The History Archive

In today's episode, I talked about: How America waged War in the Pacific against Japan with its Aircraftcarriers during the Second World War.  sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHvh2ly1-18 World War II Infographics by Jean Lopez and others.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0K0Sqsg4cU&t=842s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ybh5wjGzA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9dtVYxh1sM&t=26...

In today's episode, I talked about: How Germany and Great Britain developed ever larger Dreadnought Battleships and how they waged great Battles during the First World War.  sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Jutland https://www.britannica.com/technology/naval-ship/Battleships https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Dogger-Bank-1915 Robert K Massie`s "Castles of Steel”...

In today's episode, I talked about: How the Nuclear Bomber made it possible to launch Nuclear Strikes against enemy targets during the Cold War and how these systems have evolved over time   sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/casualties-of-World-War-II-2231003 https://theaviationgeekclub.com/remembering-operation-chrome-dome-the-1960s-airborne-alert-missions-flown-by-b-52-strategic-bombers-...

In today's episode, I talked about: The Beginnings of military Aircraft in the two World Wars  sources: Train: The Definitive Visual History: 9781465422293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6SEKNgxno The Aircraft Book The Definitive Visual History 978-0241446355 picture links: No.1  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L6Z66CUM5qtj2GU32xIZzmU0HTEBhDnI/view?usp=share_link If you have ideas, criticism,...

In todays episode I talked about: How Steam Engines/Railways first came into existence and how they changed the way we live today. sources: Train: The Definitive Visual History: 9781465422293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8vibuQYSs The Welsh narrow gauge railway: A pictorial history: 978-0715383544 The history of the english speaking peoples by Winston Churchill page 3520 picture links: No.1 h...

In todays episode I talked about: The USS Nautilus the world's first nuclear submarine and how she traveled underneath the Ice of the north pole and how this influenced geopolitics during the cold war.  sources: the ice diaries by Captain William R. Anderson and Don Keith : https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Captain-William-R-Anderson/dp/0718034961/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= pict...

In todays episode I talked about: The era of non nuclear submarines and how it affected wars and how it inspired the construction of the world's first nuclear submarine. sources: The world's greatest submarines by David Ross ISBN 9781782744214 pages 10-17,42-45, 78-85 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Esapb0gT3w&t=534s https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-first-submarine-attack Ca...