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NATO is the Representative of Nazi Germany Says Fidel Castro

Ian Harvey
Nazi Germany

Cuban communist politician Fidel Castro compares NATO to Nazi Germany’s SS and says America and Europe are war-mongering. Speaking against America’s policy in the Middle…

Cuban Ex-President Fidel Castro Criticizes NATO

Ian Harvey
Fidel Castro

Many have differing views of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, especially in the United States where there has been an embargo against Cuba since 1960.…

M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun: A Favored Weapon of the Devil’s Brigade

Soldier aiming an M1941 Johnson light machine gun

A number of firearms were developed over the course of the Second World War. The scale of fighting during the conflict was unprecedented, and militaries…

Operation Northwoods: America’s Proposed Cold War False Flag Operation

Todd Neikirk
Military portrait of Lyman Lemnitzer + Fidel Castro looking to the side

The Cold War was unlike any other time in US history. The Soviet Union had become a threat to democracy and the ideals Americans held…

The US Military Used Tourist Maps to Prepare for the Invasion of Grenada

Samantha Franco
US Marines sitting on a captured Soviet-made BRDM-2 amphibious armored scout car

When the US military invaded Grenada in 1983, troops were grossly unprepared. Knowing little about the country, officials had to get inventive in order to…

A Green Hell: Fort Sherman’s Jungle School Army

Troop lying down on the jungle floor

Jungle warfare is its own beast. Often called a “Green Hell,” the terrain, animal species and weather conditions force soldiers to contend with an environment…

Can You Recognize These Bad Guys From History When They Were Young?

Kim Jong-Il as a baby + Fidel Castro with his classmates + Adolf Hitler as a baby

If history has shown us anything, it’s that the world has had its share of terrible leaders. While they started out as innocent children, they…

In The Angolan Civil War, Angola Had An Unlikely Ally In Cuba

Mural of Castro and Angola's Agostinho Neto in Angola, 1987.

When Angola was plunged into a set of civil wars that lasted decades, the last country one might expect to join in might be Cuba.…

150,000 Men, 900 Ships: Excavation Reveals Size of Antony & Cleopatra’s Fleet

In the years that followed, Antony was busy – he defeated the assassins who had despatched Caesar and later struck up a romance with the…

Project MKUltra: The CIA’s Unethical Cold War-Era Human Experimentation Program

Aerial view of the original CIA Headquarters + Portrait of Allen Dulles

The CIA has been subject to much scrutiny since its establishment in 1947 and this only increased following the conclusion of the Cold War, when…

Spanish Galleons: The Stallions of The Sea

Andrew Knighton

Their presence was vital to protect these heavily laden and incredibly valuable ships from attack by foreign powers and pirates. Emerging in the mid-16th century,…

Three Books To Look Out For – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Here we go, again, with a look at some books that have created positive interest in the WHO reviews department. First up we have this…