Month: February 2018
5 tanks that changed the course of the First World War
From History Extra by Craig Moore author of Tank Hunter: World War One The British Mark I Tank The rhomboid shape of the first British battle tank enabled it to cross enemy trenches, while the tank’s armour plating allowed it to… Read More ›
The Devastation of Peace: Otilia Noeckel and the Army Nurse Corps after the Great War
From Nursing Clio by Evan P. Sullivan “I just adore the work I am doing right now. I am on a dressing team with another nurse and a surgeon. We dress wounds almost all day long. Today we did sixty…. Read More ›
What Is the Legacy of the 1993 Waco Tragedy?
From February 29, through April 19, 1993 millions of Americans and people from all over the world were glued to their television sets as they watched the violent standoff between an obscure religious sect, known as the Branch Davidians, and… Read More ›