US-Präsident Joe Biden hat behauptet, sein Onkel sei „von Kannibalen gefressen“ worden.
Biden sprach am Mittwoch während eines Wahlkampfstopps im Hauptquartier der United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, über seinen verstorbenen Onkel.
Der Onkel des Präsidenten, den er „Onkel Bosie“ nannte, sei während seines Dienstes im US Army Air Corps während des Zweiten Weltkriegs gestorben, sagte der Präsident.
Biden sagte am Mittwoch vor einer Menschenmenge von Unterstützern: „Als ich heute Scranton verließ, wollte ich zum Kriegerdenkmal der Veteranen gehen, die im
The victims and survivors of Maui’s wildfires have been left with ‘napalm-like’ injuries, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the Vietnam war, according to rescue teams now tasked with combing through the incinerated rubble of Lahaina.
The fire in Maui is the worst natural disaster to have hit Hawaii since a tsunami killed 61 people in 1960. If the death toll continues to rise, as it is expected, it will surpass that grim record to become the deadliest.
During WWII the then Soviet Union went to vast lengths to fight the Nazis. In one instance of trying out some very new tactics, Stalin deployed ‘canine operatives’ to counter Nazi tanks.
These kamikaze canines were equipped with explosives and taught to take them to tanks, armoured vehicles, and other designated targets.
The deployment of these dogs for military purposes received initial authorization in 1924 and persisted until the 1990s, involving specialized training drills to ensure their sacrificial rush towards
Dame Joanna Lumley today hosted a demonstration detonation in a quarry to show how blowing up unexploded WWII bombs at sea can deafen dolphins and whales.
The actress was joined this morning at the Broadmead Quarry in Somerset by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, George Eustice.
The explosive demo of a traditional bomb detonation was compared with the quieter approach of ‘deflagration’, in which a small charge is used to burn the bomb out.
The
