Is it true the US Navy kept several aircraft carriers out at sea during Japan’s surrender in World War 2 aboard the Missouri battleship as a precaution for the surrender being a ploy?
It is 100% true. For most of the War in the Pacific, Nimitz had set up a rather unique system of command of the fleet. Not unlike the…
Is Trump’s cabinet a joke?
Here’s the joke:One of Trump’s newly appointed advisors was in the Oval Office with him and asked:“Mr. President, sir, so how are you liking your new Cabinet?He scratched…
Why is the Trump presidency turning so disastrously so quickly? Could it be because his critics were completely correct all along?
Not long ago, I stopped in at a Jack in the Box one morning after I got off work (one of my two seasonal jobs is a graveyard…
The President of Mexico recently sent a letter to Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States. She signed it, Sincerely, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo President of the United States of Mexico. Is that the official name of Mexico?
You’d better read the letter … in full. Its content is as follows: Dear President-elect Donald Trump, I am writing to you in response to your statement on…
Once Trump is gone, will the USA be able to regain the world standing it had during Obama, or has it been lost forever?
Do you know what New Gingrich said was the most important lesson that the USA had learnt during the 20th century? He said it was “That we need…
What made Stukas effective in the Battle of Britain?
In the onset the Germans felt in control of the situation. They deployed Stuka dive bombers – loud and frightening aircraft built to frighten. These things did not…
Were there any countries that refused to accept Germany’s surrender during World War II?
Sort of. Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union and the local area commander accepted it. When word reached Moscow they were outraged! They remembered how Germany had humiliated…
Who did Churchill hate the most, Wilhelm II or Adolf Hitler?
Churchill didn’t hate Wilhelm II. More than once he was the Kaiser’s guest in Germany before the First World War. Here he is smiling in Wilhelm’s company while…
What should I not do when I visit China?
There are a number of things you should NOT do in China. I will add a quick summary. Shadeed Abdulmateen, a US citizen, was entenced to death in…
Twenty years ago, Putin wanted to join NATO. Why doesn’t NATO absorb Russia?
Putin asked when NATO was going to invite Russia to join. Putin was informed that eligible countries had to apply to join NATO. Putin replied, “Why should Russia…