Category: Weapons and Technology
HMS Victorious – Meet the British Aircraft Carrier That Joined the U.S. Navy in WW2
“Without extra carriers, the U.S. Navy would have to stop or postpone offensive operations in the Pacific in 1943. Finding more would be crucial if the Allies hoped to hold on to the initiative in…
Dutch Weapons and American Independence – How the United Provinces Made a Fortune Supplying Muskets in the Revolutionary War
“Until the Netherlands was drawn into war with Britain on the side of France and Spain, the carefully neutral Dutch Republic was better known for its weapons than its tulips.” By John Danielski PRIOR TO…
USS Ranger – Meet the Only Original U.S. Fleet Carrier to Fight in the Atlantic in WW2
“Ranger would go down in history as the only one of the U.S. Navy’s original pre-war carriers not to see action against the Japanese.” By Marc Liebman WHEN CONSIDERING U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations of…
Crossing the Red Line — 12 World Powers That Used Chemical Weapons Since the First World War
“The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1992 achieved a near-universal rejection of poison gas.” FOLLOWING THE introduction of chemical weapons during in the First World War, global opinion has largely condemned the use of poison gas….
The Brown Bess – A New Twist on How Britain’s Famous Musket Got Its Name
“The moniker first appeared in print in 1785, yet it clearly had been in soldierly use for a good many years before. The two explanations usually offered for its origin have proven as anachronistic as…
Stalin’s Organ – 10 Surprising Facts About the Katyusha Rocket
“The Katyusha was omnipresent on the Eastern Front and likely contributed as much to the Allied victory as the M4 Sherman tank, the Higgins Boat or the Spitfire.” FOR ANYONE who fought on the Eastern Front in World…
