Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Historical Thursday - The Crusades

Three from the Medievalists.net website this week with the first being "Four Myths about the Crusades" here.


Also, check out "Crusading as a Knightly Deed" here.


Finally, have a look at the "Crusader hospital discovered in Jerusalem" here.


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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Historical Thursday - Military Blunders, Inventions, & Tanks

Over on historyextra.com, they look at "The top 10 military blunders in history" here.


Also, on toptenz.net, check out the "Top 10 Failed Military Inventions" here.


Finally, on twilighthistories.com, they share a bunch more "Weird Tank Designs" here.


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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Historical Thursday - NASA Photos, Manhattan's Owl, & Land Trains

Over on thevintagenews.com, they tell us "NASA Got Sick of all that Conspiracy Thing and Released over 10,000 Photos from the Apollo Moon Mission."  Find out more here.


Also, on atlasobscura.com, they let us know that "Manhattan Was Almost Home to a 200-Foot-Tall Owl Mausoleum."  Learn more here.


Finally, on warhistoryonline.com, we learn of "The Gigantic 180 Meter Long US Army Land Trains Of The 1950s" here.


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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Historical Thursday - Byzantine Military Advice, Italian Maxims, & Medieval Wisdom

Three from the Medievalists.net this week with the first being "Byzantine Military Advice" here.


Also, check out "Some Wise Advice from Francesco Guicciardini" here.


Finally, dig into the "Wit and Wisdom from Medieval Monarchs" here.


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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Historical Thursday - Roman Tidbits

Over on historytoday.com, they recently uploaded an article from 1954 on "The Palace of Diocletian at Split" here.


Also, on smithsonianmag.com, "A New Recreation Shows How Ancient Romans Lifted Wild Animals Into the Colosseum" here.


Finally, on sploid.gizmodo.com, they show a "Fascinating visualization [that] breaks down how the Roman army was organized" here.


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