The Maginot Line – 11 Fascinating Facts About France’s Ill-Fated Fortifications

“The Maginot Line has come to symbolize everything wrong with the Allied strategy in the years leading up to the Second World War… But was it really the disaster many have suggested?” WORLD WAR ONE…

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Friends and Foes – Why Does a WW1 Memorial at Harvard University Honour Fallen Enemy Soldiers?

“Harvard’s church leaders insisted that the cenotaph commemorate all of its own who perished in World War One, not just those who fought for the victors.” By Allegra Jordan  IN PSYCHOLOGY, the term “quantum change” refers…

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The Castles of World War Two – Nine Medieval Strongholds and the Amazing Roles They Played in Wartime

“A great many ancient European fortresses figured prominently in the six-year conflict. Consider these.” FROM ITS PERCH HIGH ATOP THE FAMOUS White Cliffs, the sprawling fortress of Dover Castle protected England’s shores from invasion for hundreds of…

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Deadly Skies – New Museum Exhibit Offers Colourful Look at History’s First Air War

“The illustrations track the evolution of air warfare through the eyes of nine real-life individuals who were there.” CANADA’S NATIONAL MILITARY museum is putting a novel spin on history’s first air war — a graphic novel…

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Pickett’s Charge – 12 Remarkable Facts About Gettysburg’s Deadly Climax

“The Confederacy had reached its symbolic ‘high water mark’ that fateful afternoon – never again would the Rebellion be presented with such a chance to achieve a decisive victory.”  IF GETTYSBURG WAS the turning point of…

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Jutland 100 – MHN Offers Sneak Preview of New Landmark Exhibit

“The exhibition represents the single largest collection of items from the battle ever assembled.”   By Scott Addington, Special to MHN THE FIRST WORLD WAR is all about massive battles: the Somme, Passchendaele, Verdun, Loos,…

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