Video: Top five bizarre weapons of WW2

16th October 2018

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[Here’s something interesting from WW2. I don’t totally agree with all his comments. But it shows you some of the many ideas that are tried in war, which don’t work. War is about DOING! Politics is about TALKING. I am curious about the German V3 despite all the negative comments. Firing a shell that distance is incredible. If the weapon had no value, then why did the Allies rush to keep bombing it? Jan]

1779 Washington establishes winter quarters at Morristown:
General George Washington’s army settles into a second season at Morristown, New Jersey, on this day in 1779. Washington’s personal circumstances improved dramatically as he moved into the Ford Mansion and was able to conduct his military business in the style of a proper 18th-century gentleman. However, the worst winter...

1990 Chunnel makes breakthrough:
Shortly after 11 a.m. on December 1, 1990, 132 feet below the English Channel, workers drill an opening the size of a car through a wall of rock. This was no ordinary hole–it connected the two ends of an underwater tunnel linking Great Britain with the European mainland for the first time in more than 8,000 years. The Channel Tunnel, or “Chunnel,” was not a new idea. It had been suggested to Napoleon Bonaparte, in fact, as early as 1802. It wasn’t until the late 20th century, though, that the necessary technology was developed. In 1986, Britain and France signed a treaty authorizing the construction of a tunnel running between Folkestone, England, and Calais, France.

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