Communism | War History

Charles Bronson: Hollywood Actor and Aerial Gunner

Portrait of Charles Bronson + Boeing B-29 Superfortress in the air

Charles Bronson was known for playing the tough guy on the big screen, but he was also one in real life. Following a life of…

Did Joseph Stalin Really Send KGB Agents to Assassinate John Wayne?

Clare Fitzgerald
John Chisum in his cowboy attire + Portrait of Joseph Stalin

Everyone loves a good American Western, including Joseph Stalin. The Soviet dictator was a fan of the genre, but wasn’t too fond of its biggest…

Why the Rosenbergs Were Executed

On April 4th, 1951, Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death. He called them traitors who put “into the hands of the…

1946 – The Makings Of The Post-war World – Details Beginning Of The Cold War

At the end of World War Two life was depressing for the millions of war-torn people left to survive across Europe and the Pacific. There…

Hitler Invades the Soviet Union and Churchill Pledges Support

Ian Harvey
Churchill

June 22th marks the anniversary of the British pledge to aid the Russians in stopping a German assault on Russian soil. It is also the…

Napoleon Bonaparte and the Modern Implications of Waterloo

Ian Harvey
Napoleon Bonaparte

Early in the nineteenth century, Napoleon Bonaparte suffered defeat at the hands of Duke Wellington and his forces at the Battle of Waterloo. According to…

Woman Helps Citizens Escape East Germany

Ian Harvey
East Germany

Following the Second World War, East Germany was a difficult place for many people to live. Many citizens would visit Hungary, from which an easy…

Japan Demands Justice from North Korea for Cold War Crimes

Ian Harvey
North Korea

Japan and North Korea have been in disputes for quite some time now, and Japan is demanding that they reach a settlement as quickly as…

Cold War Bunker Up for Sale

Ian Harvey
Cold War

After the Second World War, a rift between the Allies was created by Communism. This led to the Cold War, a period lasting several years…

The Start of the End for the Iron Curtain

Ian Harvey
Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain was a barrier between social, economic, and political groups in Europe after the end of the Second World War. It began to…

Deer in Germany still does not cross former Iron Curtain

Siegphyl

The Iron Curtain has long been removed. The electric fences, barbed wires, watchtowers and heavily-armed guards that once lined the borders are long gone. But…

Donald MacLaren:The Spying Scotsman Who Hunted The Nazis Of New York

Ian Harvey

While their uniforms were nothing but grey and black suits, their weapons were their ability to make up fast sentences, their manners and maybe a…