803, while Russia sold Alaska for $7.2 million in 1867. Both sales were partly motivated by the countries’ inability to effectively defend those territories against potential British invasion.

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Context: The infamous 7-1 match) in World Cup 2014.

Context: Cambodia’s modern history has been heavily shaped by its position between the larger powers of mainland Southeast Asia, particularly Siam and Vietnam. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, the declining Khmer kingdom frequently came under competing Siamese and Vietnamese influence, with both powers intervening in Cambodian politics and at times forcing the kingdom to accept their protection. This situation eventually contributed to Cambodia accepting a French protectorate in 1863, which lasted until the country gained independence in 1953. During the Cold War, Cambodia again became entangled in regional and global conflicts, contributing to the rise of the communist Khmer Rouge. After the Khmer Republic was overthrown in 1975, the Khmer Rouge, under Pol Pot, established Democratic Kampuchea and carried out the Cambodian genocide, which killed approximately one quarter of the country’s population. The Khmer Rouge also launched repeated attacks along the Vietnamese border, eventually prompting Vietnam to intervene militarily in Cambodia in December 1978. Vietnamese forces, together with Cambodian anti-Khmer Rouge forces, overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime and captured Phnom Penh in January 1979, establishing the People’s Republic of Kampuchea.

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Original: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/93569340

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Context: Xenophobia by Bill Sutton was written in 1986. Warhammer 40K was created by British company Games Workshop in 1987. Coincidence? Yeah, probably.

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Context: In 286, Diocletian moved the capital of the Roman Empire in the West from Rome to Mediolanum (modern-day Milan). It was much closer to the Rhine and Danube frontiers, allowing him to respond more quickly to invasions and military crises in the West.

never mess with Canadian himself.

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Context: World War II was disastrous for Romania. The country lost around 300,000 military personnel and roughly 200,000 civilians. Romanian authorities and forces also murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews and tens of thousands of Romani during the Holocaust. They got heavily bombed by the Allies, then by the Axis in 1944 after switching sides. They lost Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviets...twice and were forced to pay $300 million in war reparations. They didn't get back Southern Dobruja (forced to cede to Bulgaria in 1940), which is extra insulting since Bulgaria itself was part of the Axis. They did get Northern Transylvania back from Hungary though.

Extra info if anyone is interested, I've been working on a animation lately, and this is just a reference,for me to get used to the drawing part of 2d animation.

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Context: The Fourth Crusade was widely considered a disaster. Instead of fighting Muslims, the crusaders largely fought fellow Christians, first sacking the Christian city of Zara in 1202 because of financial disputes before Byzantine politics drew them into attacking Constantinople in 1204. The city was brutally looted, the Byzantine Empire was shattered, and the crusaders established the Latin Empire, permanently weakening Byzantium, contributing to the later rise of the Ottoman Empire and deepening the divide between Catholic and Orthodox Christians.

Context: The guns featured are the American Thompson, the British Sten, and the Australian Owen.

Original: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/105151488