The Norden Bomb Site
Some say it was an expensive boondoggle. Others that it was designed to attract criticisms and defend American war planners. It was a computer, a …
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Rome Falls Again
On the day Rome fell, 8 million GIs were in uniform, and this was a fivefold increase since Pearl Harbor. It included twelve hundred generals …
The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Super Carrier, the Shinano, was sunk in 1944 by a Torpedo
Shinano (信濃) was an aircraft carrier built by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II, the largest such built up to that time. …
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American Civil War Surrender Documents Between Grant and Lee
Robert E Lee Appomattox C.H. Va. Apl. 9th 1865 Gen R.E. Lee Comd’g C.S.A. General, In accordance with the substance of my letter to you …
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The 42 Pounder Cannons at Fort Moultrie National Park
I took these photos when Imwas about to move o Charleston. They are magnificent pieces of armament. I think one of these is the Columbiad. …
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Must Read Analysis of Trumpism
http://www.tampabay.com/…/a-basic-fact-about-trump-is…/ MUST READ Trumpism is palingenetic, meaning its core myth is of a rebirth, of the redemption of an idealized nation of Real Americans from …
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Moshe Dayan Didn’t Care For Parades
The most successful general in the Israeli Defense Forces was Moshe Dayan “The Marines performed the complicated drill flawlessly and won excited applause. I …
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The Israeli Super Sherman
While Sherman tank, build by the United States, was an inadequate piece of mobile armor. It had a short barreled 75 mm gun, and if …
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3 Maps of the Battle of Cannae, Each Quite Different
It’s interesting to see maps about the same battle look so different.
Vietnam’s Successful Historic Generals Were Sisters.
The Trưng sisters were known as Hai Bà Trưng, or “Two Ladies [named] Trưng”. Around AD 14 – c. AD 43) they were military leaders …
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