Charge of the 26th Cavalry

It may sound surprising that the last American cavalry charge occurred less than a hundred years ago, not in the pre-industrial years of the nineteenth century, but on the modern, tank-filled battlefields of WWII. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration. You can purchase the bow tie worn in this episode at The Tie Bar: