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Short horror thriller storytime PT 1

The outpost was supposed to be empty. Mizuno Keade felt it before he saw it—the air was wrong, thick with something old and unfinished. Af’ie’s Hydran eyes glowed faintly as they moved through the rusted corridors, boots echoing where millions once worked… and vanished. A single terminal... read more

On This Day in History - October 19, 1942

October 19, 1942 OTD World War II: Battle of Madagascar The British King's African Rifles regiment captured 800 Vichy French troops in Madagascar without incurring a single casualty of their own.

one of my favorite Dive

The SS Thistlegorm was a British armed merchant navy ship sunk during World War II on October 6, 1941, by German bombers while anchored in the Red Sea near Ras Mohammed, Egypt. It was carrying military supplies—trucks, motorcycles, rifles, aircraft parts, and more—destined for Allied forces in... read more

On This Day in History - September 25, 1937

September 25, 1937 #OTD Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Pingxingguan Communist Chinese forces successfully ambushed Japanese forces at this gate of the Great Wall of China. Japanese casualties in the battle have been estimated at 400 to 500 and the Chinese at about 400. The Chinese forces... read more

An Outburst

*Spoilers Ahead* As the son of a Kargil veteran from the Indian Air Force, I am disappointed and angered by the makers of the documentary "Kargil 1999: The Untold Story of Indian Air Force" (2024/ Docubay). The film starts with some IAF veterans showing their logbooks which the pilots maintain... read more

On This Day in History - March 13, 1917

March 13, 1917 #OTD February Revolution: The bulk of the Petrograd garrison mutinied, with 60,000 soldiers joining the revolutionaries and dispersing 40,000 rifles to street militias.