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The 1925 "Journal of World Ice Theory" Welteislehre (WEL; "World Ice Theory" or "World Ice Doctrine"), also known as Glazial-Kosmogonie (Glacial Cosmogony), is a discredited cosmological concept proposed by Hanns Hörbiger, an Austrian engineer and inventor.
Horses in World War I; Horses in World War II This page was last edited on 11 February 2024, at 04:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Horse cavalry began to be phased out after World War I in favour of tank warfare, though a few horse cavalry units were still used into World War II, especially as scouts. By the end of World War II, horses were seldom seen in battle, but were still used extensively for the transport of troops and supplies.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Use of horses during World War I (1914–1918) A Canadian cavalry recruitment poster The use of horses in World War I marked a transitional period in the evolution of armed conflict. Cavalry units were initially considered essential offensive elements of a military force, but over the ...
The evolution of the horse, a mammal of the family Equidae, occurred over a geologic time scale of 50 million years, transforming the small, dog-sized, [1] forest-dwelling Eohippus into the modern horse. Paleozoologists have been able to piece together a more complete outline of the evolutionary lineage of the modern horse than of any other animal.
Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot [1] Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse [2] Falhófnir, a horse of the gods [3] Glað, a horse of the gods [4] Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning [5] Grani, the horse of Sigurð [6] Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr [7] Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the ...
[2] [3] The intention was apparently to replace the horses of one of his cavalry regiments with moose, to avoid the need to import horses as was the contemporary practice. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is said to have been thought that the animals would cause fear in the horses of enemy cavalry, allowing formations to be broken without the need for artillery ...
In the final phases of World War II, Hostau was on the advancing path of the Soviet Red Army from the East, and the German soldiers on the farm were unenthusiastic about surrendering to the Russians. On the other side, to the West, the XII Corps of the American Third Army was also advancing towards the farm, commanded by General George Patton ...