CATEGORY: REQUIREDBomb is the story of the atomic bomb, from its origins with the discovery of fission in Germany to the building of the first bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico by Robert Oppenheimer, to the stealing of the bomb designs by Soviet Union KGB agents. The history is written in narrative ...
That was basically the message from London. King George wanted action! He wanted General Gage to march his soldiers out of Boston and seize the military supplies that were being stored by local militias. He wanted Patriot troublemakers like Samuel Adams and John Hancock arrested and shipped to Lo...
An officer came to talk to the men, telling them to be ready to attack at daylight. “Remember, boys,” he cautioned, “battle and fighting mean death, and probably before sunrise some of us will be dead.” Zettler lay down on his blanket. He spent a homesick night beneath the bright summer stars. Co...
The Road to Little Bighorn In the early 1870s factories in the East started using buffalo hides to make leather for shoes, belts, and bags. The word spread west—hunters could make a fortune by bringing in buffalo hides. “They were walking gold pieces,” Frank Meyer said of the buffalo. “I was youn...
He was furious with himself for missing the chance to parachute into Norway. But he was about to get a second chance. In spite of the glider disaster, the British and Americans were still determined to destroy the Vemork heavy water plant in Norway. Like the graphite Enrico Fermi used in his Chic...