A Brief History On March 12, 1940, an epic battle of a David against a Goliath ended in a draw! Or did it? Read on for the our exciting sequel to “The Start of the Winter War: Finland Humbles the Russian Bear”! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the “Winter War” between the gigantic Soviet Union (one of the largest countries the world has ever known) and Finland, much smaller and with far fewer people. The Soviets had taken advantage of their “non-aggression” pact with Hitler’s Germany to make land grabs of their own in Poland, the Baltics, and in…
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A Brief History On March 11, 2012, a single US Army sergeant did more to hurt the US war effort in Afghanistan than all the politicians and generals combined! Robert Bales killed 16 or 17 Afghan civilians in the incident known as the Kandahar Massacre. NOTE: The number of victims killed has been reported as either 16 or 17. Many articles from 2012 have the death toll as 17 whereas later articles reduced the number to 16. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find a deeply disturbed Staff Sergeant Robert Bales based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. It is worth…
A Brief History Earlier today, we included an article on “The Deadliest Bombing Raid of All Time,” when on March 9, 1945, the Japanese capital of Tokyo was bombed with high explosive and fire bombs killing perhaps 100,000 people and laying waste to one of the world’s largest cities. Here we have a list of 10 men who are famous or infamous in the field of military bombing from the air. One is from a motion picture, the others are all quite real. So, let us count down the top 10 famous/infamous bombers in military history… Digging Deeper 10. Giulio…
A Brief History On March 9, 1945, 324 B-29 bombers of the United States Army Air Force inflicted the deadliest and most destructive single bombing raid in history. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find Japan reeling from numerous defeats, with American forces having taken island bases within range of Japan for their giant B-29 bombers, the largest and most technically advanced American bombers of World War II. Previous bombing missions against mainland Japan from high altitude with conventional bombs had produced disappointing results. General Curtis LeMay ordered that the massive bombers be stripped of most of their heavy defensive armament…
A Brief History On March 8, 1949, the long and convoluted journey of Mildred Gillars temporarily came to an end when she was convicted of treason against her native United States of America. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find Gillars, born Mildred Sisk in Maine changing her name at age 11 when her mother remarried. Moving to Conneaut, Ohio in 1916, she then attended Ohio Wesleyan University to study acting in 1918, but dropped out prior to graduation. Her cracked journey continued as she moved to New York to further her acting career, but the big break did not come. …
