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These tools that hurl plumes of fire through the air were originally w
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, German troops faced an unexpected threat. The French Army used hot-air balloons, or Montgolfiers, for the first time for reconnaissance and intelligence purp
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These terrifying weapons of fortress destruction could slingshot a siege to success
As the Soviet Red Army stubbornly resisted German advances on the Eastern Front in the summer of 1942, the total ammunition consumption of the Wehrmacht’s ground forces in-theatre dramatically increas
Picture the scene: after a long countryside ramble, as the air turns crisp and leaves crunch underfoot to herald the change in seasons, a gloriously roaring fire awaits upon returning home. The inviti
How the Red Army pushed back German forces and what they discovered in their wake as WWII turned
