https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjaUsIjsN4 In 1930s Europe, especially in the first half of the decade, the government sponsored fitness campaigns found in fascist regimes garnered a great deal of envy. As Charlotte MacDonald detailed in her fantastic work on the subject, democratic states like Britain, France and the United States were simultaneously fearful and fascinated by the implications… Continue reading Fascist Physical Culture in 1930s Germany
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Joe Louis versus Max Schmeling: America versus Nazi Germany
It was only two minutes and four seconds ‘Fore Schmeling was down on his knees He looked like he was praying to the good Lord To ‘Have mercy on me, please.’ Bill Gaither, 1938 June 22, 1938 and over 70,000 fans crammed into Yankee Stadium to see the ‘Brown Bomber’ Jou Louis face off against… Continue reading Joe Louis versus Max Schmeling: America versus Nazi Germany