‘Fox-holes’ perhaps? Did snipers crouch in these to fire down on an enemy below? What were these little rings of rocks strategically …
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The Log Cabin at the Heart of St Petersburg, Russia
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe most famous ‘little log cabin in the woods’ is probably the one in which Abraham Lincoln grew up in Kentucky. It …
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History/ArchaeologyTravelTravel stories
The Day I Walked Around the Roman Empire
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhen Emperor Constantine woke up on May 28, 1453, it would have been to the depressing thought that it was likely his last …
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(Both) Battles of Breitenfeld – a day’s walk near Leipzig
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIt is a macabre thought that in these days of GIS and databases, someone could probably come up with a map of …
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New Zealand school kids, at least when I was one, were taught to draw the Polynesian triangle. It has Hawaii at the …
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Back in the days when Australia had just seven veterans left from the First World War, I made an effort to meet …
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