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23b493e0195ff252a40c80bfcc94c110 | https://www.historynet.com/questions-regarding-world-war.htm | Questions Regarding World War I | Questions Regarding World War I
Dear Mr. History,
I have three questions about World War I that I am hoping you can answer.
What were the worst conditions soldiers in WWI went through? How long did it take to dig up the trenches soldiers fought in? Are countries still upset with one another because of WWI?
I hope you h... |
3be26b8f02cc40cef5970b952eef3d05 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz090822.htm | Daily Quiz for August 22, 2009 | Daily Quiz for August 22, 2009
This outlaw gang conducted the first peacetime train robberies in American history.
James-Younger Gang Dalton Gang Hole-in-the-Wall Gang The Cowboys Reno Gang
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849fa1427e985e9bd4e561f0cb017130 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz110227.htm | Daily Quiz for February 27, 2011 | Daily Quiz for February 27, 2011
Before changing his name and becoming an Old West sheriff, this man was a bank robber and cattle rustler.
Wyatt Earp Frank Canton Bat Masterson Frank Dalton
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737b16c5cb97d7efd559f02a98ad9732 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz160629.htm | Daily Quiz for June 29, 2016 | Daily Quiz for June 29, 2016
This man was the first hockey player to score 800 career goals.
Gordie Howe Wayne Gretzky Phil Esposito Mario Lemieux
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30a6e1453e88f7b43dd054a16c3539df | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190421.htm | Daily Quiz for April 21, 2019 | Daily Quiz for April 21, 2019
The Pilgrim’s colony was supposed to be near this modern city, not where they finally settled.
New York, NY Norfolk, VA Philadelphia, PA Wilmington, NC
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a585159a0952ccf713174bf5fa9b6040 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190422.htm | Daily Quiz for April 22, 2019 | Daily Quiz for April 22, 2019
During the siege of Vicksburg, Union troops started calling the town this.
Cave Town Dugout City Prairie Dog Village The Underground
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24411c6e375f99ab54d3d9f1d9661db6 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190425.htm | Daily Quiz for April 25, 2019 | Daily Quiz for April 25, 2019
This unit composed of military personnel from the German Luftwaffe fought for Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.
The Condor Legion The Eagle Legion The Eagle Squadron The Iron Flyers
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c158cf3c9549c713b7a0364983727bfa | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190925.htm | Daily Quiz for September 25, 2019 | Daily Quiz for September 25, 2019
1. This Chinese term, which means “work together”, entered the American military lexicon in World War Two. “Didi Mao” “Gung Ho” “Kung Tao” “Tai Chi” 2. The Ford Model-T automobile was nicknamed this. The Black Box The Boxy Tee The Tin Lizzie The Tin Mule 3. Grant once ordered t... |
2a5640df7fb5c39c2b7ded8c03880056 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190926.htm | Daily Quiz for September 26, 2019 | Daily Quiz for September 26, 2019
1. This writer was the primary theorist behind American military thought at the start of the Civil War. Carl Clausewitz Antoine Jomini Maurice of Nassau Lazare Carnot 2. In 1898 this man received a grant from the US government to develop an airplane. Samuel Langley Glenn Curtiss ... |
7bd864d3fcf2ccd292b4a931e49b9d00 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190928.htm | Daily Quiz for September 28, 2019 | Daily Quiz for September 28, 2019
1. The son of this president died in France in July 1944. Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt James Garfield 2. On 15 May 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of this company. Goodyear Tire and Rubber American Telephone and Telegraph Georgia Pacific ... |
e2196e3a0a6adbb66bf228d7edd790eb | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190929.htm | Daily Quiz for September 29, 2019 | Daily Quiz for September 29, 2019
1. This man was Lincoln’s opponent in the 1864 Presidential election. Jefferson Davis George McClellan Andrew Johnson Salmon P. Chase 2. Americans volunteers for the Royal Air Force during World War Two were put into squadrons call this. Chickenhawk Squadrons Merlin Squadrons ... |
b27626d68fcdddf1a43dda8d5b2d5b55 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz190930.htm | Daily Quiz for September 30, 2019 | Daily Quiz for September 30, 2019
1. This was the first multilateral treaty that addressed the conduct and rules of land warfare. The 1907 Hague Convention The 1899 Hague Convention The 1911 Geneva Convention The 1689 Treaty of Westphalia 2. This 1976 book almost singlehandedly opened a whole new era in military hi... |
92b24c9aba3b1fb3093cb770a559486c | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191001.htm | Daily Quiz for October 1, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 1, 2019
1. This World War Two leader once said: “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” Joseph Stalin Charles de Gaulle Harry Truman Winston Churchill 2. From 1910 to 1940 this island in San Francisco Bay served as an Immigration station. Alcatraz Angel Island Belvedere Is... |
eee1fdcdebb91cdf00cad1bca7858f45 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191002.htm | Daily Quiz for October 2, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 2, 2019
1. During the Civil War, going absence without leave (AWOL) was called this kind of furlough. French Indian Melancholy Nostalgic 2. The first airplane race in the United States took place in this year. 1908 1910 1915 1920 3. The 1973 Arab–Israeli War is called this in the Arab wo... |
97999c80d1ef0f8ccfca5f7026f6a94f | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191003.htm | Daily Quiz for October 3, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 3, 2019
1. In 1988 this organization won the Nobel Peace Prize. Amnesty International The International Red Cross Greenpeace The UN Peacekeepers 2. North Vietnamese soldiers were called this. Bac diem Bo doi Di we Dol sot 3. This actress was called the “Frenzy of Frisco”. Adah Menken Jo... |
e3b346ba5aecf0b2a0c1e26734623442 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191004.htm | Daily Quiz for October 4, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 4, 2019
1. The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) was better known by this name. “Blackmon’s Black Sheep” “Rasczak Roughnecks” “Roger’s Rangers” “Merrill’s Marauders” 2. He was the first man called a “Robber Baron” in 19th Century America. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jay Gould Jim Fisk John D. ... |
e8b0bb9069e6099f12c1f7f3ad229f37 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191005.htm | Daily Quiz for October 5, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 5, 2019
1. The first of these Southern women’s organization was started in May 1865 in Winchester, Virginia. Daughters of the Lost Cause Ladies’ Memorial Associations United Confederate Widows United Daughters of the Confederacy 2. In the 1960s the US Department of Defense awarded the Astron... |
226469c33d3be89d7e79f6313c9e8561 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191006.htm | Daily Quiz for October 6, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 6, 2019
1. During World War One German Colonel Fritz von Lossberg earned this nickname The Lion of the Defense The King of the Line The Tiger of Chateau-Thierry The Kaiser’s Fireman 2. This is the Soviet BM-21 multiple rocket launcher’s nickname. “Pavel” “Sleb” “Potok” “Grad” 3. On 20 Nov... |
ff1c70d22af50c805086256420595d3b | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191007.htm | Daily Quiz for October 7, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 7, 2019
1. This was the only part of the British Isles occupied by the Germans during World War Two. Ulster The Channel Islands The Isle of Man The Isle of Wight 2. The first integrated night club in the US opened in this year. 1920 1938 1954 1964 3. At the start of the Civil War a Union... |
1ad53c79742a0041cec91ec6f7549b27 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191008.htm | Daily Quiz for October 8, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 8, 2019
1. John Brown was found guilty of treason to this state. Maryland Kentucky Virginia Kansas 2. This Navy jet fighter quickly earned the nickname the “ensign eliminator.” McDonald-Douglas FA-22 Wasp North American A-5 Vampire Northrop F-5 Tiger Vought F7U Cutlass 3. Carthaginian war... |
ce7b50a748f0c1316e90b4c84766afca | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191009.htm | Daily Quiz for October 9, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 9, 2019
1. King Charles VIII of France was from his royal house. Bourbon Hapsburg Orleans Valois 2. The people of the Vietnamese Central Highlands are often collective called this. Lu Mein Montagnards Pa Then Veitics 3. Eugene Field, the “Poet of Childhood” made a living as this. A scho... |
f5d471515fec8d0237a67ed5bda2c269 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz191010.htm | Daily Quiz for October 10, 2019 | Daily Quiz for October 10, 2019
1. This was the code name for the German’s 1944 Ardennes offensive. Operation Autumn Mist Operation Channel Watch Operation East Wind Operation Watch on the Rhine 2. This was the highest grossing film of 1941. Casablanca Sergeant York They were Expendable To Have and Have Not 3.... |
94e5ad3627cd93ee093e60865ebd03b5 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200131.htm | Daily Quiz for January 31, 2020 | Daily Quiz for January 31, 2020
1. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 is better known as this. “The Back Home Bill” “The GI Bill” “The Homecoming Bill” “The Veterans Bill” 2. Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart was said to love this model of pistol. The Colt .45 revolver The LaMat Model 2 The Remin... |
706321e060611f8f8ad4b2c86ed2351d | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200201.htm | Daily Quiz for February 1, 2020 | Daily Quiz for February 1, 2020
1. In 1911 Samuel F. Perkins was declared the world’s greatest authority on these. Blimps High altitude balloons Man-carrying kites Parachutes 2. This 1957 American anti-war film was not shown in France until 1975. All Quiet on the Western Front Go Tell the Spartans Johnny Got His... |
124083b90a51bd18b77136fbafbdc465 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200202.htm | Daily Quiz for February 2, 2020 | Daily Quiz for February 2, 2020
1. He was nominated for the 1994 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Forrest Gump. Forrest Whittaker Gary Sinise R. Lee Ermey Tom Hanks 2. The search for this mythic location drove Spanish exploration of North America. Cibola Eldorado Shangri-la Utopia 3. In Ju... |
5b5cf4da0486dd9d0fd45faa73b96d88 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200203.htm | Daily Quiz for February 3, 2020 | Daily Quiz for February 3, 2020
1. The US Post Office’s unofficial motto: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night. . .” is a quote from his man. Herodotus Pausanias Tacitus Vegetius 2. The British reporter Henry Morton Stanley fought in this Civil War battle. The Battle of Atlanta The Battle of Bull R... |
12242ee0cb48404b66dc031a9e888114 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200204.htm | Daily Quiz for February 4, 2020 | Daily Quiz for February 4, 2020
1. This man is considered the Godfather of the Republic of Korea Air Force. Curtis LeMay Dean Hess Greg Boyington Hap Arnold 2. The British Parliament passed universal conscription for World War Two on this day. 1 October 1933 3 September 1939 12 March 1940 7 December 1941 3. Thi... |
850323813964137ed50d9ce98ad6296a | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200211.htm | Daily Quiz for February 11, 2020 | Daily Quiz for February 11, 2020
1. Norodom Sihanouk was made king of this country by the French in 1941. Cambodia Laos Thailand Vietnam 2. Mark Twain once called this “the earliest pioneer of civilization.” Newspapers Religion The steam engine Whiskey 3. This many German generals died in combat during World W... |
d89e97362b426f5b8567cc7972e3456b | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200415.htm | Daily Quiz for April 15, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 15, 2020
1. By 1871 eight companies of the 7th Cavalry were deployed in this state. California Kansas North Dakota South Carolina 2. The Air Force became a separate military service in this year. 1918 1940 1947 1950 3. The “Flying Tigers” flew this type of airplane. Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Cu... |
f778a62218a2db6573d69daf2e61458c | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200416.htm | Daily Quiz for April 16, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 16, 2020
1. This was main trade product of New France (French Canada) in the late 1600s. Beaver fur Maple syrup Marino wool Mink fur 2. The RPG-7 rocket launcher was used first in this war. The Vietnam War The Six Day War The 1971 India-Pakistan War The 1973 October War 3. When pitching Sta... |
927abfee4e4bc3063fdd52c9195e1e4e | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200417.htm | Daily Quiz for April 17, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 17, 2020
1. In 1976 Gordon Lightfoot released a hit song about this ship’s sinking. Andria Doria Edmund Fitzgerald Lusitania Titanic 2. Peace Democrats, the faction of Democrats in the Union who opposed the Civil War, were also known by this name. Copperheads Golden knights Know-nothings L... |
cc324d12af08e6671f4e310facaeb7d4 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200418.htm | Daily Quiz for April 18, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 18, 2020
1. This plane was America’s first supersonic interceptor. The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor The Northrop F-89 Scorpion The Republic F-105 Thunderchief 2. This was the US Army’s first standard issue breech-loading rifle. The M1892 Krag–Jorgensen The M1899... |
32beef4c0bc25aa5af652c6cf442d570 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200419.htm | Daily Quiz for April 19, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 19, 2020
1. This phrase was first used in 1946 to describe the spectrum of relations between Great Britain and America. The Atlantic League The Entente The Language Concord The Special Relationship 2. From 1870 to 1898 black soldiers represented this percentage of the total US Army. Ten percen... |
a44e6c44e97a1a7a6acfdaf19ee50aea | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200420.htm | Daily Quiz for April 20, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 20, 2020
1. Scholars considered this work to be the single most influential book ever on naval strategy. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History Naval Warfare Power at Sea Some Principles of Maritime Strategy 2. Richard Gatling, the inventory of the Gatling Gun, held a doctorate in this. Chemi... |
74ea3f6b0540ca589678c3ecd3d5b5f0 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200421.htm | Daily Quiz for April 21, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 21, 2020
1. The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, was also known as this to the Allie. The Albatross The Gooney The Kurier The Sea Tank 2. British General Cornwallis referred to George Washington as this just before the Battle of Princeton. “The bulldog” “The greyhound” “The old fox” “The slippery ... |
f0462ef59a2f7c74ec939282029f6774 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200422.htm | Daily Quiz for April 22, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 22, 2020
1. The M60 machine-gun was nicknamed this. “Mr. Six-oh” “The hog” “The pig” “The sweeper” 2. He was the only man to be elected governor of two different states. Aaron Burr John C. Calhoun Sam Houston Thomas Jefferson 3. This news organization has been accused of cooperating with th... |
7b66fe6fdc85ded3f6b1389782794a79 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200423.htm | Daily Quiz for April 23, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 23, 2020
1. Edgar Allen Poe attended his university. Boston University George Washington University University of Maryland West Point 2. In 1939 Maryland adopted the tune as the state song. “Going To Maryland” “Maryland Memories” “Maryland, My Maryland” “There’s a Girl in the Heart of Mary... |
c89c28696bc65ac03c2abdf7fcf29af1 | https://www.historynet.com/quiz200424.htm | Daily Quiz for April 24, 2020 | Daily Quiz for April 24, 2020
1. This plane is considered the first Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane The Kettering Bug The Low’s Aerial Target The Red Wagon 2. Adolf Hitler’s Sturmabteilung (SA) or Storm troopers were sometimes called this. The Black Shirts The Brown Shirts Th... |
59af9ab32191ca6a21d1954ac9b29432 | https://www.historynet.com/r-2800-piston-engine-perfection.htm | R-2800: Piston-Engine Perfection | R-2800: Piston-Engine Perfection
Pratt & Whitney’s 18-cylinder, twin-row radial didn’t break any new ground—it just got everything right.
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 was the most remarkable piston aircraft engine ever built. This compact 18-cylinder, twin-row radial powered a huge number of World War II fighters, bomber... |
2e85f38da72bee840b202f49865dafa1 | https://www.historynet.com/rambling-death-frat-boy.htm | Rambling: Death of a ‘‘Frat Boy’’ | Rambling: Death of a ‘‘Frat Boy’’
Confederate general Earl Van Dorn would hardly recognize the neighborhood central to the story of the end of his life
A skate park, pool supply store, and a rusty chain-link fence that commands little respect surround White Hall, the mansion in Spring Hill, Tenn., where Major General E... |
92148fbf7e8221638be5f2c7f2b515ad | https://www.historynet.com/ramree-battle-crocodiles.htm | Jungle Fights Back: Crocodiles at Ramree Island, 1945 | Jungle Fights Back: Crocodiles at Ramree Island, 1945
Soldiers fighting on Ramree Island in 1945 faced a more treacherous foe than any human enemy—the saltwater crocodile. A strategic battle for control of the isle, located just north of Rangoon, Burma, resulted in crocodile attacks on Japanese troops in a mangrove swa... |
710feeda122df89137b18c2808c004fd | https://www.historynet.com/rare-salem-witch-trials-artifacts-now-on-display.htm | Rare Artifacts from Salem Witch Trials Now on Display | Rare Artifacts from Salem Witch Trials Now on Display
Spooky season is upon us, and while the entirety of 2020 may already seem like some dark cosmic joke, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts is here to remind us that things truly could be worse.
For the first time in 30 years the museum’s Phillip’s Librar... |
3322a1dba25fac7fedc54627b41c5d4a | https://www.historynet.com/real-bridges-toko-ri.htm | The Real ‘Bridges at Toko-Ri’ | The Real ‘Bridges at Toko-Ri’
James Michener’s bestseller and movie adaptation were based on one very bad day in North Korea
It was a new kind of war.
In less than a decade the United States had sided with former enemies, retired its most famous general and settled with bitter foes—ex-allies—for nothing more than a sta... |
cbd7c3e26e07d78f4a7654a749976028 | https://www.historynet.com/recommendations-reconstruction-book.htm | Any Recommendations for a Reconstruction Book? | Any Recommendations for a Reconstruction Book?
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have been reading your America’s Civil War for years and love it. Would you please recommend a book on Reconstruction that is not completely slanted to the North or the South’s perspective for me?
I appreciate your time and any recommendations you can of... |
61624cb983bed63bef3ccef0250ed4b7 | https://www.historynet.com/recommended-books-for-the-2010-holidays.htm | Holiday Shopping Guide 2010: Recommended Books | Holiday Shopping Guide 2010: Recommended Books
We’ve asked our editors what books are showing up on their radars this holiday season. The following titles should give you or a loved one solid ideas for stocking stuffers over a wide variety of historical topics. This list is sorted by magazine title.
American History
Ma... |
ed7b6b528c658351772c845167708b8b | https://www.historynet.com/red-sky-at-morning-horror-and-heroism-aboard-the-uss-franklin.htm | Red Sky at Morning: Horror and Heroism Aboard the USS Franklin | Red Sky at Morning: Horror and Heroism Aboard the USS Franklin
At 7:05 on the morning of March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Hancock broadcast a sighting of an unidentified twin-engine aircraft to the ships of Task Force 58, positioned for attack southwest of Japan. A minute later the Hancock reported again to the... |
2ba9dbfd9747af182cac97d94fc79367 | https://www.historynet.com/remarkable-mrs-markham.htm | The Remarkable Mrs. Markham | The Remarkable Mrs. Markham
Little-remembered today, the adventurous Kenya bush pilot outdid her contemporary Amelia Earhart by flying the Atlantic solo the hard way
The small single-engine monoplane emerged from the Atlantic sky and, nearly out of fuel, flew low over the inhospitable, boulder-strewn Nova Scotian land... |
1ba38f013ef38e6c399ce0ae94e85bcc | https://www.historynet.com/review-honor-denied-the-truth-about-air-america-and-the-cia.htm | Review – Honor Denied: The Truth About Air America and the CIA | Review – Honor Denied: The Truth About Air America and the CIA
Honor Denied: The Truth About Air America and the CIA by Allen Cates, iUniverse Publishing, 2011
Allen Cates’ book is the first in a long while to paint an accurate picture of what it was like to be a pilot for Air America during the war in Indochina.
Cates... |
7472d91e57750c144c9e78b399822d70 | https://www.historynet.com/review-international-museum-world-war-ii.htm | Review | The International Museum of World War II | Review | The International Museum of World War II
International Museum of World War II
8 Mercer Road
Natick, Massachusetts 01760
Admission: $25.
In an exhibit case in the International Museum of World War II, a book lies open to a photograph of Adolf Hitler addressing troops in Nuremberg’s Luitpold Arena. A huge swast... |
600091498503b86b3e7ee3ee2e28bf41 | https://www.historynet.com/review-nationalist-in-the-viet-nam-wars-memoirs-of-a-victim-turned-soldier.htm | Review – Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars: Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier | Review – Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars: Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier
Nationalist in the Viet Nam Wars: Memoirs of a Victim Turned Soldier, by Nguyen Cong Luan, Indiana University Press, 2012
Make no mistake about it: This is a hard read. The author’s first language is not English; his syntax is at times strain... |
c920f56afebc0c3d4c335d680a49c53b | https://www.historynet.com/review-texas-civil-war-museum.htm | Review: Texas Civil War Museum | Review: Texas Civil War Museum
Texas Civil War Museum
760 Jim Wright Freeway North, Fort Worth, Texas. texascivilwarmuseum.com
The Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth opened its doors to the public in 2006, without too much fanfare and while facing a dose of skepticism. Fort Worth was already home to several major mus... |
1d5250e4d7b70b1847ae6b3699290cb3 | https://www.historynet.com/review-the-first-soldier-by-stephen-g-fritz.htm | Review: The Myth Of Hitler’s Military Incompetence Examined in “The First Soldier” | Review: The Myth Of Hitler’s Military Incompetence Examined in “The First Soldier”
The First Soldier: Hitler as Military LeaderBy Stephen G. Fritz. 459 pp. Yale University Press, 2018. $30.
HE ROSE FROM HUMBLE ORIGINS to supreme power, tried and failed to conquer the world, and killed millions. Yet even today some refu... |
218eb7ccf840ba687579ba2139805500 | https://www.historynet.com/reviews-apache-wars-mhq.htm | Reviews | The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History | Reviews | The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History By Paul Andrew Hutton. 544 pages. Crown, 2016. $30. Reviewed b... |
771e572b809fe7a2e0bac08d248d222e | https://www.historynet.com/ridgway-iron-man-at-the-front.htm | Ridgway: Iron Man at the Front | Ridgway: Iron Man at the Front
Acts of great courage in war aren’t limited to the battlefield. One little-known incident during World War II defined Major General Matthew B. Ridgway as a commander of unrivaled courage when he laid his career on the line at a critical moment.
On September 3, 1943, the Allies signed a se... |
73bc93306225bec95caecbc281619593 | https://www.historynet.com/rise-fall-union-balloon-corps.htm | The Rise and Fall of the Union Balloon Corps | The Rise and Fall of the Union Balloon Corps
Great weapon or ‘fanciful contraption’?
DURING THE 1862 SEVEN DAYS’ Battles on Richmond’s doorstep, Union and Confederate soldiers often spotted immense balloons floating high above the encampments and battlefields. They were watching “Professor” Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, head of ... |
fda243a789a64464f362323d00d927d6 | https://www.historynet.com/riverside-resort-threatens-harpers-ferrys-viewshed.htm | Riverside resort threatens Harpers Ferry’s viewshed | Riverside resort threatens Harpers Ferry’s viewshed
A developer hoping to build a resort near Harpers Ferry, W.Va., faces several regulatory roadblocks.
The developer, Rattling Springs Associates of McLean, Va., has submitted plans for a 50-room lodge and as many as 60 cottages along the banks of the Potomac River, not... |
c60ac1167a756c252f03c6333b946932 | https://www.historynet.com/robert-kehoe-jedburgh-radioman-who-jumped-into-nazi-controlled-france-after-d-day-has-died.htm | Robert Kehoe, ’Jedburgh’ Radioman Who Jumped into Nazi-Controlled France After D-Day, Has Died | Robert Kehoe, ’Jedburgh’ Radioman Who Jumped into Nazi-Controlled France After D-Day, Has Died
With a .45-caliber pistol and extra ammunition strapped to his belt, Robert Kehoe could feel the weight of his parachute and rucksack, which was full of equipment and supplies for the impending mission.
Two of his comrades ca... |
c7ccaa1a89b2f26e54584c064d1ec557 | https://www.historynet.com/roland-de-wolk-about-an-american-disruptor.htm | Roland De Wolk: About an American Disruptor | Roland De Wolk: About an American Disruptor
Roland De Wolk earned a history degree at the University of California, Berkeley, spent years as a print, online and broadcast journalist, cofounded an online journalism site and is a senior lecturer at San Francisco State University’s journalism department. That background k... |
eecb4627afcf01573d3dbb8b7cc5da7d | https://www.historynet.com/roman-persian-wars.htm | The History of the Roman-Persian Wars | The History of the Roman-Persian Wars
Missiles fell on the capital city of Iraq. The invaders were speedy and destructive. Eventually they compelled surrender, and a Western army occupied much of the country.
The scene might be drawn from recent headlines, but it comes instead from the history of ancient Rome. When the... |
65d31353882d024448ba22b50fcb9a61 | https://www.historynet.com/rommels-last-day.htm | Rommel’s Last Day | Rommel’s Last Day
Today, 76 years ago, one of Germany’s most famous military commanders met an inescapable death sentence—not by the hands of the enemy, but by the leaders of his own country. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, 52, was forced to commit suicide near the scenic village of Herrlingen on Oct. 14, 1944.
“To die at ... |
2e61a79dae07fcf1175391d81aaf79ea | https://www.historynet.com/roosevelts-drive-to-break-up-utilities-brought-power-to-the-people.htm | Roosevelt’s Drive to Break Up Utilities Brought Power to the People | Roosevelt’s Drive to Break Up Utilities Brought Power to the People
In his first duel with Wendell Willkie, FDR campaigned against giant holding companies that soaked small electricity customers
Midway into his first term, President Franklin Roosevelt went to war with the American electric utility empires. The November... |
4b302297710a794f880bdd21d26b691b | https://www.historynet.com/saberjet-secrets.htm | Saberjet Secrets | Saberjet Secrets
Inadequate technical information concerning modifications to the fabled F-86 led to a series of major takeoff accidents.
In the spring of 1953, while I was a U.S. Air Force pilot with the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (FIW) in South Korea, the new and improved North American F-86F Sabre began to arrive ... |
e0140b5bb0c2a171ec374d99bf3ccd18 | https://www.historynet.com/samuel-adams-puritan-patriot-protestor.htm | Samuel Adams: Puritan. Patriot. Protestor. | Samuel Adams: Puritan. Patriot. Protestor.
This Founding Father and Boston businessman knew what it meant to take it to the streets
On the evening of August 25, 1765, Thomas Hutchinson, chief justice and lieutenant governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, was having supper with his family in their three-story man... |
8f314b00bc0365f6eeb2ad6fa9cff8dd | https://www.historynet.com/sanitation-innovation.htm/sanitation-workers-in-a-parade | In 1896, Waring organized a parade. Some 1,400 crisply uniformed White Wings moving in step with brooms marched down Fifth Avenue to the accompaniment of a marching band. (Museum of the City of New York)
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1069c185636af29cf415e57701de28b7 | https://www.historynet.com/saving-boxer-22-the-largest-rescue-mission-of-the-vietnam-war.htm | Saving ‘Boxer 22’: The Largest Rescue Mission of the Vietnam War | Saving ‘Boxer 22’: The Largest Rescue Mission of the Vietnam War
In December 1969 the effort to recover two downed airmen snowballed into the biggest rescue mission of the Vietnam War
The mission went wrong almost from the start. Two U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantoms of the 558th Tactical Fighter Squadron, call sign “Boxer,... |
b264f2d2c41cf273f287bb30e1193eaa | https://www.historynet.com/saving-lincoln-movie-review.htm | ‘Saving Lincoln’ – Movie Review | ‘Saving Lincoln’ – Movie Review
Abraham Lincoln (Tom Amandes), Billy Herndon (Michael Maize) and Ward Hill Lamon (Lea Coco) encounter pro-slavery "border ruffians" in 1856. Saving Lincoln LLC.
Hard on the heels of Steven Spielberg’s justly acclaimed Lincoln, with its Hollywood stars and megabudget, comes Salvador Litva... |
376a228b9bc7df76dd2ccc601b401c12 | https://www.historynet.com/schomberg.htm | Frederick Schomberg: ‘Ablest Soldier of his Age’ | Frederick Schomberg: ‘Ablest Soldier of his Age’
The military profession today is a matter of nationality. Modern-era soldiers spend their careers serving the country of their citizenship. It wasn’t always that way. In centuries past the international brotherhood of arms was almost a nationality in itself. Highly ski... |
66a3f24d326b835611ce2cd5bd147dd2 | https://www.historynet.com/scratchboard-artist-kody-bundy.htm | Scratchboard Artist Kody Bundy | Scratchboard Artist Kody Bundy
The etching is called Focus Before the Storm, and the feral sorrel colt with a white blaze is kicking up the dust. The earth whirls and eddies about her hooves with a sense of kinetic energy unparalleled in scratchboard art. Every vibrant hair is alive with electricity. The shimmering bac... |
46eb9a47b5a298db1695529cea5dc7fa | https://www.historynet.com/screwball-beurling-the-falcon-of-malta.htm | “Screwball” Beurling: The Falcon of Malta | “Screwball” Beurling: The Falcon of Malta
George Beurling turned into a stone-cold killer in the cockpit of a Spitfire, becoming Canada’s highest-scoring ace of World War II .
In a few short weeks he downed 27 Axis aircraft. A deeply religious, nonsmoking teetotaler who eschewed profanity and possessed little more than... |
ed2f9a492b91141488e06fda3d212913 | https://www.historynet.com/search-private-davies.htm | In Search of Private Davies | In Search of Private Davies
A trip to Vicksburg brings a Union veteran’s memories to life.
I looked down into a lush little valley at Vicksburg National Military Park and wondered if that was where my great-great-grandfather, William Morgan Davies, had been on May 19, 1863, as Union forces attacked the Confederate fort... |
c69676e1ef86228a6e61f294a8638c05 | https://www.historynet.com/second-battle-of-manassas-union-major-general-john-pope-was-no-match-for-robert-e-lee.htm | Second Battle of Manassas: Union Major General John Pope Was No Match for Robert E. Lee | Second Battle of Manassas: Union Major General John Pope Was No Match for Robert E. Lee
A heavy, soaking rain fell across northern Virginia on the night of August 30-31, 1862. Despite the storm’s intensity, it could not wash away the bloodstains that reddened the fields and wood lots along Bull Run creek. On the two pr... |
13afbf4b81b7347889f8d96aa7d81d85 | https://www.historynet.com/second-matabele-war.htm | Second Matabele War | Second Matabele War
Hundreds of men, women and children crowded into the dusty streets of Bulawayo. Vivid rumors of Ndebele atrocities terrified the refugees, even as barricades of meal bags and boxes were being erected on the town’s periphery. It was feared that as many as 15,000 warriors were preparing to attack. To ... |
1d197c018ff71d7c889902326f6e04bb | https://www.historynet.com/seeds-of-conflict.htm | Seeds of conflict | Seeds of conflict
The words “King Cotton” and the Confederacy are almost synonymous today, and rightly so, as cotton production dominated the Southern economy in the decades before the Civil War. Southerners boasted that the world’s demand for cotton would win the nascent Confederacy friends and allies across the world... |
cbe5d510110ed7b35cef2ef256c65ac8 | https://www.historynet.com/september-2020-readers-letters.htm | September 2020 Readers’ Letters | September 2020 Readers’ Letters
Paoli Massacre William Shepherd’s article [Hallowed Ground, May 2020] on the 1777 Battle of Paoli in Pennsylvania, in which 53 American Patriots were killed in what may or may not have been improper conduct by the British, reminds me of the short memory of Scots fighting for the British.... |
c71f11c84ae69dd35a67c603d81123fa | https://www.historynet.com/shades-of-gray-the-legacy-of-george-pickett.htm | Shades of Gray: The Legacy of George Pickett | Shades of Gray: The Legacy of George Pickett
General George Pickett’s widow wrote a falsified tribute to his wartime service
LaSalle Corbell Pickett (1843-1931) most often comes to mind as a widow who labored tirelessly to burnish her husband’s reputation. She married Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett in 1863 and outlived hi... |
4aeeb04186cf953a41206077d8b00c91 | https://www.historynet.com/singing-swords-ulfberht-blades-from-germany.htm | Singing Swords: Ulfberht Blades from Germany | Singing Swords: Ulfberht Blades from Germany
Scientists in Germany have found evidence suggesting that famed medieval Ulfberht swords used by Vikings and Franks were manufactured in Germany, according to an interview with chemist and researcher Dr. Robert Lehmann published by Spektrum.de. His research has also suggeste... |
9d037c4ca15ebcdd6dd55a47a19c3c8b | https://www.historynet.com/sino-vietnamese-war-1979.htm | Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979 | Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979
China sought to punish Vietnam, yet both sides claimed victory in the short but bloody war.
On February 17, 1979, troops from the People’s Republic of China attacked the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in what became known as the Sino-Vietnamese War. Although for many years China and the regime ... |
6688e6f82b2cd08b91702f36130ca219 | https://www.historynet.com/sketching-a-wars-toll.htm | Sketching a War’s Toll | Sketching a War’s Toll
South Korea’s most famous cartoonist cut his teeth as an artist in the early 1950s while war raged through—and devastated—his homeland.
Seventeen-year-old Kim Seong-hwan was sitting with a friend on a hill on the edge of Seoul and watching as a seemingly endless convoy of North Korean tanks appro... |
40f7675ad35f59bb1db3f4545ca93688 | https://www.historynet.com/slaughter-of-the-stukas-ace-in-a-day-p-38-pilot.htm | Slaughter of the Stukas: Ace in a Day P-38 Pilot | Slaughter of the Stukas: Ace in a Day P-38 Pilot
When American P-38s covering a British naval force in the Aegean Sea encountered a group of attacking German Ju-87s, a massacre ensued.
In October 1943 U.S. Lockheed P-38 Lightnings were briefly involved in an ambitious British operation in the Aegean Sea, providing cove... |
b84c71228fabf05a8ed827cb3bcb5626 | https://www.historynet.com/slideshow-rolling-thunder-xxx-look-back.htm | SLIDESHOW: Rolling Thunder XXX: A Look Back | SLIDESHOW: Rolling Thunder XXX: A Look Back
Laura Sides, chairman of the board, Rolling Thunder Washington, D.C. Inc. at the 2016 Rolling Thunder run. (Jennifer E. Berry)
Rain pounded the pavement during much of the 30th anniversary Rolling Thunder run on Sunday, May 28, 2017, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the... |
c5fdefbbdfdbdea0acaac17666b52c6c | https://www.historynet.com/smallpox-in-the-blankets.htm | Smallpox in the Blankets | Smallpox in the Blankets
Genocide or hokum? In any case, the dreaded disease killed Indians in vast numbers.
Plains Indians kept track of the passing years by winter counts, pictures painted in spirals, often on the smooth inner hide of buffalo robes. Each tribe recorded its own version of what was important. But one e... |
c56b411b3af02d9fc942c7c0d6cb28a1 | https://www.historynet.com/songs-of-1865.htm | Songs of 1865: How the Various Parties to the Civil War Saw the Struggle’s End | Songs of 1865: How the Various Parties to the Civil War Saw the Struggle’s End
Historian S.C. (Sam) Gwynne’s “Hymns of the Republic” looks at the Civil War’s final year from multiple perspectives.
The critical and financial success of his 2010 book Empire of the Summer Moon, a New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Pri... |
7aff835d0094f4c16e8f231fcdcd5dbe | https://www.historynet.com/south-korean-court-rules-japan-should-make-reparations-for-world-war-ii-sexual-slavery.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Historynet+%28HistoryNet+%7C+From+the+World%27s+Largest+History+Magazine+Publisher%29 | South Korean Court Rules Japan Should Make Reparations for World War II Sexual Slavery | South Korean Court Rules Japan Should Make Reparations for World War II Sexual Slavery
On January 8 a South Korean central district court in Seoul ruled that Japan should compensate 12 Korean women forced into a system of sexual slavery set up and operated by the Japanese Imperial Army from 1932 to 1945, The Wall Stree... |
e3874db885632526317c13589c589b6e | https://www.historynet.com/soviet-prisoners-of-war-forgotten-nazi-victims-of-world-war-ii.htm | Soviet Prisoners of War: Forgotten Nazi Victims of World War II | Soviet Prisoners of War: Forgotten Nazi Victims of World War II
As the dust settled over Europe in the summer of 1945 and war-ravaged Europeans began the slow process of recovery, the leadership of the Wehrmacht attempted to present itself as untainted by the crimes committed by the Reich. Field Marshal Erich von Manst... |
2a4281488c4b2ec5449c0658d91ebb02 | https://www.historynet.com/splitting-states.htm | Northern New Englanders’ Maine Chance to Break Away From Massachusetts | Northern New Englanders’ Maine Chance to Break Away From Massachusetts
After 35-year fight, Maine’s abolitionist leadership accepted statehood with a condition—the proslavery Missouri Compromise
As 1819 was becoming 1820, William King should have been celebrating. After a 35-year struggle to cleave from Massachusetts, ... |
f78410910d7fa3dfff7435be5ffe0c96 | https://www.historynet.com/springing-trap-stirling-bridge.htm | Springing a Trap at Stirling Bridge | Springing a Trap at Stirling Bridge
Scottish heroes William Wallace and Andrew Murray combined their ragtag rebel armies to hand the hated English conquerors an epic defeat.
As dawn broke on September 11,1297, two opposing and very different armies confronted each other across the River Forth, west of Edinburgh, Scotla... |
e5010a9e202110a193a486cc8d36f889 | https://www.historynet.com/spurns-northern-scum.htm | She Spurns the Northern Scum! | She Spurns the Northern Scum!
Politically incorrect lyrics in our state songs change slower than the times.
Although most of us wouldn’t know it, all 50 states have their own songs—some official, some not. The tunes, lyrics and level of sophistication vary as much as the states themselves.
Some state songs, like Alabam... |
c326ec1136ba94ee9f3221555a895bd1 | https://www.historynet.com/squaring-custers-triangle.htm | Squaring Custer’s Triangle | Squaring Custer’s Triangle
The love between George and Libbie Custer is the stuff of legend on the Plains, but so is the romance between George and a captivating Cheyenne woman named Monahsetah.
Sigmund Freud was still a teenager when George Armstrong Custer penned 1874. But you don’t need to read too deeply between th... |
9d7a1298c59e6d6f81a5aa8d191ee28d | https://www.historynet.com/ss-cathedral.htm | Himmler’s ‘Temple’: How the SS stole a cathedral and used it as a Nazi worship site | Himmler’s ‘Temple’: How the SS stole a cathedral and used it as a Nazi worship site
In 1936 Adolf Hitler’s Schutzstaffel—the dreaded SS—began transforming a medieval castle abbey associated with Germany’s first king into a Nazi worship center. The shrine to the Führer and National Socialism was in the scenic town of Qu... |
9874781185d57e6d4a7825d6619f78dc | https://www.historynet.com/stage-fright-the-wickenburg-massacre.htm | Stage Fright: The Wickenburg Massacre | Stage Fright: The Wickenburg Massacre
In 1871 ambushers struck a California-bound coach in Arizona Territory and murdered six of the eight people aboard. Were Indians really the culprits?
In the 1870s Arizona Territory could be a hard place to live and to stay alive. Indians, particularly Apaches, periodically went on ... |
2600ff34e77b516eb5f7996acd3434e6 | https://www.historynet.com/stealth-secrets-of-the-f-117-nighthawk-mar-96-aviation-history-feature.htm | Stealth Secrets of the F-117 Nighthawk | Stealth Secrets of the F-117 Nighthawk
Its development was kept under wraps for 14 years, but by 1991, the F-117 Nighthawk had become a household word.
Television viewers who tuned to the Cable News Network (CNN) on the evening of January 16, 1991, were treated to a rare live preview of wars to come. Correspondents Ber... |
8e60d458f5190d4b58bcf58f6e37f934 | https://www.historynet.com/stonewall-back-town.htm | Stonewall Back in Town | Stonewall Back in Town
With the help of some unruly women, the Rebel general reclaimed Winchester, Virginia, for the Confederacy in May 1862.
Some of the retreating Union regiments marched in good order through Winchester, Virginia, while other units raced pell-mell into the northern Shenandoah Valley town, desperate t... |
7fa64959b5473b55b3d71e7ccacf8711 | https://www.historynet.com/sumter-overlooked-castle-pinckney.htm | Sumter’s Stepchild: Overlooked in Charleston Harbor, Castle Pinckney has a few of its own tales to tell | Sumter’s Stepchild: Overlooked in Charleston Harbor, Castle Pinckney has a few of its own tales to tell
On an unseasonably hot afternoon in Charleston, S.C., last fall, a few intrepid civil warriors were fully prepared for a boat “assault” on a small fortress in Charleston Harbor.
Sunscreen. Check.
Life jackets. Check.... |
381a61fc63c174134468c3324de3a82e | https://www.historynet.com/sun-setters-japan.htm | Sun Setters Over Japan | Sun Setters Over Japan
Best known for their role in defeating the Luftwaffe, P-51 Mustangs also performed yeoman service in the Pacific, flying the longest fighter escort missions of World War II.
As 91 North American P-51D Mustangs of the 15th and 21st Fighter groups approached their rendezvous point on April 7, 1945,... |
a578410dfa81c8f1ff7c2f3636d2244e | https://www.historynet.com/suppose-france-not-fallen-1940.htm | What if: Suppose France Had Not Fallen in 1940? | What if: Suppose France Had Not Fallen in 1940?
The Battle of France began on May 10, 1940. It ended just six weeks later on June 25, when the French government capitulated to Nazi Germany after a disastrous, humiliating defeat. By that time, Belgium, the Netherlands, and tiny Luxembourg had also fallen to the Germans,... |
80fbd8e19bcd8383018c2705d6fca74c | https://www.historynet.com/surviving-andersonville-a-civil-war-soldiers-story.htm | Surviving Andersonville: A Civil War Soldier’s Story | Surviving Andersonville: A Civil War Soldier’s Story
June 21, 1864, marked the first day of the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, the opening engagement in what would become the Army of the Potomac’s nine-month siege of Petersburg, Va. For Elisha Davis Conklin, though, it was a relatively peaceful day. That afternoon, Co... |
773eb6e87767de9f7308e46da3fd5675 | https://www.historynet.com/swedish_k_gun.htm | ‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun | ‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun
In early 1969, Reconnaissance Team Illinois of the Studies and Observations Group, an elite covert operations unit, encountered North Vietnamese Army soldiers while on a battle damage assessment mission in northeast Cambodia. As the SOG team retreated to its extraction landing zone, Sgts. Geo... |
bbf2914eeb8f967cd68850d4e1bfe1cb | https://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-aviation-history-march-2015.htm | Table of Contents—Aviation History March 2015 | Table of Contents—Aviation History March 2015
Subscribe to Aviation History magazine today! FEATURES Luftwaffe’s Last Blow! By Don Hollway Seventy years ago, Germany launched Operation Bodenplatte, a last-ditch, all-out effort against Allied airfields. The Miraculous Mosquito By Stephan Wilkinson Britain’s “Wood... |
2a4d52030b0bd2bacf06e596a6861080 | https://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-january-2015-aviation-history.htm | Table of Contents—January 2015 Aviation History | Table of Contents—January 2015 Aviation History
Subscribe to Aviation History magazine today! FEATURES The Lost Squadron By Mark Carlson In one of the U.S. Marine Corps’ worst air disasters, six pilots and 22 Corsairs were lost in the Pacific. Heinemann’s Hot Rod By John Golan With his A-4 Skyhawk, pioneering desi... |
b87c904063c5c0f41749aa091f72b96c | https://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-june-2008-wild-west.htm | Table of Contents – June 2008 – Wild West | Table of Contents – June 2008 – Wild West
June 2008 Wild West Cover Subscribe to Wild West magazine today! FEATURES Cover Story: Ten Myths of the Little Bighorn By Gregory Michno Most folks know that not all of George Custer’s men were killed on June 25, 1876, and that the lieutenant colonel did not disobey or... |
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