There were many military purposes for which elephants could be used. In battle, war elephants were usually deployed in the centre of the line, where they could be useful to prevent a charge or to conduct one of their own. Their sheer size and their terrifying appearance made them valued heavy cavalry. Off the battlefield, […]
In the Spanish Civil War, pilots attached live turkeys to supply drops so it would slow the fall when they flapped their wings “Behind enemy lines, trapped on all sides, food rations depleting and water accessible only by crawling under enemy fire to a nearby stream, the nine companies of the United States 77th Division […]
An estimated over 10 million people protested the war in Iraq in February of 2003, making it the largest protest ever “The February 15, 2003 anti-war protest was a coordinated day of protests across the world in which people in more than 600 cities expressing opposition to the imminent Iraq War. It was part of a […]
Did you know that Japan has been apologizing since 1957 for war crimes during WWII, with the most recent apology being in 2012 The following is a list of war apology statements issued by the state of Japan with regard to war crimes and atrocities committed by the Empire of Japan during World War II. […]
Did you know that during the 6 day war, israel defeated 4 countrie’s armies while being outnumbered 10 to 1 and only lost less then 1000 men compared to the 20,000-25,000 of the Arab countries in 6 days. The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, “The Setback,” […]