The fading beams of my flashlight sweep the cavernous reinforced concrete laterals of Malinta […]
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Daily Quiz for September 14, 2012
This was a symbol of masculinity in turn-of-the-20th-century, upper-class German and Austrian universities.
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One Tough Campaign
Last week I had some fun here, talking about a mighty warlord of the […]
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Was Germany obliged to declare war?
Because of the German Japanese alliance, was Germany obligated to declare war on the […]
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Daily Quiz for September 13, 2012
This is the name of the first hot-air balloon used for U.S. military purposes.
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Daily Quiz for September 12, 2012
The first inflatable life preserver was given a nickname that referred to using this Hollywood star.
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Why didn’t mahouts have armor?
In all ancient illustrations of war elephants in combat I have seen, the mahout […]
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Daily Quiz for September 11, 2012
This is the oldest surviving piece of English Regalia, the ceremonial and symbolic objects used in coronations of England’s kings and queens.
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Daily Quiz for September 10, 2012
This was the full first name of Anne Frank, the teenage diarist of World War II.
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Daily Quiz for September 9, 2012
She was the first wife of a U.S. President to die while her husband was in office.