The Battle of Largs – The Last Viking Attack on Scotland
About half of the men were drowned and only a few of their ships remained. Today the small town of Largs on the southwest coast…
Lucky or Unlucky? The Man Who Lived Through Two Atomic Bombs
Even at this distance, the blast blew out both of his eardrums and left him temporarily blinded One of the most significant events of the…
From The Horses Mouth-Secret Codes in Equestrian Statues
Indeed, General Sheridan was wounded during the Civil War, but did not die in battle The depiction of wartime heroes, royalty, and similar important figures…
Everyone Knows The Word “Nazi” But How Did The Term Come Into Being?
Everyone knows the word “Nazi” and the evil it entails. World War II is a huge part of our history, with Hitler’s Nazi Germany being…
WW1 Germany Reaped Reward From American Imperialism & Mexican Pride
American interventionism and imperialism is infamous throughout Latin America, and inevitably results in significant anti-American sentiment. Although the U.S. has normally been able to simply…
Special Delivery-U.S. Postal Service Launch Cruise Missile at Florida
You’ve heard of snail mail, email, and drones delivering mail, but what about Missile Mail? Amazingly, the idea of using weapons to deliver mail has…
From The Holocaust to Hogan’s Heroes
When Clary eventually ended up at Buchenwald, one of the most horrific of the Nazi concentration camps, he sang for SS soldiers. Though it first…
Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners-Book Review By Mark Barnes.
Men like Churchill and Lloyd George felt bound to get involved in a battle of ideologies because of their convictions and prejudices as they continued…
A Pagan Crusade-The Franco-Mongolian Alliance
How could the Crusaders possibly justify working with people of a different religion? Many Europeans today remember the Mongols as a existential threat to Europe,…
How Britain Turned Back The Clock Against Luftwaffe
It was devised as a way to save coal during the First World War. The concept of time has intrigued humanity as far back as…
The Irony – Nobel Peace Prize nominees included Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded yearly since 1901 with only 19 instances of no prize being awarded. The winner is determined by the…
WWII Snipers & The Rifles They Used To Rack Up Huge Scores
While snipers were widely deployed by most of the various nations involved in the Second World War, no army really developed or produced a rifle…