What battle had the highest number of casualties in the Medieval Era? What is the shortest war in history? What was the Battle of Austerlitz? What was the last Battle of the Korean War? How did the Hundred Years' War end? Who was the Gempei War fought between?
What was the Battle of Naples during WW2? Who was WW2 between? Who won the early battles of the 30 Years' War? What was the Battle of Barbarossa? What was the Second Battle of El Alamein? What battle had the highest number of casualties in the Medieval Era? What were the German casua...
VFis set in a far-off era, but then in my very own time, I have known some schemers, a few horrible dragon ladies, well to do, supposed country gentlemen farmers who were as rough & boorish as Sir Pitt, & some self-righteous, over-churched holier-than-thou hypocrites myself. And ...
Start of the 1966 race.eclectic mix of single seaters, sportscars and sedans including the pre-war ERA R2A (E Solomon Collection) Rodney Seow ahead of the rest of the 1964 grid, Merlyn Mk5/7 Ford. The race was red-flagged after 7 laps (E Solomon Collection) The circuit, just under...
of WW2-era canvas and wood, large enough to house an army patrol. It claimed nearly all the trunk space in our blue ’69 Impala, smelled sweetly of ancient mildew, and took Daddy the better part of an hour to erect–with marginal help from little brother Thomas and me. We were ...
Kaunas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania historical era. At the time, just the area between Nemunas and Neris rivers was built up Fortress city of the Russian Empire (1795-1918) The first time Kaunas came to political prominence was only after the demise of the Grand Duchy. In 1843...
Like ShamrockOneFive says, it is a matter of context. As far as possible, everything you need to use instinctively in a hurry wants to be accessible by feel. Which is why modern military aircraft have HOTAS systems set up the way they are. WW1 or WW2-era aircraft weren't exactly HOTAS...
1 - The Era1960 was the final year of the 2.5-litre un-supercharged Grand Prix formula (that had run since 1954) and the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships were won that year by respectively the Australian driver Jack Brabham and the Cooper Car Co. Ltd. with its rear or mid-...
The Soviet Union hosted it's classic military parade on the 8th of May, 1993, marking the date of the final victory in WW2, and generally serving as send off to the mayday festivities that accompanied every labour day on May 1st. That year's festivities were the most luxuriou...
The “Gangster Golden Era” really lasted just three years from 1933 to 1936. This was also the era of the FBI’s “War on Crime”. The FBI started out as a bumbling band of overmatched amateurs who initially didn’t even carry firearms. J. Edgar’s boys lost suspects, botched stake...