American Brigadier General Joseph Smith, commander of the American task force overseeing the Berlin Airlift, gave the operation this name.
Daily Quiz for January 11, 2010
The only son of Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles, was given this title at birth, although it did him little good.
Daily Quiz for January 10, 2010
Four battles were fought for this city in China during World War II.
Daily Quiz for January 9, 2010
This U. S. president was known as "His Accidency."
Daily Quiz for January 8, 2010
The period known as Canada’s Hundred Days occurred during this war.
Daily Quiz for January 7, 2010
In his first proclamation calling for troops to suppress the Southern rebellion. Abraham Lincoln called for "the militia of the several States of the Union" to raise this many troops.
Addendum to “Fighting the Last War?”
MAJ George Patton’s 1932 essay, “The Probable Characteristics of the Next War.”
Fighting the Last War?
We often criticize armies who train “to fight the last war.” The real problem, however, is that they train based on mistaken notions of what the next war will be like.
Daily Quiz for January 6, 2010
The 1989 military best-seller Torpedo Junction (1989), about U-boats off America’s shores in World War II, was written by the author who later became famous for writing this book.
Daily Quiz for January 5, 2010
These were the primary opponents of Christian armies during 8 Crusades to take Jerusalem from Islamic control or hold it against Muslim Jihad from 1096 to 1268.
