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World wars, decolonization, Cold War, rights, and rapid technology shifts.
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Dr. William Anderson, Physician and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 98
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (174+ words) Dr. William Anderson, the Georgia doctor and World War II veteran who stepped out of his office to lead a pivotal movement in the fight for civil rights, has died at 98. As a Black doctor in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, Anderson…...
Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.
51+ min ago (267+ words) USS South Dakota lost electrical power, took repeated hits, and did not score. Twelve miles away, the USS Washington sank the Kirishima — the only one-on-one battleship kill of the American war....
Boulton Paul P.111: Britain's Yellow Peril Delta Jet
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (828+ words) by Connor Kerr | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments Britain came out of the Second World War with a captured German idea it did not fully understand. The delta wing promised high speed and a strong, light structure, and the…...
The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (547+ words) The Soviets found both Maus tank wrecks, took the good turret off one and the good hull off the other, and welded them into a single working tank. It is still on display....
The Soviet Bomber That Carried the Buran Shuttle on Its Back | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ week, 2+ day ago (456+ words) by Connor Kerr | 28 mai 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments Basé sur: Myasishchev 3M (development of M-4 Molot / NATO "Bison") Premier vol: 29 April 1981 — with external cargo, 6 January 1982 Max external payload: 50 tonnes Total Baikonur missions: ~150 Remplacé par: Antonov An-225 Mriya (1988) Cellules survivantes:…...
De Havilland Venom: Switzerland Flew It Until 1983
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (903+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments In 1971 a Swiss fighter jet landed on a motorway. Not in an emergency — on purpose, as part of a doctrine that assumed Swiss airfields would be cratered within hours of a…...
Street Prophets Coffee Hour: Can you name an American Indian Vice President?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (640+ words) Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. In American history, the Vice…...
nepolion was a great leader once he was with his army he had to
19+ hour, 2+ min ago (67+ words) nepolion said no that mountain is almost 10 times bigger than that they crossed that mountain and reached to there destination then they asked where is that mountain? they had to cross a mountain they reached to a mountain then they…...
Move Over, Patton: 276 Years Ago, Frederick the Great's Famous Line on Defense Is Still of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
1+ day, 10+ min ago (412+ words) Concentration of force was the whole of Frederick's genius. The line is a warning against spreading an army thin enough to be strong nowhere, and it has outlived every war he fought....
The United States Did Not Have Enough High-Grade Titanium to Build the SR-71 Blackbird, So the CIA Bought It From the Soviet Union Through Shell Companies in Neutral Countries. The Airframe Was 85 to 90 Percent Titanium, and Much of the Ore Came Out of Soviet Ukraine.
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (933+ words) The SR-71 Blackbird was designed to photograph the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union sold America the metal to build it. Moscow never knew what it was supplying....