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An ‘American’ Epic? — Nine Odd Facts About the Painting ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’
“The future first president’s famous boat ride was immortalized in an iconic 22-foot-wide painting entitled ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’. Almost as interesting as the actual feat itself is the story behind the artwork.” PERHAPS THE MOST …
Technicolor Revolutionaries – The Red, White, Blue and Green Armies of the Russian Civil War
Most remember the Russian Civil War as a fight between the Bolsheviks or Red Army and the anti-communist White Russian forces. While it’s true that these two opposing factions represented the largest and most powerful…
The Sten — Meet the $10 Submachine Gun That Helped the Allies Win WW2
“Nearly 5 million Stens were manufactured before the end of 1945.” WITH A NAZI invasion of the United Kingdom all but certain in the summer of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously vowed that Britons would fight the…
The Battle For James Wolfe – Canadian University Outbids U.K. Buyers in Fight for General’s Personal Papers
It took James Peter Wolfe less than 15 minutes to defeat the French at Quebec. And in that brief time, the 32-year old major general handed Britain her greatest victory of the Seven Years War while…
The Forgotten Trench Diggers of the Western Front – Meet WW1’s Chinese Labour Corps
“Their efforts have been all but forgotten amid the wider narrative of the First World War.” BY LATE 1916, the Allied armies on the Western Front were being bled white. The British had lost more…
The Brief (and Bizarre) History of Flying Aircraft Carriers
“Planners foresaw even more massive airships equipped with top-mounted runway surfaces and cavernous hangars hidden within the hulls. Whole squadrons could be stored inside the airships and moved back and forth to the landing deck…
