Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The Forgotten Battle

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If I asked you to name the largest battle in American history, what would you say? The usual answer I get is The Battle of the Bulge. Somet...
Monday, October 30, 2017

Random Facts: Literacy, Language, and the Reformation

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Today marks 500 years since the start of the Protestant Reformation, and I thought I'd take a few lines to talk about the importance of ...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Random Facts #7: Oktoberfest

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It is September now, and that means Oktoberfest! I get a lot of questions about this particular event, not because of my historical training...
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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Historical Misconceptions 2: Viking Warrior Women

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Woo boy, this one is going to generate some anger I suspect, so let me start by saying the following. It is extremely disingenuous and dange...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Historical Misconceptions 1: Late Medieval European Armor

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I see a lot of misconceptions about history out there. Some of them are small and some more important and well known, but everyone (myself i...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

A Quick Review of Dunkirk

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Hello all! I apologize for the lack of updates lately and, unfortunately, there will be even fewer in the coming months. In addition to my n...
Sunday, April 9, 2017

Why It's Important: The First World War

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I am a couple of days late because of some things going on in my personal life, but I have been working on this post for a bit now. I was re...