kumpulan berbagai informasi sejarah / riwayat dan peristiwa penting lainnya dalam sejarah manusia
Pratt & Whitney’s 18-cylinder, twin-row radial didn’t break any new ground—it just got everything right. The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 was the most remarkable piston aircraft engine ever built. This compact 18-cylinder, twin-row radial powered a huge number of World War II fighters, bombers and cargo planes, then went on to propel fleets of 1950s …
The post R-2800: Piston-Engine Perfection appeared first on HistoryNet.
One Revolution, Two WarsRedcoats were not the only enemies of American Independence. The Declaration of Independence said that by July 1776 the time had come “for one people to dissolve the political band… Read MoreDaily Quiz for November 7, 2017The only heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated, he held the title from 1952-1956.
The post Daily Quiz for November 7, 2017 appeared first on HistoryNet.
… Read MoreA Culture of CrueltyBefore and during World War II, Japanese forces murdered millions of civilians and prisoners of war. Why? On Feb. 16, 1942, Japanese troops herded 23 Australian women into the surf… Read MoreThe Great Greek TurncoatDuring the 431–404 BC Peloponnesian War, the unscrupulous Alcibiades was a victorious general—for all sides. In one of his lesser-known plays, Timon of Athens, William Shakespeare … Read MoreHallowed Ground: Cold Harbor, VirginiaBy the late spring of 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was advancing on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va., and relentlessly pressuring Robert E. Lee’s army. With his appointme… Read More
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar