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He history when the future of the nation hung by marched his main army to Yorktown on the Chicago Fire? a thread, and only the fortitude, determination peninsula, upon which the American and and sacrifice of its leaders and citizenry ensured French armies and the French fleet all con- its survival. By 1781, America had been at war verged. On Oct. 19, 1781, Cornwallis surren- with the world's strongest empire for six years dered his weary and bloodied army. with no end in sight. British troops occupied In this book, renowned historian Robert key coastal cities, from New York to Savannah, L. Tonsetic provides a detailed analysis of the and the Royal Navy prowled the waters off the key battles and campaigns of 1781, supported American coast. The remaining patriot forces by numerous eyewitness accounts from pri- were hunkered down in the hinterland, giving vates to generals in the American, French and battle only at opportunities when British col- British armies. 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BRINGING HISTORY INTO ACCORD WITH THE FACTS IN THE TRADITION OF DR.HARRY ELMER BARNES the Barnes Review A JOURNAL OF NATIONALIST THOUGHT & HISTORY 4 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 O VOLUME XXII O NUMBER 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT REALLY CAUSED THE CHICAGO FIRE? THE FRANKS: FEUDAL OR FREE? BY MARC ROLAND BY RONALD L. RAY One of the greatest tragedies in American history When did the Germans really become Ger- 18 4 occurred on Oct. 8, 1871, when vast swaths of 36man? Author Ronald Ray has been explor- Chicago burned to the ground. But it was not the ing for the real roots of the German people in worst fire in U.S. history. In fact, the events in several recent editions of THE BARNES REVIEW. In Chicago overshadowed a series of wide-ranging con- this issue, he tells us about the emergence of the flagrations that struck the Wisconsin-Michigan- Franks and how this confederation of pagan tribes Illinois area that very same day. Is it possible Mrs. ascended to power, accepted Christianity and be- O’Leary’s cow started them all—or was there some came synonymous with the word “European.” other powerful force of nature at work? ROBERT MUGABE: THE ETERNAL TYRANT EPIC VOYAGE OF THE CSS SHENANDOAH BY HARALD HESSTVEDT SCHARNHORST BY JOHN TIFFANY In this short piece, the author describes the Much of the history of the “Civil” War is con- 42 current situation in Zimbabwe, which was 23 12 centrated on the bloody land battles between once the breadbasket of Africa, but is now a non- North and South, with little attention paid to the functional Fourth-World state. Also included is a naval clashes. But they were equally as important— photo spread of the president’s palace—a Versailles- and raged across the globe. Here is the story of the like dwelling in stark contrast to the cesspool of a Confederate raiding ship that single-handedly all but nation he forces his citizens to live in. ruined the lucrative Northern whaling industry. UPDATE ON URSULA HAVERBECK THE ROOSEVELTS’ SOVIET COMMUNES BY JOHN TIFFANY BY PHILIP RIFE Here’s an update on the ongoing saga of gutsy By now, most TBR readers know that Eleanor 49 octogenarian Ursula Haverbeck, whose out- 18 Roosevelt and her husband Franklin were spoken stance on WWII history and the holocaust rabid socialists. Worse, there were multiple traitors has gotten her a 10-month jail sentence in Germany. in FDR’s cabinet who routinely passed on secret in- 32 formation to Josef Stalin. But few people we’ve ONLY 25,000 DIED AT DRESDEN? talked to know that the Roosevelts went so far as to BY JOHN WEAR set up Soviet-style communes in America in an at- On Feb.