Kamikazes of WW2

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In the nearly eleven-month Battle of Gallipoli, some 480,000 Allied troops fought, witnessing 250,000 casualties, including 46,000 deaths, making it one of the bloodiest campaigns of World War One.

Thomas Edward Lawrence, known popularly as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British intelligence officer during the Arab Revolt of WWI. Lawrence would contribute many valuable intelligence reports leading to his promotion to Major and would go on to re-enlist in the RAF under a pseudonym.

Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the holiest sites for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It was first settled around 3500 BCE during the Early Bronze Age and has since been the target of control by many.

On August 5th, 1949, a grass fire erupted near Helena, Montana, prompting 15 smokejumpers to parachute into the wildfire. When the firefighters’ escape plan was thwarted by the the fast-moving fire, of the three survivors, one’s quick thinking created a firefighting technique still used to this day.

The stone age is believed to have begun 2.6 million years ago and is divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. Evidence has been found for the tools, diet, art, and communication of early humans.

In 1965, six friends from Tonga attempted sailing to New Zealand, but a storm derailed their plans, leaving them shipwrecked on ‘Ata Island and forcing them to survive for 15 months until being miraculously rescued.

The Birwood Wall or Detroit’s Wailing Wall, is a half-mile structure covering three city blocks for the sole purpose of racial segregation. After years of resentment, in 2006, activists and residents came together to paint murals and use the wall for healing instead of hate.