Name 3 greatest and 3 saddest moments in your country's modern history.
1. 1861 - serfdom abolished. 2. 1905 - revolution that gave people freedoms and led to "The golden decade". 3. 1991 - the fall of socregime.
I. 1922 - final Bolshevik victory. II. 1929 - collectivisation. III. 1941 - WWII.
Liam Young
>Greatest none >Saddest Every single one
Juan Turner
>3 greatest lol >3 saddest 1. 1821 - founded 2. 1960 - 36 year long civil war started here 3. 1954 - the (((usa))) toppled over one of the only regimes that could ever work
Gavin Collins
greatest >first two third of wars
saddest >last third of wars
Leo Bailey
1871 humiliation(TM) 1940 humiliation 2(TM): Return of the Hun 1968 final blow
Cooper Green
1.6 July 1253 Coronation of Mindaugas 2.1939.10.27 Lithuania gets back Vilnius 3.1990 Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
I.1385 union of Krevo II.1569 lublin union III. 1944 Occupation by soviets
Chase Morris
What happened in 1968?
Owen Thomas
I forgot the greatest moments : Everything before Waterloo
Brody Phillips
Social revolution
Gabriel Wood
>the (((usa))) toppled over one of the only regimes that could ever work Seriously why USA fucked with Latin America so much?
Thomas Scott
1. 1350 - Plague wipes out half the population 2. 1397 - Union with Denmark 3. 1814 - Union with Sweden
I. 1217 - Beginning of the Norwegian golden age II. 1905 - Independence after 500 years of subjugation III. 1970 - Oil is discovered, Danish & Swedish butthurt reach astounding levels
Isaac Martin
>Greatest 1. 1901. Federation of the six colonies 2. Gallipoli, forming of Australian nationalist sentiments 3. 1986. Australia Act, many of the last vestiges of empire written out of law >Saddest 1. WWII, collapse of the British Empire in Southeast Asia and a forced reliance on the U.S. that persists to this day 2. Everything to do with us taking part in the Vietnam War 3. 1999. Referendum on a republic fails because the people in charge were pathetically bad and chose the wrong system to replace it The world is made of dominos in the eyes of the American
Carter Hernandez
>Gallipoli That was an unprecented shitfest though.
Blake Thompson
Greatest: 1688 - Glorious Revolution 1706/7- Acts of Union 1815 - Battle of Waterloo
Saddest: 1916 - Battle of the Somme 1942 - Surrender of Singapore 1956 - Suez Crisis (Fuck America)
Jordan Turner
>1815 - Battle of Waterloo You guys were there ?
Camden Richardson
1. 1986 WC won 2. null 3. null
I. 2001 crisis (5 different presidents in just one week, probably a record) II. ARG-URU-BRA vs PAR war III. 1982 war
Jace Wright
The battle was but it kickstarted an independent Australian identity. That's the only reason it's celebrated desu, no one claims it was a heroic success
Ryan King
I can't think of any great moments in modern history for us, everything has been going down since Waterloo tb h
Josiah Torres
Verdun? I would consider that to be great.
Jose Mitchell
>Glorious Revolution Dutch >Acts of Union Scottish >Battle of Waterloo Prussian
Absolute fucking state of the Engl*sh
Jose Long
>Glorious Revolution I put this here because it put an end to any chance of a Catholic Revival. >Acts of Union How is the formation of Great Britain not great for England, too? >Battle of Waterloo Anglo-Allied forces took most of the brunt of the French forces.
Isaiah Hall
Just saying it's quite telling that the greatest moments in English history are moments in which the English didn't do the heavy lifting.
Owen Collins
1. 1816 - Independence declared 2. 1880 - consolidation of the Argentine State 3. 1983 - return to democracy
I. 2001 - crisis (We were at the brink of collapse into anarchy) II. 1945 - Ascendence of PerĂ³n, initating 40 years of Coups, counter Coups, communist guerillas, genocide of leftist, ending in the war of 1982 III.Losing the WC against germany in 2016 in Brazil.
Chase Perez
Well I could have put a number of different things. Also: We did more more of the "heavy lifting", as you put it, at the Battle of Waterloo.
Brayden White
1. 1917 Vimy Ridge 2. 1922 Sun never sets 3. 1967 Patriation
1. 1943 Dieppe 2. 1916 Passeandale 3. 1991 Oka
kek so true opposite for us Eternal anglo strikes again
Hunter Reed
>3 greatest arrival of St Patrick and christianity 1798 rebellion and the birth of modern nationalism Easter Rising
>3 worst flight of the earls cromwellian conquest act of union
Ian Jones
you forgot to include 1917 in the worst moments
Colton Gomez
You mean the Dutch, Belgian and German soldiers under British command did most of the heavy lifting
Nathaniel Allen
>Greatest 1918 - The restoration of Poland's independence. 1920 - Battle of Warsaw. 1921 - Peace of Riga. >Saddest 1939 - Poland Campaign. 1944 - Warsaw Uprising. 1945 - Potsdam Conference.
Hudson Campbell
Also 1789, tb h
Brandon Rivera
Apparently. A few brits fought for the dutch or something like that. We did not even notice them.
Juan Martinez
None None
Evan Sanders
>greatest 1.1865-Union victory in the Civil War and subsequent passing of the 14th Ammendment 2. 1945-American victory in WWII and subsequent economic boom 3. 1969-America lands on the moon
>worst 1. 1861-Beginning of the US Civil War 2. 1928-The Great Depression 3. 2001-9/11 attacks drag us into global war on terror and allow the gov't to drastically increase global surveillance
Daniel Nguyen
> greatest 1. July 2010 - victory in the Battle of Johannesburg against the Dutch forces 2. July 1212 - Christian kings banter Muslims into irrelevance 3. November 1803 - we set an example to the world in social healthcare and humanitarianism
> saddest 1. April 1939 - Fascists win the civil war 2. October 1784 - Ferdinand VII is born and doesn't die immediately after 3. August 1898 - btfo by the eternal Yank