Balloon Bridge Across the English Channel, c. 1850 April 25, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
This story appeared in British newspapers in September of 1850. It was one of several attempts, attempts that had been going on since Napoleon had considered invading England and that would continue until the Channel Tunnel was finally drilled through, to do away with the English Channel. Any dolt can build a tunnel or a […]
Air Mines on the Salonika Front May 22, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary
It has been a while since Beachcombing has added anything to his weird wars tag – though past ww posts including Bats Fight Japan, the Last Scalping in History and the Soccer War of 1969 have been among his most popular. Today, in any case, he thought he would pay tribute to the balloonatics, the […]
