Richard Leigh “Beaver Dick” about 1885. Leigh may be the most famous mountain man to have lived in Idaho. Leigh claims to have…
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Top Photo: Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson and General Albert C. Wedemeyer with two children, August 1945. Courtesy Portal to Texas History When…
As violence in Mexico raged with intense competition between rival drug cartels and the Mexican government, the cartels came up with a radical…
“Clark Kent” two-seater reconnaissance aircraft, that surprised *everyone,* (esp. the Germans,) by becoming one of the greatest “Superman” fighters of all time. The…
The man who would construct American armored units in France in World War I and lead combined arms units, with armor at the…
The infamous Molotov Cocktail got its start in the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 when Soviet-backed forces with a large number…
During the Cold War, Sweden charted a course of neutrality in Europe. It wasn’t always easy, and that neutrality wasn’t always respected (see…
In some ways, Sweden is a surprising place to find some of the most modern weapon systems. Yet, in other ways, it isn’t…