A lot of people don't realize how awful that part of the wars was. In WWI, for the first time basically ever, your city could be attacked at any...
There were racists everywhere, just like there still are. Social issues like this were just different at the time, it wasn't the same debate and...
WWI gave rise to some of the first widespread uses of chemical weapons. People think nukes and IED's and machine guns are scary, but no, you know...
It would be difficult to stay in character! Also it must be strange pretending you're from a different century 8 hours a day and then coming home and...
Yeah we're getting a bit ridiculous. 9/11 was not set up and that's an absurd conspiracy theory that is in no way grounded in fact. There is no solid...
Welcome to the forums man! Nice to see new people like me! What are you interested in in particular? Or are you just a fan of war history in general?
Because the US thinks it's their job to spread "democracy" to the world. There's this big joke about the US being the world police but it's true....
Greatest analogy I've ever heard to describe that! I guess I could get friendly with an ex too if it had been hundreds of years!
Man your work really does sound depressing! I'm sure it's rewarding though, and you're doing a great service for history! If more people did that we...
A little danger is what makes the 4th of July exciting! Juts have to be extra careful if you're drinking, I had a friend who got lifelighted out of...
I had no idea, but that sounds like an excellent policy. War is horrible enough without completing wiping out lineages that have been around for...
@Kate Any idea where the rumor about Washington's wooden choppers originated? Or was it just because he had such bad teeth that people thought he...
@SPWhitlow Oh man I really screwed up that title didn't I? I totally thought it was last man standing. But yeah, that is the mvie I'm referring to....
Who knows what might happen though? Those all sound like good reasons to not go to Iraq in the first place but we did that anyway! It's very hard to...
Hilarious story! Have any more? He sounds sort of like a Lewis & Clark figure, being one of the first into Germany during combat. That would be wild...
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