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HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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I've never seen this angle of Tiananmen Square's tankman before. Figured I would share. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for this. China keeps trying to wipe away this event by having any image deleted. It needs to be reposted and seen often.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are diplomatic cables from Australia and Britain about the massacre that have been declassified. Shit was fucked and I don't know if the cables are common knowledge. That article is a great read.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Those cables have been proven to be full of shit. Go to Wikipedia and read the accounts of the survivors that were pulled out by the CIA in Operation yellowbird https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellowbird if you want to piece together what happened from primary sources.