The legendary USS Zumwalt is raising critique from spectators – due to its high cost and the fact that traditional “gun ships” may not be necessary today.
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Florence Nightingale in the Crimea: Improving Medical Care by the Numbers
The Crimean War is known as the conflict that earned Florence Nightingale the nickname: The Lady with the Lamp. What were conditions for soldiers in Crimea?
The Spanish Flu and Wartime Secrecy: Creation of a Global Pandemic
Military secrecy masked the 1918 influenza pandemic’s beginnings; within a year of its arrival, the Spanish Flu killed more people than WWI.
Beach Jumpers: Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and the U.S. Navy’s Masters of Deception
Before WWII, Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was famous for his big screen heroics; none of those could match his accomplishments as a WWII commando.
Great Deceivers of WWII: How Allied Ghost Armies Fooled the Germans
In WWII, the Allies used an elaborate system of spies, double agents, and information leaks to keep the Abwehr, the German spy organization, from anticipating the invasion of Normandy. One of their key strategies was the First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG), the largest army that never existed.
