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BELLEAU WOOD
For some reason, I feel the desire to post about the Battle of Belleau Wood today. It is one of the most famous battles involving the Marine Corps and the most famous Marine battle of the Great War. Occurring in Read more…
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FACTS ABOUT GERONIMO
Goyahkla (“The One Who Yawns”) was born a Chiricahua Apache around 1829. The best theory of how he got his name Geronimo was that in a battle with Mexican soldiers, one of the Mexicans fearfully yelled out for St. Jerome. Read more…
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FACTS ABOUT RICHARD THE LIONHEART
His famous nickname was Richard Couer de Lion, which translates to Richard the Lionheart, not Lionhearted. He was born in 1157. He was the third son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was born in England, Read more…
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH’S FATEFUL FLIGHT
George H.W. Bush enlisted in the Navy right out of high school. In 1944, he entered combat as one of the youngest pilots in the Navy at age 20. He flew an Avenger torpedo/dive bomber off the USS San Read more…
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ANASTASIA?
In Oct., 1917 when the Bolsheviks took over, Czar Nicholas and his family were arrested and eventually placed in the House of Special Purpose in the city of Yekaterinburg. With the Russian Civil War going on, the Reds began Read more…
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FACTS ABOUT CALIGULA
Gaius Caesar ruled Rome from 37-41 A.D. He is better known as Caligula. The son of the famous general Germanicus, he went on campaign with him in Germany as a boy and was dressed in a little soldier’s uniform. Including Read more…
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THE BEATLES LAST CONCERT
The Beatles played their last paid concert on August 29, 1966. It wasn’t supposed to be their last concert when the tour started, but after the tour from Hell, they called it quits. The Fab Four were not thrilled with Read more…
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THE SHORTEST WAR IN HISTORY
The Anglo-Zanzibar War took place in 1896. In 1890, Great Britain and Germany had agreed that Zanzibar fell in the British sphere of influence in Africa. Soon after, it became a British protectorate with a puppet sultan on the Read more…
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FACTS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF CRECY
It was the first significant land battle of the Hundred Years War. The war began when British King Edward III claimed the throne of France after the death of Philip IV. Edward invaded France on July 12, 1346 after the Read more…
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FACTS ABOUT THE VESUVIUS ERUPTION
The people of Pompeii and Herculaneum did not even know they were living near an active volcano. It had not erupted in 1,800 years. They did not realize the reason why the soil was so fertile was because of previous Read more…