By The Numbers – Some of the World’s Longest and Shortest Wars

By MHN Staff HISTORY HAS WITNESSED hundreds of civil wars, at least two “world wars” and more than 40 distinct wars of independence. Other conflicts have been named for kings, queens, dogs, pigs, flagpoles, ears, pastries,…

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In Frum We Trust – The Outlandish Cargo Cult of World War Two

 The Second World War led to a number of major breakthroughs and developments. Consider atomic energy, penicillin, radar, jet aircraft, computers and the United Nations. But the conflict also spawned at least one new religion: The…

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“Removal of a Tenth” – A Brief and Bloody History of Decimation

“The practice of decimation didn’t die with the Roman Empire. Military commanders throughout history have revived the tradition from time to time as a means of punishment.” BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Luigi Cadorna was a terrible…

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Eugene Bullard – The First African-American Combat Pilot Was a Hero in France But Forgotten in the U.S.

“Despite his acclaim in France, Bullard received virtually no recognition in America.” EUGENE JACQUES BULLARD may have been the 6,950th French military pilot to earn his wings during World War One, but he’s remembered as history’s…

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We Have Met the Enemy And They Are Small – A Brief History of Bug Warfare

National Geographic reported last week that biologists from the University of Tübingen in Germany have uncovered evidence that the Nazis may have tested malaria-carrying mosquitoes for possible use against the Allies. According to the article, which…

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Culture Wars – Meet Nazi Germany’s ‘Monuments Men’

“From the very outset of the Second World War, Axis agents fanned out across the occupied territories in an epic campaign to snatch up Europe’s paintings, statues, artifacts and ancient manuscripts.” The Monuments Men, George…

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