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Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about Medieval Crossbow When the crossbow first began to be used, it was hated by a number of people. In fact, the Pope declared that if a person used a crossbow, that person could be excommunicated and demanded that the weapon be banned. People viewed crossbowmen as having no honour so people were hesitant to use the weapon. As a result, crossbowmen were paid almost double the pay of other soldiers. How It Was Made The crossbow was a bow that was turned on its side and attached to a wooden body. This body is called the stock or the tiller and had a trigger. The stock also had a groove on the top where the arrow would be placed. This stock was made from a variety of wood such as yew, elm, ash, or hazel. Once the stock was formed, it would be covered in glue. The bow part of the crossbow was made of either wood, steel, or iron. The string was made from a number of materials such as sinew, hemp, or...

VERY INTERESTING: WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING

Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to Majdanek and Treblinka death camps. After the Grossaktion Warsaw of summer 1942, in which more than a quarter of a million Jews were deported from the ghetto to Treblinka and murdered, the remaining Jews began to build bunkers and smuggle weapons and explosives into the ghetto. The left-wing Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) and right-wing Jewish Military Union (ŻZW) formed and began to train. A small resistance effort to another roundup in January 1943 was partially successful and spurred Polish resistance groups to support the Jews in earnest. The uprising started on 19 April when the ghetto refused to surrender to the police commander SS-Brigadeführer Jü...

VERY INTERESTING: BUDDY HOLLY

Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about Buddy Holly Facts Buddy Holly was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who became famous in the 1950s in the rock and roll era along with Elvis Presley and other musical icons, but died tragically at the age of only 22 in a plane crash. He was born Charles Hardin Holley on September 7th, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas, to Lawrence Odell Holley and Ella Pauline Drake. His family was very musical and he performed with siblings as a child in talent shows. Buddy started taking piano lessons when he was 11 but he switched to guitar after nine months. He continued as a musician while in high school and after graduation decided to pursue music as a career. Interesting Buddy Holly Facts: Buddy Holly had three older siblings named Patricia Lou, Travis, and Larry. Buddy got the nickname Buddy while still a child because his mother felt that his given name was too much for a young child. Buddy change...

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