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The Chinchas War – Inside the Little-Known Conflict Between Peru and Spain Over Animal Turds
“The resulting two-year naval conflict would see ships captured, cities bombarded, ports blockaded, economies destroyed, and governments toppled.” WHEN IN 1864, a hotheaded Spanish admiral wanted to punish Peru for a perceived diplomatic insult, he…
The Sawbones Will See You Now – A History of Battlefield Medicine
“There have been a number of leaders in the long history of military medicine that helped improve and modernize patient care. Here are a few of them.” “A PHYSICIAN is worth more than several other…
The First Air Forces – A Century of Balloons at War
The great, great grand nephew of a U.S. Civil War-era military ballooning pioneer was on hand this week in Buffalo, New York to view a local museum’s working replica of his famous ancestor’s creation. According…
Drinking with the Enemy – Opponents Fought by Day and Boozed Together By Night in the Transnistria War
The pages of military history contain a number of examples of soldiers sharing the occasional drink with their foes. For example, at the outbreak of the War of 1812, British officers stationed along the Canadian side…
How Not To Be Seen – The Art, Science and History of Camouflage
THE UNITED STATES military is abandoning its recently-adopted pixelated camouflage uniforms, according to the army newspaper Stars and Stripes. The drab grey digital scheme, known as the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), will be discarded after only eight…
This is Gonna Hurt — Military Punishment Throughout the Ages
“A number of armies and navies have gone down in history for the cruelty, depravity and (dare we say it?) creativity of their punishments.” FREDERICK THE GREAT famously remarked that his soldiers must fear their officers more…
