These Canadians flew in a secret WWII mission to destroy German dams – thestar.com

by Ted Barris - Excerpt from Dam Busters - via msn.com On May 16, 1943, an unprecedented operation was launched by Squadron 617 of the Royal Air Force. The mission was to destroy three German dams in the Ruhr Valley with a new kind of bomb, dropped from a low-flying Lancaster, to cause flooding and …

America’s War Horses — Wild Horse Education

https://www.youtube.com/embed/tQMAtjB7frM?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent During the Civil War years the concept of breeding horses specifically for the United States Cavalry began to develop as the necessity became evident after an estimated 1.5 million horses died in the conflict, including wild horses. After the Civil War westward migrations sparked the Plains Indian Wars. Native tribes that engaged these conflicts …