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Military History in 100 Objects – The Pistol That Killed 20 Million People
#16 – The Gun that Killed 20 Million People Americans may tell you that the so called “shot heard round the world“, as referenced Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn“, was fired at the outset of…
Climate Change Blamed for Loss of 70-Year-Old War Graves
Rising sea levels associated with our changing climate have claimed some unlikely victims – Japan’s war dead. According to a story in the Huffington Post, the graves of 26 Japanese soldiers killed in action…
Flying Colours – A Short but Vivid History of Warplane Insignia
“The colourful crosses, roundels and stars that adorned early warplanes were more than just decorations.” THE ARMIES THAT MARCHED OFF TO WAR in 1914 had long since shed the flashy garb and colourful banners of the 19th…
Whatever Happened To… ? — Seven Famous Military Leaders and What They Did Later in Life
“What about the other generals — those who covered themselves in glory on the battlefield only to disappear into obscurity in peacetime?” MANY OF HISTORY’S most celebrated military commanders achieved immortality by dying heroically in battle. Think: Horatio Nelson, James Wolfe, Stonewall Jackson and George Armstrong Custer….
Wanted: One Passenger – Canadian Warplane Museum To Sell Seat On Trans-Atlantic Lancaster Flight
As MHN reported in February, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) will be flying its famous Avro Lancaster bomber all the way to the U.K. this summer. And now officials with the museum are…
The Gustloff Incident – History’s Deadliest (and Mostly Forgotten) Maritime Disaster
The RMS Titanic is by far the most famous ill-fated ship of all time. Yet the unlucky luxury liner, which went down with more than 1,600 on board, can’t touch the doomed Nazi cruise ship…
