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War Fragments
It seems that there has always been a steady stream of wars on this planet. The U.S. is certainly not without it's shares of wars. Here are some unusual videos of the Spanish American War. I love old and rare films and I couldn't resist posting these. Hope you like them for their historical value. They were obtained from the Library of Congress:
Mpeg Movies Top Left - Wreck of the Battleship Maine 7.41 Megs There was something about World War I that has a fascinating component to it. For one thing the parties fighting it didn't seem to be as mean as they were in World War II. They still killed each other, but they didn't seem to hate each other. It was more like they were doing their job. Look at the Christmas truce where both sides got together for a few days and even exchanged presents in the middle of the war. Then there was the shooting down by ground fire of Baron Von Richthofen and his burial with full hero's honors by the British. It just seemed to be a lot more civilized war. Many weapons were used for the first time and weapons that were first used in the American Civil War were refined.
Photo Source: Veterans Administration
Photo Source: Library of Congress
Photo Source: Library of Congress World War II, which only took place a mere 21 years later, saw great advances in weapons. If a weapon was from World War I, there was no doubt that it was obsolete. In those 21 years, planes tripled in speed and by the end of World War II they were flying over 6 times as fast as your average WW I plane. The plane's guns were much more devastating too, as were the amount of bombs they could carry. Tanks had become perfected and were a lot less trouble to maintain and they also became rolling artillery. On the ground there were machine guns that fired so fast that it sounded like a roar. There were missiles, buzz bombs and huge battleships that dwarfed anything from the war before. We had gotten quite good at perfecting killing machines. The country of Iran took in many Poles that were released from Russian camps during World War II. Many were in pretty bad shape and had their families with them. The Iranians built a large temporary complex for them. When they regained their health the men were sent to Lebanon to join the Polish forces fighting the Axis. The women and children were moved to better quarters and remained as guests of the government until the end of the war. Hundreds of thousands of Poles found their way to Iran. On the trip westward, one group of men adopted a baby bear which was eventually enlisted into the Polish army and served in the fighting in some of the fiercest battles these soldiers fought. He lugged heavy ammunition for the unit and marched on two feet with them.
Photo Source: National Archives Top Left - General McArthur Wades Ashore One often wonders if there is a way that a country can become protected from a nuclear attack without spending much money? there does seem to be one way if some country is willing to risk everything and that way is to build a doomsday machine. A doomsday machine is simply a machine that will have the power to destroy the world and will go off automatically if a nuclear device is detonated over one's country. Of course there are several criteria that must be observed when you are building and installing such a machine. The first and foremost is to let everyone know that you have one. You must also let them know that it is capable of destroying the world and it must be built in such a way that it won't go off accidentally when there is a quake or such. Can you imagine a world where every country has one of these? The Russians were said to have one during the cold war, if this was true, I wonder if they still have it? |
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