Soldiers in the trenches were issued with four bullets a day unless they were either snipers or manned a machine gun. This does not seem like a lot of bullets. However, four bullets a day is 28 per week. Therefore a million soldiers need 28 million bullets per week. Of course there were a lot more than a million troops at the Western Front, so the number of required bullets was more than that I realise that some of the soldiers performed vital service functions and some were busy on other duties, nevertheless there was a need for a lot of bullets. Supplying the troops was further complicated...

Historically, one could argue that island nations were presented with a degree of comfort in being surrounded by water (especially so before the invention of flight and submarines); however, technological advances in the early part of the 20th century changed that completely. The advent of flight - and later, that of rocket-powered armaments - changed the way warfare was conducted. No longer did one need to travel on sea voyages to attack your enemies, for one could simply either drop bombs or send rockets into the very heartland of previously protected nations. Furthermore, the development...

Why call the Sabbath a "delight"? If you have ever longed to honor the Seventh Day Sabbath established by the Creator but didn't know how to do so, you may have found yourself trying to find things to fill this set apart day or you simply followed manmade traditions but you never really felt fulfillment doing so. Perhaps guilt surrounded doing some of the activities or you simply did the very best you could without a true understanding of what the Father wants for us on this, His specially ordained day of "rest." Is there a certain way we are to keep the Sabbath holy? Can't we just do what we...