Operation Outbreak
Operation Outbreak was the codename given to an operation that the the British Pacific Fleet participated in during it’s voyage to join up with the US Pacific Fleet. It consisted of naval bombardments of Sumatra…
Charles George Gass, the Ace who wasn’t a pilot
Charles Gass, record breaking observer/gunner in the First World War
A curious use for tobacco…
These days there’s pressure put on smokers to give up; there’s legislation coming out reasonably regularly to limit exposure to smoke; there’s limits on where you can / can’t smoke and gruesome warnings and images…
Image Analysis: Abraham Lincoln Writing the Emancipation Proclamation
David Gilmore Blythe painted President Lincoln hard at work on the draft of the Proclamation of Freedom. The Emancipation was a complex issue. It required a great number of issues to be taken into account…
Weird Weapons Part 2
Last week we began a series of posts about weird and bizzare weapons that have been used around the world at various points in time. Here’s the next installment of Weird Weapons. The Gauntlet Dagger…
Battle of Cropredy Bridge
Battle of Cropredy Bridge At the start of the campaigning season Charles’ men were lodged in and around their stronghold at Oxford. A Royalist force was despatched to the north under Prince Rupert of the Rhine…