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RDS24 8 months ago

The 10 most influential people in history?

Who would you put in the top 10?

My list:

Muhammad
Jesus
Newton
Buddha
Confucius
Gutenberg
Columbus
Pasteur
Maxwell
Einstein

jokerthief 10 years ago

Why didn't the US try to conquer Canada?

There is no doubt that America in the 1800s was set on expanding its borders as much as possible and thus massacred and stole the land from natives and went to war with Mexico to gain territory. Why did the US never set its sights on Canada aside from the war in 1812? It seems like it would have been in its character to do so.

wisconsinfan 13 years ago

Anyone interested in the Falklands Conflict?

Find it very interesting, just wondering if anyone can suggest some good books.

diebitter 12 years ago

On This Day in History - 28th March 1942: The Greatest Raid of All

Operation Chariot, or the St Nazaire Raid, took place on 28th March 1942. Fearing the Germans would dispatch large warships to destroy the Atlantic convoys that were vital lines of food and vital goods to allow Britain to keep fighting the Germans, the British realised that only one Atlantic dock was a candidate for repairs of such ships - in the port of St Nazaire.

Bombing was considered but then discarded, as it was realised it would hav