The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States of America, and so far were able to fight the Union Army.
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What Were The Big Balloons Used For In WW2?
It may be hard to fathom in today's high-tech world, but many nations used gas-filled balloons during both World Wars as active and passive defenses to keep enemy aircraft away from a target. We're ...
Editor’s note: Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles appears in every other Sunday’s print edition of the Times-Herald. Concrete bomb shelters on the Navy’s former Mare Island shipyard provide rock-solid ...
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