#897 Why are poppies a symbol of remembrance?
Why are poppies a symbol of remembrance? Because of a poem by a Canadian doctor called John McCrae. The poem was called “In Flanders Fields”. And because of an American…
Why are poppies a symbol of remembrance? Because of a poem by a Canadian doctor called John McCrae. The poem was called “In Flanders Fields”. And because of an American…
Why was the First World War fought in trenches but the Second World War wasn’t? Amongst many other reasons, because in World War 1, the armies were faced with weapon…
How thick is tank armor? It depends on the tank, the type of armor, and the location on the tank, but armor is roughly between 10 cm at its thinnest…
How does a naval mine work? There are several different kinds of mine that are intended for different targets and there are several different detonation mechanisms depending on the age…
I learned this today. The first war correspondent is technically William Howard Russell. William Howard Russell was a war correspondent during the Crimean War. The Crimean War was a war…
I learned this today. A letter of marque was a license from a government for a private citizen to attack and capture vessels of an enemy nation in order to…