Liechtenstein’s Army Returned Home From War With More Men Than it Left With
Located between Switzerland and Austria, the country of Liechtenstein is one of the world’s smallest nations. Its current ruler, the constitutional monarch His Serene Highness…
The Damage Done To Europe’s Forests By The World Wars – With Many Effects Still Being Felt Today
War is tremendously destructive, and not only in terms of its effects on human populations and the cities in which they live. In addition, there…
Strange But True: During WWII the British Government Bought all of The World’s Tea
The British and drinking tea are two things that go hand-in-hand. Everyone knows that the English love a good cuppa, but most do not…
The Amazing SS Ohio That Saved The Mediterranean The Captain Was Awarded The George Cross
The Mediterranean theater during World War II witnessed many dramatic operations—none more so than Operation Pedestal in August 1942. It came about because the island…
Dreyse Needle-Gun, a Rifle That Won the 1866 Austro-Prussian War & Gave Birth To German Nation
History runs its course, but sometimes there are things which push that course in a specific direction. There are some great examples from the past…
When Italy Dumped the Nazis for the Allies, the Consequence was Completely Unexpected: Malaria
World War II kicked off in the autumn of 1939, with the Axis Powers slugging it out with the Allied Powers in what would end…
Coffee & War The Origins of the Americano
The Origins of the Americano Have you ever wondered why every Italian style coffee house now sells something they call an Americano? For most people,…
5 Cold War British Tanks – Best in The World?
The Second World War consolidated the position of tanks as among the most important fighting machines in the world. In the decades that followed, the…
6 Crazy Pranks Pulled by Soldiers – in the Middle of War
War is brutal and bloody. It is rarely a laughing matter. However, some soldiers deal with the horror they encounter by cultivating an inclination toward…
The World Of The Battleship
I come from a family with a seafaring tradition and although it skipped my direct branch because my father preferred khaki to blue in 1939…
Monopoli Blues Tells the Story of War Behind Enemy Lines in Italy
Like many veterans of World War II, Sir Robert Clark was reticent about his activities during the war. He left his academic studies at Cambridge…
Swiss & Swedish SS volunteers Fighting to “Save” the World From the Jews
During World War II, tens of thousands of foreign volunteers joined the Waffen-SS in what they believed was the fight to “save” western civilization from…