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After Being Shown a Slave Collar, This Author Was Inspired to Cycle the Underground Railroad
David Goodrich wants to show you how to cycle the Underground Railroad.
You Can Thank the Swedes for Combined Arms Theory
Amid the Thirty Years’ War Protestant commander Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden finally crossed swords with Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes in 1631 at Breitenfeld, Saxony
Here Are the Top 10 Bloodless Wars in Human History
Some human conflicts were settled without getting around to the violence part.
Half Truck, Half Tank, the German Sd.Kfz 251 Was Wholly Successful
This half-track served a variety of functions in a mechanized war.
This Poet Bandit Used Shotguns to Rob Stages, But Never Fired a Shot. Where Are His Guns Now?
California Highwayman Black Bart brandished—though never fired—double-barreled shotguns.
A Confederate Artist’s Intimate Look at the Southern War Effort
William Ludwell Sheppard gave countless Southern readers a view of the Civil War.
Iraq War Veterans Refuse To Be Defined By A War They Didn’t Lose
The war meant many things for the thousands who served, but for many veterans the war started out as one thing and has since evolved into something much different in their minds.
These WWII British Bombs Were So Powerful They Were Named ‘Earthquake’
They were intended to take out U-boat pens, V-2 launch sites, dams and other tough targets