Modern History
History beginning with the Renaissance circa AD 1500
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“All this happened, more or less” Kurt Vonnegut begins his classic work, Slaughterhouse Five. Since the story involves the character Billy Pilgrim traveling through space and time this seems almost unimaginable. For certain, Vonnegut felt the same during his time sheltering during the bombing raid in Schlachthof 5 (Slaugherhouse Five). Vonnegut uses a science fiction…
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The Supermarine Spitfire is certainly one the most iconic fighters of World War II, and one of my personal favorites. Powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin engine it was a formidable fighter that helped defend the English skies during the Battle of Britain. During the Battle of Britain the Spitfire had something in its gas…
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