Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "Extra History" channel.

  1. Yi's story is an example of the reason why I stopped reading fiction. The real stories from history are more exciting, and more drama filled than are thought up for fiction. The characters and people we find in history are greater, more wicked, and even sillier than can be found in fiction. After all, look at today - who would have created for a story a character as strange & unique as Donald J Trump?? If the writers of West Wing had written such a character, they would have been laughed at, for no such character would be seen as possible. Basically, history is more fun than fiction. Even more fun than Game Of Thrones, IMO.
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  2. According to Norma Goodrich, Arthur was called The Hammer. Camelot was "Caer Mallot", or Fort of the Hammer. Camelot was wherever Arthur was, not a fixed place. Ex Caliber was not a fighting sword, but a symbol of authority. Arthur fought with a war hammer. According to Norma.
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  3. You have to tell the tale of the Peter Hand Brewing Co. in Chicago. It developed Meister Brau, the top selling brand in Chicago in the 60's. It was very innovative. It developed the first Draft Beer in can, using Millipore filtration instead of pasteurization. Then it developed Lite Beer, which was lower in calories and directed at the female market. Peter Hand over-extended itself financially, and went bankrupt. THEN....Miller Brewing Co. of Milwaukee swooped in and bought the formulas and brands for canned draft beer, and Lite Beer. And thus was born Miller Draft Beer, and Miller Lite. Innovative marketing made those brands big winners, and made Miller the biggest brewery in America. I know all this is true. I worked at the Brewery every summer going through college.
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  4. I pronounce his name DUN-sunny, not dun-SANE-ee
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  5. Labor history is suppressed.
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  6. We NEED an HBO mini-series on Garibaldi. Like a Greek God, he was gifted, great, and flawed.
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  7. In France, slaughtered rabbits could only be sold with their paws still attached.
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  8. If Sweden had won, how different would our world be?? Would Russia have expanded to the Pacific?? Would Sweden be a larger nation dominating the North?? Would defeat have encouraged change and modernization??
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  9. Wrong Wrong Wrong. He did not outwit Scipio Africanus, the person B H Liddell Hart called the GREATEST GENERAL, EVER. FYI, B H Liddell Hart is one the foremost military historians of the 20th Century. Read his book on Scipio. 1. Scipio NEVER lost a battle. Hannibal lost several after his initial run of success. 2. Scipio BEAT Hannibal, on Hannibal's home ground, AND while being outnumbered. 3. Hannibal LOST to several Roman generals in different battles. I am so sick of hearing how great he was, when a better general beat him in that war.
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  10. I am glad you separated the Great Depression from the Wall Street Collapse. I think the GD truly started with the banking collapse. For, with the collapse, solvent companies lost their money and could not pay workers or buy raw material. Many good companies went under. With them, their employees lost their jobs. The ranks of the poor and unemployed exploded --- and that became the Great Depression. At least, that is how I understand it. An analysis by Extra Credits would be great.
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  11. My impression is that the Ottoman Empire was economically and financially weak. It could hardly stand on its own. As for military - a modern military required a modern economy, industry, railroads, and infrastructure --- none of which it had. Britain had already taken Egypt (by foreclosing on it). France had colonized Algeria. So, yes it was sick. Very sick. Time to kill the patient.
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  12. Until the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover was considered a great man - a great humanitarian. He had organized the feeding of Europe after WW1. His failure to effectively respond to the Great Depression destroyed his reputation for all time.
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  13. BTW...this is why I love history. Things that really happened are better than what is thought up by writers for movies.
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  14. Confederate leaders were TRAITORS and should have been treated as such. Anyone today, flying the Confederate Battle Flag, should be accused of sedition, tried, and sentenced to several years in federal prison. Anyone who flies it is anti-American, anti-democratic, and anti-equal rights.
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  15. The United States of America is the greatest accident that ever happened. Just look around. It is so different from other countries. It's Amazing!!!! The world is lucky this happened.
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  16.  @jennypin8895  Oh, really? I suppose the forcing Korean women to be sex workers during WW2 never happened. Japan has never acknowledged or apologized for that. I suppose the horrific inhumane treatment and slaughter of POW's in WW2 also never happened. Regarding Yi, I suppose Japan lost those battles out of kindness. If you want to be a reader of history, you have to learn two things --- read many sources, not just one, and no one has "truth". "Truth" is what you come to accept after reading sources, and doing what you can to determine their veracity. One more thing, the official histories of countries will expand their "great" achievements (like Korea's celebration of Yi) but also hide or lie about their shameful episodes (like Japan's stupid and cruel invasion of Korea, or WW2 for that matter.)
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  17. In all of history, Joan's story is the most amazing, unexpected, and inexplicable of all. It all seems so impossible. Yet, it happened. Joan's story is the best evidence to support the "Great Man" theory of history.
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  18.  @andrzejwilk7316  Brown's actions in Kansas were justified, IMO. Attacking the Federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry was illegal, and an act of treason itself. His hanging, though regrettable, was correct, IMO.
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  19.  @The_king567  Who is my people ?? And, who are your people??
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  20. Wrong. It was lifted about 20 feet actually. Go to Chicago. Go to State St. Walk to the river. You don't decline down to it. In fact, the river is way down there. In fact, many stores got goods from streets under the city. Wacker drive is below the level of the city.
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  21. Cracking the Japanese code "Purple" by America was no mean feat, either.
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  22. Up until the end, it was a farce. But, in this farce, no one laughed.
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  23. Interesting. But, where was Tom Cruise??
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  24. WRONG...WRONG...WRONG.... IMHO, that boundary between Frankia & Germania was created by the Roman Empire. Even the disputed lands west of the Rhine were defined then. So, the future battlegrounds of The Netherlands, Alsace & Lorraine, Piedmont/Genoa/France borders, were all created during the Roman Empire. So, the division of the Carolingian Empire just re-established what had been before Charlemagne's conquests. The Carolingian Empire was the aberration. In fact, it even predates that. France was Celtic Gaul for centuries. Then came the Germans, who kicked the Celts out of Germany. The division is a language/cultural division, as well as geographic. Think about it... French make good wine --- Germans make lousy wine. French make lousy cars -- Germans make great cars French make great clothes -- Who buys German clothes??? (Maybe that's why nudism is popular there) French make great bread -- Germans, not so great French make great cheeses --- Germans make lousy cheeses (Limburger anyone??) Do French even make beer?? -- Germans make great beer French are obnoxious tourists -- Germans are obnoxious tourists (OK, so they have one common point. It does not invalidate my thesis --- they are obnoxious in different ways.) Then there is the Dutch, who drink Dutch beer, eat Dutch cheese, drive German cars, wear French fashions, speak both languages, and mock them both.
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  25. You are saying that Faeries prove that the Catholic Church is the ONE true church. I agree.
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  26. Taking my earlier example further... A bank with $100,000 at 10% reserve rate, lends out $1,000,000 to 5 people who bought 5 houses at $250,000 each, creating $1,000,000 in newly "printed" money. If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it can do that easily by lowering the reserve rate. For instance, in this case, if the government lowers the reserve rate to 5%, this bank could now lend out $2,000,000 total, thus enabling 5 more people to buy 5 more similar houses, and creating $2,000,000 in additional dollars. Now, there are limits to this During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve was allowing some banks to have 0% reserve rate. Now, theoretically, that meant that they could lend out an infinite amount. The Financial Collapse that caused bank failures was probably our good fortune, because if those banks had been allowed to do that, then we would have had hyper-inflation and a collapse of the dollar. That would have taken 25 to 50 years to recover from. Look at 1920 Germany, Argentina, and other countries that had hyperinflation and currency destruction -- a banking collapse is preferred, IMO.
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  27. Again, I am left hanging in anxious tension from this episode of "The Perils of Joan". Will she raise the siege? Will she be accused of heresy? Will she be believed? What will happen to this poor innocent girl?? Tune in next week for the next exciting episode of "The Perils of Joan".
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  28. Who the heck is sardar vallabh Patel??? Never heard of him. If he did that, then he is someone I would like to know more about.
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  29. Such a great story - it has been made into many movies and TV series. With all that competition -- You did a great job.
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  30. Teutonic gods are the most dysfunctional family -- EVER. I thought mine was bad. Sheesh.
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  31. The politicization of Pellagra sounds a lot like what is going on with Climate Change.
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  32. WOW. Why has no movie been made of this? It has drama, heroism, and poignancy. SIkhism is a truly admirable religion. As far as I know, it is the only religion which directs its believers to defend believers of OTHER religions from persecution.
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  33. Discussed? I didn't know it had any. I got the part where it separates from India, which then sails north and crashes into Asia (lousy drivers, the Indians) And then Madagascar is colonized by the Portuguese. Don't know what happened in between.
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  34. No NO...The Romans had flying ships....Right???
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  35.  @OlaftheFlashy  Ooooh...what you said.... naughty, naughty.
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  36. Also, can two entangled Qubits ever lose their entanglement?? Do they get divorced??? Who gets custody of any baby Qubits??? These are important questions.
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  37. Illinois is pronounced -- illinoy.....DO NOT PRONOUNCE THE "S", or you sound like an ignorant bum.
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  38. Boy oh boy. I sure wish England had watched your video in 1917 when they cut up the Ottoman Empire, or in 1948 when they cut up India, or Nigeria, or Rwanda, Kenya, etc etc etc.
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  39. I thought it was "Nazarene", not "Nazarite".
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  40. You didn't explain how bunnies lay chocolate eggs.
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  41. Concert of Europe??? Too much dissonance, not enough harmony for my taste.
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  42. For once, you guys need to do better research. The Hero of the Berlin Airlift was General Lucius D. Clay, the head of Quadripartate Germany, and the architect of the phenomenal increase in military production in 1942 and through the war. He was the one who knew the logistics. He was the one who gathered America's logistical resources, and knew them intimately. It was NOT the Brits, this time. I suggest reading the Biography of General Lucius D. Clay. It is a good read.
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  43. I thought Moses was the first human rights activist. At least, that is how Charleton Heston played him "Let my people go!"
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  44. I reject Buddhism. It is totally inwardly motiviated. Buddha's abandoning of hsi child and family is the start. It says nothing about kindness, charity, or obligation. Buddha, according to the stories, abandons his parents, wife, and child. Disgusting person, IMO. PLUS -- Karma teaches that when people suffer, it is because of their Karma. Therefore, to be kind and to help a person interferes with their "karma" and should not be done. Buddhism teaches fatalism, isiolation, and numbness. To avoid all suffering it teaches avoiding all joy.
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  45. Okay, for the first time, a serious blunder of history for Extra History.... Breaking the Japanese code is central to the telling of the Battle of MIdway. Also, breaking German's Enigma code is central to telling the story of the Battle of the Atlantic. Similarly, the Battle of Kursk was decided by the success of Soviet Intelligence stealing the German's battle plans. Zhukov's "brilliance" came from the fact that he knew what Manstein was going to do. Very good, otherwise.
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  46. How kissing under the mistletoe became a thing. The Gauls worship Druidic beliefs. The gathered under the Holy Oak tree for meetings and marriages. The Holy Oaks were tended by the Druidic monks. The mistletoe was an epiphyte that grew on the Holy Oak, under whose branches marriages would take place. So, people would kiss under the mistletoe as they made their vows. Also, the Druids would annually remove the sacred mistletoe from the Holy Oak. I believe they sold it for its magical romantic qualities. So, to this day, you can buy mistletoe to put over a doorway, for people to kiss under and find their beloved.
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  47. Why do you ignore Easter, herself?? Easter, as far as I know, was a Celtic Goddess of Fertility. In fact, Christianity had a habit of incorporating traditions and rituals of absorbed people (I don't want to use the word "conquer"). For instance, "Christmas" absorbed the mistletoe and holly rituals and beliefs from the Druids of Gaul. The Christmas Tree was either a Celtic or Germanic symbol for how life survives the death of winter. Holly, an evergreen, also represented the continuation of life to Pagans. What I find interesting, is that the northern peoples of Europe kept the name "Easter" for the spring, along with the symbols of fertility - the bunny and the egg. In places, Christianity is very thin. Scratch, and you will find Pagan beliefs, traditions, and origins hiding just beneath.
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  48. Makes one wonder about how Putin's reign will end. Russia does not have a defined and accepted institution for succession. Even China may have a problem. China has competing institutions, each vying for control. What else explains China's schizoid policies?? In the long run, democracy's stabiliity gives it great strength. Look at how gracefully America has weathered presidential assassinations and deaths.
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  49. http://www.theonion.com/graphic/august-5-1914-10615 The Onion's take on the start of WW1 sums up the situation. The map showing the arrows of conflict is hilarious - but accurate.
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  50. Well the states are definitely unstable. Egypt is stable, since its people have a clear identity as Egyptian. But, Libya may fall apart. Syria may fall apart. Lebanon? who knows. Iraq may fall apart. Yet, Mesopotamia is an ancient region, with an ancient identity, so it might survive. IMO, Islam has lost its power as a unifying force because of all the violence done in its name. If you actually talk to Muslims, you will find that many have lost faith in it. They don't accept the intolerant extreme and violent form being promoted by the Wahabbist Saudi Regime. The peaceful forms of Islam are marginalized. Hence, in the US and Europe, a high percentage of "Muslims" are now practicing Christians, Atheists, and Agnostics.
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  51. As I recall from the Biography of General Lucius D Clay, it was he who gathered the C-54's. He also flew to Berlin daring the Soviets to shoot him down. They didn't and the Berliners took heart from Clay's courage and commitment. Too bad he is forgotten today, even by Extra History. Sad...
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  52. More nations have nukes now. Pakistan, India, North Korea, Israel, and who else?? The chances of mistake or miscalculation grow.
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  53. Oooh...I can't wait. A cliffhanger every episode. Is this History as told by a writer of "The Perils of Pauline"??
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  54. Dragons were a good Good with the Celts. I believe the the Celtic Dragon was essential to a healthy and prosperous Earth. The Welsh flag has a dragon on it. Now, when Christianity came along, they demonized the Gods and Heroes of the Pagans. St. George slaying the Dragon story was a metaphor for Christianity defeating Paganism.
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  55. Invading Russia was Hitler's biggest mistake. He had North Africa. Had the resources to take Malta, and Egypt quite easily -- IF he didn't attack Russia. Taking Kuwait and Iraq would have been easy. He could have had all the oil he needed, PLUS he would have separated Britain from India. UK would have been diminished, if not crippled. The Mediterranean would have become a German lake. At that point, domination, if not outright conquest of Eurasia would have at his whim.
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  56. Similarly, I have talked to "Muslims" recently. After declaring themselves Muslim, I then ask them about their beliefs. What I found was astounding. Many used "Muslim" as an ethnic identification, not a religious one. Kind of like how many "Jews" are Atheists, Agnostics, or even Buddhist. Quite a few did not believe in Allah/God. Many did not believe the Quran to taken literally, or even was the word of God. Most did not accept the Islamic position on interest and loans. Most did not follow its teachings on liquor consumption. In fact, most "Muslims" were not Muslim in the theocratic or doctrinal sense. In Muslim countries, Islam uses coercion and capital punishment to enforce its dominance. Without the ability to coerce and punish, Islam will decline among adherents in western countries. In fact, there are huge numbers converting to Christianity. I suspect even larger numbers just stop practicing, just as many "Christians" don't practice their faiths.
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  57. It would be so much better if international conflicts could be decided by a championship game of marbles, with the two competing rulers being the marbleers.
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  58. Little known fact: Christ did return. Looking around at what we were doing and what kind of people we were --- HE said to Himself --- I am not going to get crucified again for these idiots. They are on their own. He moved to Peoria, got married (twice), and had three kids.
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  59. Norse mythology is the result of nights 6 months long, and no Netflix to pass the time.
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  60. China, under Xi, seems to operate under Mercantilism, as defined here. China wants to export a lot, while importing little. China mostly wants raw materials. China has a 17th Century view of economy. I bet that leads to trouble for them.
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  61. OK, great, so the next episode is where Tom Cruise comes in and saves the day, Right?? Or does he die a pointless, but highly symbolic death??? I forget.
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  62. How do you get two Qbits to be entangled?? Throw them a party and see which ones hang out together? Or, which ones spend the night together??
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  63. I agree with you. Battles and great men are important, yet, in the long run, social, technological, and philosophical forces are more important. BTW, I think the term "economic" is too narrow, and even misleading. For instance, the US Republic expanded rights to more groups, while the Roman Republic devolved towards Empire. Why?? I believe it has to do with the high level of literacy and communication that comes from the printing press. Literacy is not the issue, I think. I suspect most citizens of Rome could read. I think the printing press is the key differentiator between "modern" and "ancient" societies and peoples. I believe that without it, the modern nation-state would not have developed. The printing press in Europe started a whole number of trends - The Age of Discovery, The Reformation, The Enlightenment, and The Nation-State. I don't fully understand how, but it seems that the printing press may have also been key to the rise of Nationalism, which really became powerful in the 1800's. BTW.. "Nationalism" is a complex, interesting, and hugely important force. I think a series addressing it would be great. However, it might be beyond the capabilities of your format. Also, it is a murky, hard to define, hard to understand topic. So, maybe your team is not up to it. (subtle challenge here).
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  64. Did everyone know that you invoke the god, Loki, every time you wish someone "Good Luck"???
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  65. I wish you had told the story of General Lucius D Clay, the governor of Quadri-partite Germany. He led the airlift, and was a master of logistics. Read his biography.
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  66.  @brenanconroy4052  I was a bottler at the Meister Brau Brewery when they introduced Lite Beer. I had not idea they got the formula from someone else. Never heard of Gablinger's. It was when Miller got hold of it, though, that they made marketing history. They had Mean Joe Greene say "Less Filling", implying you could drink more of it. Then it became a top selling beer in the US.
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  67. Read David Hackett Fischer's "Paul Revere's Ride" -- he is my favorite historian, and he has won awards. So, why Boston and not New York or Philadelphia or someplace else??? One factor was that Massachusetts was settled by many who were Roundheads under Cromwell, and they did not even like the idea of a king. BTW...the defeat of the veteran British Army at Lexington & Concord was planned and intentional. It was not the happy accident of unorganized farmers shooting from cover. Read the book.
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  68. I love your ending - a clarion call for action!!
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  69. Never trust an Atom, because they make up everything??? Is this what physics has come to??? Sad. So sad.
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  70. This is very interesting view of ww2. The comment I found disturbing was how countries were willing to go to war when war would cripple trade and their economies. Today, China benefits a lot from trade, yet it threatens war over the South China Sea. War is illogical for them. In fact, being belligerent is illogical. YET, history shows that countries will forgo the benefits of trade for WAR. Silly? I think so. Stupid?? I think so. Tragically human?? I think so. Are we doomed to a war with China?? I wonder.....
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  71. Read "Nature's Metropolis" to learn how the north monetized its agricultural production, creating cash to build factories (not the other way round), thus making the North the production dynamo during the Civil War. Cotton and tobacco could not be so easily monetized, because it was the invention of the grain elevator that enabled it. The monetization of commodities was an important step towards our modern cash/credit based economy.
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  72. You guys need to have an episode or series on Scipio Africanus, the General described by B. H. Liddel Hart as the best general in all of history. Better than Alexander, Napoleon, or Caesar, or anyone else, even that wanker - Hannibal.
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  73. Great stuff. Very dramatic. Someone should make a TV mini-series. And, NO, I don't mean Shogun with Richard Chamberlain. I mean one that actually follows the history, without some European thrown in to act as the link to the "audience".
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  74. If we hate snakes so much, why did we select one to be president???? HUH??? Answer me that.
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  75. I have it on very good authority is 43, not these "4 Noble Truths" you talk about.
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  76. Personally, I like Easter as the Goddess of Fertility, and the spring celebration of EASTER as a celebration of fertility. As such, I always celebrate it with a good shag.
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  77. Aren't most wars "Resource Wars"??? Rome conquered Iberia for Silver, Britain for Tin, Gaul for slaves. There were wars over the sugar colonies of the Caribbean, spice islands of the East Indies, Asian trade routes, colonization conquests, 100 Years War, Mongol conquests, Spanish American War, Viking conquests, raids of the Sea Peoples ~1200 BC. etc etc. There are some wars over succession, or just as an expression of ruler's testosterone levels, I guess. But, it seems to me the almost all can be traced down to wanting or protecting a resource.
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  78. Does quantum mechanics explain Donald Trump??? He personalizes the Uncertainty Principle.
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  79. What a ripping story. This is better than fiction. Why isn't this a movie?
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  80. Why? Oh, why?? Has no movie or mini series been made of these two guys???
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  81. History meets Horror::: Bismarck, I know what you did last summer.
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  82. Good info, but you left out a lot.... a whole lot... 1. Paper "money" is NOT money === It is currency. Money is broader, and includes deposits, IOU's, etc. 2. Modern currencies are NOT backed by bullion of any kind. So, what backs them??? YOU did NOT answer that question. 3. You needed to go further into FRACTIONAL LENDING, for that is both how money is CREATED and BACKED. The dollar is backed by ALL the outstanding loans denominated in dollars. This is how it goes...... Say a bank has $100,000 in its vaults, and it must keep 10% reserve, so it could lend out $1,000,000 You are buying a house, for $250,000 with $50,000, and you need to borrow $200,000. The bank lends you $200,000, AND puts the house on its books as the mortgagor. Its assets are now $100,000 + one house valued at $250,000, while mortgagee has $200,000 -- new money that did NOT exist before the purchase and loan. It could do this four more times, and create total of $1,000,000. Its books would read $100,000 + 5 homes valued at $1,250,000 total, with outstanding loans of $1,000,000 to be collected. Meanwhile, 5 people would have $1,000,000 of spendable cash that did not exist before they bought and mortgaged the homes. Now, all lending has the same affect, even unsecured loans. Although, since the only value in the transaction is the loan itself, these loans have much higher interest rates. That is how money is both CREATED and BACKED in the US. This is also why we can NEVER go back to bullion backed currency. If we did, money supply would crash, companies would fold, and people thrown out of work, and the government have no money to help people. Our whole economic system would stop. Millions would die.
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  83. I think the wars were about racial hatred / superiority. The Japanese War started when Japan attacked China (leaving Korea out of it). The Japanese were cruel to the Chinese - killing millions. The Nazis went to war from hate of the Slavs. They wanted "liebensraum", which meant killing slavs and taking their land. Both actions have racial hatred and self superiority at their heart. Making WW2 about "resources" does not explain the killing of millions, plus it devalues the horror and evil of that war.
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  84. Hollywood could not have written a better script. So, why has a movie not been made?? Yes, I know Korean TV made a mini-series. But, still a Hollywood film should be made, starring a lot of Irish and British actors, of course. How about Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt as Admiral Yi??
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  85. Also, the airlift was General Lucius Clay's idea. He told Truman. DO you really think it was Truman's idea all by himself?? Get real.
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  86. The Berlin Airlift was our Finest Hour. This was the United States at its best. Nothing done by America in its history makes me as proud as that.
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  87. The Ottoman Empire was sick. Very sick. What do you do with a sick patient??? You ask him if he wants to donate his body parts, or don't ask, just take them anyway. So, when the Ottoman Empire died, the body parts were taken and donated to new "nations". Well, nations that were riven with division, so easily dominated and controlled.
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  88. You missed the part where Tom Cruise dies a symbolic, heroic, but pointless death.
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  89. Love it. I suggest one on PRINTING. Printing is underestimated in its impact. For instance, the Basque knew about the New World, and went there every year for cod fish for about 500 years before Columbus arrived. (See the book, "Cod", good read). HOWEVER, no one else learned about it because captains and merchants would never give away trade secrets. SO, any discoveries were kept hidden. Then comes printing, now one could become rich writing and publishing. Take Amerigo Vespucci. He never traveled anywhere He published maps. And so, our continents are named after a couch potato, not an intrepid explorer like Columbus. Columbus's discoveries would have been kept secret if not for publishing. Also, look at how Martin Luther caught fire (figuratively). That was also due to printing. The Renaissance and The Enlightenment could not have happened without printing and publishing. I think this deserves a whole series.
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  90. I actually had a pretty good education in the public school. I learned about Frederick the Great, the Great Elector, Unification of Germany & Italy, partition of Poland, and even Peter vs Charles for the championship of Eastern Europe.
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  91. Chicago was lifted about 20 ft. And, it was done to get it out of the mud...to improve drainage. It also improved access. Goods were delivered to stores underground. Wacker Drive is underground, but above the river (think of that).
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  92. Writing orders in his own blood --- If that was in a movie, it would be considered unrealistic and over the top. Something for the kids, not for us adults. BUT - it really happened. This is why I love history more than fiction.
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  93. Götz of the Iron Hand is to history, what "Married With Children" is to Shakespeare.
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  94. God, not Good.
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  95. Yeah, Progressives. We need them, NOW!!
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  96. Wait a minute. Are you ripping off knowledge about the Tulip Mania? or are you making it up?? Seems that all those guys back then were doing it. So, aren't you doing the same thing? This History thing is difficult, you know.
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  97. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. The hero of the airlift was General Lucius D. Clay. Gen'l Clay was the brilliant mind behind the huge and rapid production of American arms in 1942. He was also the governor of qaudripartite Germany after WW2.
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  98. Of course, and the taking of Mackinac was the pivotal battle of the Seven Years War. Right??
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  99. The Iroquois fought with the British and Americans. The Huron & Pottowattomie fought with the French.
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  100. Your animation makes bloody death filled battles look so cute.
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  101. You make French history sound like Married With Children. Except, Married With Children was way more civilized.
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  102. Wow. Cool.
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  103. What?? No The Worm Oroboros???
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  104. WW2 to me was "The War Against Evil". Both the Japanese and the Nazis were evil, as evidenced in their intentional planned and methodical killing of millions of people in each theater. All wars are about resources, so to call this "The Resource War" is silly. The Huns were after resources, the conquistadors were too. The Romans conquered Britain for tin, and Egypt for wheat. Our own Indian Wars were to grab their land. So, what war is not about resources??
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  105. You "foment" revolution, not "ferment" it. But, you can brew a rebellion.
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  106. They way you tell history, it belongs on the Playboy channel. All the sex. It is shocking. Just shocking. Seems those nobles weren't very noble, and the ladies not very lady-like.
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  107. As a proud and loyal American, I am confused. Am I supposed to be ashamed or proud of this wholly American event? Mostly proud, actually.
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  108. Ha! Do today's Christians have any idea what they supposedly believe?? Do they believe in the tenets of their professed faith?? In College, during one class, which mostly had Catholics, I asked them if they were Catholics -- they said "Yes". So, I went through the lines of the Apostle's Creed. FYI, to be Catholic, you have to believe in every one of them. Sometimes in the past, not accepting even one of them would deem you a heretic, and get you killed. So, I asked -- Did they believe Christ was from a virgin birth??? Most said NO. Was Jesus Christ God?? some sad "NO" Did he rise from the Dead? Did he ascend into heaven?? Is there a Holy Spirit?? etc. Well, most did not accept at least one, which told me that most "Catholics" were NOT Catholic. In fact, many were Agnostic without knowing it, since they did not 100% believe in an anthropomorphic God. I found it very enlightening.
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