Category: Weapons and Technology
Sunset Cruises – The Remarkable Voyages of History’s Last Sailing Warships
“While ship-builders would continue to add sails to their designs for decades to come, by the 1830s most naval powers were busily retrofitting their existing wooden sail fleets with boilers, engines, paddles and screws.” FRANCE’S Valmy…
“Big Wisky” – 12 Amazing Facts About the Battleship USS Wisconsin
“Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched.” By Amy Waters Yarsinske BERTHED TODAY AT Nauticus, the national maritime…
The Return of the USS Cairo – How a Lost Civil War Ironclad Was Brought Back to Life
“The Cairo suffered catastrophic damage when a controlled underwater mine was detonated from shore. For the next 102 years, the ship would rest on the river bottom, largely forgotten.” By Steve Alderman THE IRONCLAD USS…
Lightning Strikes – 11 Electrifying Facts About Lockheed’s Legendary P-38
“The P-38 made its greatest contributions in the war with Japan. Its tremendous range proved particularly effective in the open expanses of the Pacific.” IT WAS APRIL 14, 1943. U.S. intelligence had just cracked a…
Eureka Moments – Seven Innovations From WW1 That Changed Our Daily Lives
“Few appreciate the sheer volume of non-military breakthroughs that emerged between 1914 and 1918.” By Doran Cart & Jonathan Casey HOW MANY INNOVATIONS came directly out of World War One? Tanks, flame throwers and sonar…
Impregnable – 14 Brilliant Defensive Features of Medieval Castles
“Great efforts were made by builders to ensure that their castles could withstand an enemy onslaught.” By Dr. Dan Spencer IN THEIR DAY, Medieval castles represented the state-of-art in military engineering. Erected by kings and…
