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Category Archives: History
History of Aviation
For thousands of years, people dreamed of flying like birds, but it was not until the 15th century that Leonardo da Vinci designed an ornithopter, a machine that flaps its wings. Da Vinci also designed a machine with a helical … Continue reading
Gallipoli – Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Early in World War I, a plan was developed to outflank the trench deadlock on the Western Front in Flanders and establish a supply route to Russia: Britain and France determined to attack Austria and Germany’s main ally, the Ottoman … Continue reading
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Tagged Allied countries, Anzac Cove, Anzacs, Dardanelles Straits, Gallipoli, Gallipoli Peninsula, History, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, World War I
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The Gettysburg National Military Park Cyclorama Center
Picture Of the few remaining cyclorama buildings – three others exist, in Boston, Buffalo, and Atlanta – this is the only modern one. But whether this particularly sleek and dramatic building will stay on its original site is still undecided. … Continue reading
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Tagged artwork, Battle of Gettysburg, cyclorama, Gettysburg cyclorama, History, Pickett’s Charge
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The Berlin Wall – Berlin, Germany
It happened around midnight. Units of the National People’s Army stationed in East Berlin went on alert late on August 12, 1961, and by early morning had improvised a wall of barbed wire and tank traps along the96-mile – 155 … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Berlin Landmarks, Berlin Wall, Berliner Mauer, brandenburg gate, East Germany, Eastern Bloc, German History, Germany, Historic Sites, History, National People’s Army, Second World War, Walter Ulbricht, Warsaw Pact, West Germany, World War II
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World War II
The causes of World War II lay in Adolf Hitler’s expansionist military and foreign policies. In 1936 he reoccupied the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone between France and Belgium. In March 1938 he forced Austria to unite with Germany and then … Continue reading