Would you believe us if we told you German dog breeds have a lot in common with Chinese dog breeds? Obviously, they’re all ...
A French field infamously known as the “mud camp” is still giving up World War I relics lost there more than a century ago, ...
Attacks by dogs in early 1906 let to a rabies scare across the Berkshires and Connecticut that resulted in the slaughter of ...
Selective breeding has dramatically transformed dogs over the last 100 years, often at the expense of their health. Modern standards have led to exaggerated physical traits in breeds like Pugs, ...
For hundreds of years prior to the 20th century, war had changed very little with the improvements in weapon technology that did arise being incremental and slow to establish themselves. However, with ...
The law, signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878, prohibits direct involvement by federal troops in law enforcement.
Conscription became obligatory in Egypt in the early 19th century during the rule of Muhammad ... apart from the 6cm by 4cm portraits that soldiers are issued at the end of their service.
In honor of the Wolf Man remake, we let the classics howl at the moon and focus up on the hidden gems of werewolf cinema.
The Highlanders have the privilege of being Europe's only private army after they were presented with colours by Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth II renewed the honour more than a century later.
Arguably, for example, the armies of the Confederacy were more like warriors (the rebel yell, J. E. B. Stuart’s plumed hat, Pickett’s death-defying charge), and the Union more like soldiers ...
An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for ... Objects in the painting were replaced with modern equivalents: a slouch hat ...
All around the edges of San Francisco Bay you’ll find reminders of a once robust military presence. The Presidio, Alameda ...