During the First World War (1914-1918) the German navy heavily utilized submarines, known as U-Boats from the German unterseeboot, meaning submarine. In 1916 and early 1917, the British enacted a blockade of German ports. This blockade stopped necessary shipments of supplies to Ger...
Nazi soldiers on board U-boats would wear cargo pants for the same reason as the Brits, Yanks, and French – comfort and convenience on the battlefield. However, when we gave them over to the French, never did we think that the Nazis would get hold of them and start wearing them while...
a sailing ship without an engine cannot proceed her voyage when there’s no wind. This iseasily solved in the old-fashioned way: theEcoClipper500stays where she is until the wind returns. A ship without an engine also needs tug boats – which usually burn fossil fuels...
RIFF RAFF –The Mississippi River was the main way of travelling from north to south. Riverboats carried passengers and freight but they were expensive so most people used rafts. Everything had the right of way over rafts which were considered cheap. The steering oar on the rafts was called ...