Tag: Military History
Filmmaker Explores Smallpox and the Franco Prussian War
PRIOR TO THE 20th CENTURY, armies on campaign typically lost more men to disease than battle. Consider the following: During the Napoleonic Wars, 375,000 French soldiers died in combat, while more than 800,000 succumbed to illness.[1]…
Killer Antiques – 13 Weapons From WW2 That Were Still in Use in the 21st Century
“The Lee-Enfield isn’t the only piece of World War Two-era hardware that’s still in use around the world in 2015. Here are some other examples.” AFTER 120 YEARS IN SERVICE, the venerable Lee-Enfield .303 rifle’s…
In Conversation with Dan Snow – MHN Chats With the Britain’s Leading Historian-at-Large
DAN SNOW ISN’T just @thehistoryguy (as he’s known on Twitter) — to audiences in the U.K. and North America, he’s THE History Guy. From his regular appearances on BBC’s The One Show and his ever-expanding catalog of television…
Brute Force – History’s Largest Armies
“A number of nations and empires have claimed the title of ‘world’s biggest’ over the past 4,000 years. Here is a breakdown of history’s largest armies.“ CHINA’S COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP is directing the People’s Liberation Army…
Military Milestones – 15 of the Coming Year’s Top Historic Anniversaries
2014 WAS A BANNER YEAR for for military history. The 70th anniversary of D-Day drew huge crowds to Normandy, France in June. Later that same month, thousands of Scottish nationalists descended onto Bannockburn to commemorate their country’s…
G-Men vs. The Kaiser — FBI Historian Traces the Bureau’s Role in WW1 Counter-Espionage
At 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, German agents operating inside the United States touched off 2 million pounds of American-made munitions stored on the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey. The entire consignment was awaiting transport to Britain…
