Bald man dying of cancer gets to meet his hero Charlie Chaplin. (1945)5yr ⋅ ClassicEngineer ⋅ r/fakehistoryporn
Atlantropa - the project as imagined by German Architect Herman Sorgel (1932) would build several gigantic Dams that could generate enough electricity to power half the Continent in the Straits of Gibraltar, connect two continents, create massive land gains and irrigate the Sahara.1yr ⋅ ClassicEngineer ⋅ r/europe
A cartoon published in Czechoslovakian magazine 'Rohac' in 1958 following the 'Syrian Crisis of 1957', in which Soviet Russia prevented an alleged joint US-Turkish military operation to overthrow the Syrian government.4yr ⋅ ClassicEngineer ⋅ r/syriancivilwar