I've been through Atlanta only twice, and I didn't pay that much attention to it, but, aside from historical places that couldn't afford to fix up at...
I've never heard of the Me262, but I do remember hearing that Hitler's scientists were working on an atomic bomb and ballistic missiles and were...
I'm not an expert on naval design, but I've read a little bit about it and have done a little bit of sailboat racing. There are three main things...
While Lincoln did not support slavery, his biggest concern was holding the Union together. If the Southern States had not seceded when he was...
Although it's not a concept heard of much today, I had a class on Constitutional Law taught by a former cop. I remember a discussion on "fighting...
I may be wrong about this, as it has been many years since I studied it, but my understanding of the war of 1812 was not that America was looking to...
And isn't New York the place with some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation because they feel that guns hurt people? That gigantic gun has...
I wouldn't say that the Confederacy breaking the blockade was unfeasible as much as it was unlikely. That was one of the reasons that they were...
The South not only had cotton and soybeans; they also had tobacco. The combination was appealing to Europe, and more specifically England. Although...
Agreed. Even though many of the officers were militarily well-educated and trained, most of the common soldiers came from volunteers and draftees who...
It's very easy to play Monday-morning quarterback and say, "Well, they could have reached an agreement if they'd sat and talked it out more." You...
Classic tale from Southern comedian Lewis Grizzard. [media] The best comment on the YouTube page: "Abraham Lincoln once asked General (Winfield)...
The CSS Virginia/Merrimack was the other ship you're referring to. The Battle of Monitor and Merrimack proved that ironclad ships would completely...
I think it depends mostly on the type of war being fought. If there is an invasion force on the ground trying to conquer and hold on to territory,...
The main cause of this is that most of the populace does not think there is any threat to our way of life since the end of the Cold War; even...
I ran across this forum the other day, and seeing as how I enjoy learning about military history (although I know it's probably not nearly as much as...
I agree with tripletaker. While Lincoln did what he felt he had to do in declaring war on the South, he didn't hate them for seceding and didn't want...
I will admit that slavery was AN issue, even a major issue, but to claim that it was the only issue is completely laughable and ignoring many facts....
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