The Southern Minnesota Sioux Uprising of 1862 and Tragic Fate of Jean LaRue
Nearby in the township of Owatonna, on a farm owned by Edward Gleek, worked a servant named Jean LaRue. LaRue had come from the Bouches-du-Rhone department of southern France and evidently left his home and mother Suzanne in search of a new life on the frontier prairie of southern Minnesota.
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‘Special Talents and Notorious PSYWAR’: Cold War Spy Tradecraft Behind The Iron Curtain
Although there weren’t high-tech gadgets like today, Cold War espionage was extremely efficient. In a geopolitical situation where the nuclear threat was constantly present, information was a key currency. As there were no smartphones, internet, or other benefits of the modern age, people were the most important.
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When the Ballista Changed Sieges: Ancient Origins of the Missile Weapon
The first ballista appeared with the invention of torsion spring bundle technology. They brought the three most important changes in the history of war: speed, effectiveness and success.
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Cnut the Great Reforges his Father’s North Sea Empire, 1014-1028 (Part II)
When King Sweyn Forkbeard suddenly died in early 1014 after becoming the first Danish King of England and first ruler of the North Sea Empire, his son Cnut (994-1035) had to overcome the forces working to dismantle what his father achieved through victory in battle and alliance with the Jomsvikings – a military order based on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea.
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