Was Hitler Jewish? It would be the greatest irony if he was. Hitler’s mother was Maria Shicklgruber. When Adolf was born his birth certificate did not identify his father. When his mother married five years later to Johann Georg Hiedler, her son’s name was changed to that of his Read more
This post is about the signers of the Declaration. Keep in mind that most of them signed on August 2, 1776. Only John Hancock signed it on July 4. The last to sign was Thomas McKean of Delaware. He signed sometime in 1777. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Read more
America’s independence was not celebrated until after the War of 1812. It was then decided that July 4 would be the day. This was a bad decision because the United States actually declared independence on July 2. That was the day that a resolution by Richard Henry Lee was approved Read more
Benedict Arnold could have had cities named after him. Before he became a traitor, he was one of the top three generals in the Continental Army. He helped capture Fort Ticonderoga, he led an epic campaign to Quebec, he fought an amazing naval battle using a makeshift gleet, and Read more
George Rogers Clark was a great hero of the Revolutionary War. He led a group of frontiersmen in fighting the British in the Ohio River Valley. His greatest feat was the capture of the British fort and settlement at Vincennes. To reach it, he led his men on a Read more
Here is the story of one of the great naval battles of the First Punic War. In 256 B.C., Rome sent a huge fleet of 330 galleys and transports to pick up most of its Sicilian army and drop it in North Africa. The fleet sailed along the southern coast Read more
In the First Punic War, all warships were wooden, oared galleys. The standard tactic was called the diekplus (“break through”). Fleets advanced line abreast (the galleys would approach in a side by side line). A few of the galleys would attempt to speed through a gap in the enemy line Read more
On the Roman left, Decius was more aggressive. He charged with his infantry and also led his cavalry against the enemy cavalry. He and his men rode straight into the Samnite cavalry. As the horses rammed into each other, riders squeezed their thighs inwards to cushion the collision. Although stirrups Read more
The most infamous war crime committed by United States soldiers in the Vietnam War was the My Lai Massacre. Here are some facts about it. (Most of the information comes from two US Army sources.) Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 23rd Infantry Division had suffered 28 dead or Read more