Archives for May 2014

Hitler Conquers France

Time: 1940Place: The Ardennes Forest, FranceHere's a nice animated map from the BBC of the French Campaign in World War II.I used the word

Look here in the blog’s archives for the article that accompanied this picture. Jack Le Moine’s Blog, December 17, 2008

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with success uncommon

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Phillip II Attacks France.IntroductionAcross the Channel from the

Burggraf Friedrich, on his first coming to Brandenburg, found but a cool reception as Statthalter. He came as the representative of law and rule; and

Dog cheap, it must be owned, for size and capability; but in the most waste condition, full of mutiny, injustice, anarchy, and highway robbery; a

This was the war that was twenty years before the American Revolution. France fought on two major fronts: the colonial front and the continental

Look here in the blog’s archives for the article that accompanies this picture. History Moments, January 30, 2010.Top Picture: Landsat satellite

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;