Gold Prospectors

The North American gold rush, specifically the most popular one in California, lasted about seven years, in the middle of the 19th century. It had its good sides and bad sides. Early urban development, town of San Francisco, wealth accumulation, forming of the California state could be listed as a few good sides of the gold rush. On the other hand, clearing out the territory of Native Americans and environmental pollution can be said to be the bad sides of the gold excavations.

Several miners walking around town (Eureka, Colorado; circa 1920s).

On the picture we have a town called Eureka, which used to be a prosperous mining town up until WW2 when their mill was closed down. Today it is a ghost town.

Rome WW2

Soon after WW1 Italy had a rise in fascism, lead by Benito Musollini, who after seizing power and marching to Rome, allied with the Nazi Germany. In the last years of the war, 1944 was launched a great campaign against Italy by the Allies.

Rome Colosseum in WW2.

The Italian campaing lasted a few months, resulting in allied victory. US troops were stationed around Rome, as we can see on the picture. The fall of Rome ushered new times, the German army retreated, enabling more progress in the Allied favor.

20th Century SWAG