Category: Odd Facts
World War Zero – More Incredible Facts About The Russo-Japanese War
Sponsored Content Welcome to the second installment of our two-part series on the Russo-Japanese War sponsored by Rowan Technology, the makers of The West Point History of Warfare digital apps and textbooks. While part one of…
Water Wars – Seven Armies From History That Used Flooding as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
“Forget scorched earth campaigns. Some of history’s armies have tried to soak their enemies using man-made floods.” UNABLE TO BEST their Spanish opponents in open battle during the Eighty Years War, Dutch rebels hatched a creative (if…
The Six Day War — Nine Facts About The 1967 Arab-Israeli Conflict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKm37GxuwLM By Steven Pressfield HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY Israelis bristle when the term “pre-’67 borders” is brought up as part of a suggested solution to the Palestinian dilemma? Or why the issue of “settlements”…
Texas Rising – Eight Things You Didn’t Know About The Fight For The Lone Star Republic
By Stephen L. Moore “REMEMBER THE ALAMO!” That was the battle cry on the lips of 930 angry Texans as they charged into battle against the army of Mexican generalissimo Antonio Lopez Santa Anna at San…
A Very British Victory – Europe Saw Waterloo As An Anti-Climax; In England, It Was A Defining Moment
“The idea quickly took root that the battle was an archetypically British success.” By Alan Forrest OF THE NATIONS whose soldiers fought at Waterloo only Britain sought to transform the battle into an iconic event….
The Mayaguez Incident — America’s Deadly Last Battle in South East Asia Happened Two Week’s After Saigon’s Fall
“The crisis and botched rescue served as a farcical footnote to America’s decade-long misadventure in Indo China.” CHARLES McMAHON AND DARWIN LEE JUDGE lay claim to a most unfortunate place in the history books: The two…
