Napalm emerged from a dramatic shift in U.S. strategy during the Second World War. In the 1930s, various air forces around the world developed the doctrine of precision strategic bombing, wherein heavy bomber aircraft would be used to carry out precision high-altitude strikes on key enemy inf...
This hat is also rumored to have been used as attire for United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in the pre-war period. Though it was not an official piece of uniform, it may have been a subtle, casual way of identifying agents. When the 1950s hit, the boater hat was a ...
What is a Pillbox Hat? What is a Derby Hat? What is a Bowler Hat? What is a Reversible Hat? Discussion Comments Byorangey03— On Jun 25, 2012 I worked at a pirate-themed restaurant by the sea for about a year. My uniform had a hat that was cocked like the ones pirates wore lon...
On her feet she wore sensiblelow heeled shoes(although many women still preferred high heels). She was the last celebrity woman to wear hats, a pillbox hat, as a necessary fashion. Jackie O’ put a lot of care into her look, and women both in the USA and abroad copied her style with...
less than seven miles up the beach. Tel Aviv is 40 miles away. If there were no border, with its wall and pillboxes, I could have turned right out of the hotel and followed the soft sand up the beach jogging to Ashkelon in less than an hour. It takes a rocket just a ...
out in their natty checked jackets, white knickerbockers and tiny, black pillbox hats. They also carry a huge conch-shell horn, the haunting cry of which summons the gods. The best time to see yamabushi in action is during the area’s various festivals. The biggest annual bash is the ...
Adolf Hitler, locked in his Fuhrerbunker, knows the war is lost. He decides to marry his mistress, Eva Braun, enjoy a Champagne breakfast, write out his last will and testament, and then commit suicide with his new wife. Their bodies are then burned in accordance with their wishes, and ...
forces to cross the Dnipro would be costly to the point of prohibitive, as Russian forces are well dug in along a stretch of the river. Pillbox guardhouses have become a common sight; trenches appeared on satellite imagery and civilians were unceremoniously removed from homes close to the ...
A campaign hat is a type of headwear that has a broad brim and a high crown that is pinched at the corners to create four divots...