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What would you do if one day, the government told you that you’re only given 47 days to pack your things up, settle everything, and find a new place to stay because they are taking over your village?
Even when it is now crude in today’s standard, the sling was once a weapon of choice of many nations, and for reasons.
The United States once pushed to establish a Camel Corps that lasted only from 1856 to 1866.
The birth (and death) of the Balloon Corps would be the base of what soon would become the Air Force that we know.
Of all the possible reasons that high-ranking SS and police officer Reinhard Heydrich could’ve died, the reason for his death was for sure unexpected.
The Canadian Rangers’ weapon of choice is the more than a century-old Lee-Enfield Rifle, and it was a no-brainer.
The Mauser C96 wowed the people during its time. While no longer impressive by today’s standards, it is still worthy of admiration.
The extremely wealthy and legendary US General George Patton had his trusty supplier of equipment when WWII broke out: Sears.
Was it right to assume that all those more than 3,000 kids were orphans and not some children who got lost and with parents waiting to find them?
There were instances when an aircraft design was canceled but was later on approved and produced. Here are some of those instances.
The Swiss Pikemen were both feared and respected throughout Europe, and for good reasons.
The battlefield was no place for pulling off bunnies from hats and some other magic tricks, but Jasper Maskelyne proved it could be.
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