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Modern Era Chronicles

The Spanish Inquisition: Torture in the Name of Faith
2025-11-08 Modern Era

The Spanish Inquisition: Torture in the Name of Faith

For more than three centuries, the Spanish Inquisition spread fear through Europe — a state-run religious court system that hunted down heretics, tortured suspects, and burned thousands at the stake. What began as a mission to protect Catholic purity became one of history’s darkest campaigns of religious persecution.

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The Rape of Nanking: Inside One of History’s Darkest Six Weeks
2025-11-01 Modern Era

The Rape of Nanking: Inside One of History’s Darkest Six Weeks

In December 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army captured the Chinese capital of Nanjing and unleashed a six-week wave of murder, rape, and destruction. Tens of thousands of civilians and surrendered soldiers were slaughtered, women were assaulted without mercy, and an entire city was left in ruin. This is the harrowing story of the Rape of Nanking.

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Unit 731: Japan’s Hidden Horror of Human Experimentation
2025-10-28 Modern Era

Unit 731: Japan’s Hidden Horror of Human Experimentation

Deep in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during World War II, Unit 731 operated as a secret facility where thousands of innocent people were subjected to horrifying experiments. From plague injections to frost-bite testing, this chapter of history remains one of the darkest and least acknowledged. This is the real story of Unit 731 and the human cost behind the science.

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The Siege of Leningrad: 900 Days of Courage, Starvation, and Survival
2025-10-06 Modern Era

The Siege of Leningrad: 900 Days of Courage, Starvation, and Survival

For nearly 900 days, the people of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) endured one of the longest and most brutal sieges in human history. Surrounded by Nazi forces, cut off from food and fuel, they refused to surrender. What followed was a heartbreaking story of suffering, defiance, and survival that defined the spirit of an entire city.

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