1410 Battle of Grunwald Sword Unearthed In Poland
A sword, metal pieces of a scabbard, a knight’s belt, and two knives, estimated to be from the battle of the time of the Battle…
Remains Of Napoleonic Soldiers Buried In Vyazma After 209 Years
On February 13th, a solemn ceremony was held in Vyazma, a small town in Smolensk, to bury the remains of Napoleonic soldiers killed during Napoleon’s…
Part Time Viking Stabs Girlfriend While Practising Battle Moves!
Viking fun? Benover, near Yalding is a picturesque low-lying village South West of the town of Maidstone in Kent, South East England. Once a proud…
The Most Lethal Fighting Unit of the Civil War
At approximately 4:00 PM, July 2, 1863 the great Confederate turning movement at Gettysburg, meant to roll-up the Federal line from left-to-right, finally stepped-off, General…
Officials Plead for Consumers to NOT Recycle Live Cannonballs
Workers at the Kent County Recycling Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, got a lot more than they bargained for when Civil War cannonballs was delivered…
Rediscovered Civil War Shipwreck Gains International Recognition
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 10, 2020) – As the United States battled its most divisive conflict at the height of the American Civil War, a cargo…
One of the Most Daring and Romantic Naval Feats of History
Rain began falling in sheets as the small steamer known as picketboat No. 1 puffed its way through the choppy surf toward the mouth of…
Prague Revamp Reveals Jewish Gravestones Used as Cobblestones
Redevelopment work being undertaken in Prague has revealed a gruesome secret. Many of the paving stones that have been listed have been found to have…
Police Swoop on a ‘Suspicious’ Medieval Swordsman…He Was Doing Daily Exercise
Police were called to a park at Hendre Lake in St. Mellons, Cardiff, Wales, UK. They had received a disturbing report of a medieval swordsman…
History Hack – Fantastic Podcasts Beating Lockdown Blues
Timing, as they say is everything. With everyone currently at home under confinement there has never been a better time to launch a series of…
Lightning Strikes Twice – American Hannibal of the Revolutionary War
It is dawn, August 2, 216 BC and lightning is about to strike the Roman Republic. On a ridge overlooking the expansive plain, Hannibal Barca…
Civil War Cannonball Exploded & Killed 140 Years After it Was Fired
Sam White was a dyed-in-the-wool Civil War fanatic. He was never happier than when he was searching for Civil War relics or restoring those that…