During World War II, the Lapland War (Finnish: Lapin sota; Swedish: Lapplandskriget; German: Lapplandkrieg) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland’s northernmost region, Lapland. In fact, Finland allied itself with Nazi Germany during the second world war not to prevent…
Although he worked with eight audio engineers and eleven mix engineers around the world for the track, West still felt dissatisfied with the results and decided to enlist the aid of record producer Timbaland in redoing its drum programming prior to the release of Graduation. “Stronger” uses a sample of…
In the Viking Age a number of different types of weapons were used: swords, axes, bows and arrows, lances and spears. The Vikings also used various aids to protect themselves in combat: shields, helmets and chain mail. Axe. The most common hand weapon among Vikings was the axe – swords…
Some of the male Scandinavians (at least the people in now Schleswig-Holstein) already practiced braids as Tacitus described ca. 2000 years ago, but we don’t have enough indigenous sources concerning the contunuing trend of this hair style during the Viking Age itself. “The origin of braids can be traced back…
Medieval hairstyles were highly formal with splendid head-wear and a rich variety of styles. Among the upper classes, braids and buns were very popular and it was also common to use metallic wires and ribbons for making intricate medieval hairstyles. Shears were used to cut the hair on the crown…
The Civil War is the first war in which railroads were a major factor. The 1850s had seen enormous growth in the railroad industry so that by 1861, 22,000 miles of track had been laid in the Northern states and 9,500 miles in the South. The industrialized Union possessed an…
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. “The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of…
They all carried floatplanesfloatplanesA floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FloatplaneFloatplane – Wikipedia, with some carrying two or three floatplanes. All apart from the…
But there is no indication that turkey was served. For meat, the Wampanoag brought deer, and the Pilgrims provided wild “fowl.” Strictly speaking, that “fowl” could have been turkeys, which were native to the area, but historians think it was probably ducks or geese. Turkeys are a possibility, but were…
Steam power was also very important. It sped up the production of textiles. It was used to run power looms and other machines. The chemical industry also developed very quickly during these years. Steam power was also very important. It sped up the production of textiles. It was used to…