Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March 1820, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland – 11 February 1907, London, England) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. Continue reading
Category: Military
Crimean War receive extensive newspaper coverage
The Crimean War (1853-56), was the first war to receive extensive newspaper coverage. Continue reading
Swiss Guards uniforms designed by Michelangelo
Michelangelo during the mid-16th century designed a military uniform for the Swiss Guards, Continue reading
Japanese First Used Ironclad Vessels in War
Ironclad naval vessels were first used during the invasion of Korea by the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592. Continue reading
American Turtle Was the First War Submarine
The war submarine American Turtle was built by American inventor David Bushnell of Saybrook, CT, USA in 1776. Continue reading
Spain Built a Military Hospital
The first military hospital was built by the Spanish at Mechelen in Brabant (now Malines, Belgium) during Spain's campaign Continue reading
First Cryptographic Decoder
The first cryptographic decoder, Colossus I was built by Alan Mathison Turing, Maxwell H.A. Newman, and T.H. Flowers Continue reading
Ancient Scythians Practiced Scalping
Ancient Scythians from southern Russia practiced scalping Continue reading
Historical Narrative Depicting Greek and Persian Wars
Herodotus of Halicarnassus of Turkey wrote The History of the Greco-Persian Wars before 425 BCE. Continue reading
Wright Built First Military Aircraft
Wilbur and Orville Wright built the Wright military flyer of 1909 for the U.S. Army Signal Corps as an observation and signaling craft. Continue reading