I wish I were a Civil War buff

I wish I were a Civil War buff

On this day in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began. I wish I were a Civil War buff. Although I live practically smack dab between Gettysburg and Antietam, I’ve never cared much about the American Civil War. Not really. It seems like a terrible waste. Living where I do and having no interest in the Civil …

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Joseph Stalin’s Order Number 270

I’ve been listening to a really fantastic history podcast, Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History. The most recent episode is Ghosts of the Ostfront II. It is the second part of a show that deals with what the Russians refer to as The Great Patriotic War, the theatre of war between the German Third Reich and the …

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