Battlefields | Vintage News
The Battle of Belmont: In his first command of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant cheated death twice and forged leadership skills
A concrete dome on Runit Island in the Pacific Ocean contains 111,000 cubic yards of radioactive debris
The Little Drummer Boy: Sergeant John Clem was 12 years old when he became a Civil War hero
In 1942, the British planned on killing millions of Germans by dropping anthrax onto their pastures
Angola’s warrior queen Nzinga shaped the struggle against colonial forces in Africa
How a pig that loved potatoes brought England and U.S. to brink of war in 1859
Shot and blinded, a pigeon named Cher Ami continued her flight and saved 197 American soldiers at the end of World War I
Surviving examples of vintage household products manufactured during WWI
Drakelow Tunnels: an underground compound in England, built in 1941, that holds many secrets
The Great Gustav: The largest Nazi gun in the world, designed by Krupp, could penetrate a 23-foot concrete wall
