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A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – see § Etymology) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick). In use, the fuse attached to the container is lit and the weapon ...
Soon they responded by attacking advancing tanks with "Molotov cocktails," which were "a drink to go with the food." According to Montefiore, the Molotov cocktail was one part of Molotov's cult of personality that the vain Premier surely did not appreciate. [111] Winston Churchill lists many meetings with Molotov in his wartime memoirs.
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Although many cocktails have liquid histories, the daiquiri’s background is more concrete. American engineer Jennings Cox signed an 1896 recipe card that proves its origins. Cox created the ...
Cocktail historian David Wondrich speculates that "cocktail" is a reference to gingering, a practice for perking up an old horse by means of a ginger suppository so that the animal would "cock its tail up and be frisky", [19] hence by extension a stimulating drink, like pick-me-up. This agrees with usage in early citations (1798: "'cock-tail ...
CRANSTON − A 21-year-old woman who was accused of joining in an attack with a Molotov cocktail in 2023 is clear of most charges in the matter. At the time, Brianna Wischnowsky, ...
The Frangible Grenade M1 [1] was a specially designed factory produced molotov cocktail created by the United States in 1942 as it entered World War II (1939–1945). It was designed to provide lightly armed personnel (self-defense militias, soldiers, commandos, and Allied partisans) with simple, uncomplicated weapons that were easy to mass-produce.
The moment two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC on Sunday (24 September) has been captured on CCTV. Secret Service officers were called around 8pm to respond to ...