Outlaws and Outcasts Led by a Former Slave Overthrow a Dynasty
Medieval China is a fascinating period to study. Most people think of the large and influential dynasties, and even many scholars don’t know a great…
Keeping Enigma Secret From The Germans – Many Lives Were Lost Sacrificed Doing So
How cracking the German Enigma code impacted on the course of the war cannot be understated. Cracking the code was possibly the greatest intelligence coup…
Canned Food & Processed Food Industry is an Aftermath of WW2 Ending Sooner Than Expected
Food has often been an important part of warfare. What is less known is how food developed for warfare changed people’s lives after the war.…
Firing The .50 Cal From a Sherman Tank: How Often Was This Actually Done?
From the very first moment that the earliest tanks rolled onto the battlefield in the First World War, they forever changed the way ground battles…
This German Officer Gave His Life In A Minefield To Save An American Soldier
The story of Friedrich Lengfeld is one which is not so common in history. Occasionally we hear of soldiers who throw their bodies into the arms…
Death is Not Defeat: Mass Suicides in Nazi Germany in 1945
On April 30, 1945, while in his Führerbunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler shot himself. Around the same time, about a thousand residents of the German…
Pilot Rammed an Italian Bomber Then Arrested the Surviving Crew With Just His Pistol
On May 22nd, 1939, fascist Italy signed a treaty called “The Pact of Steel” with Nazi Germany. This promoted stronger ties between the two countries,…
Death & Marriage in Civil War: John Marshal Gains Power in Medieval England
Civil wars contain challenges on a number of levels. The often tortuous family trees of medieval monarchs combined with many ambitious minor officials who hardly…
The Unsolved Mystery of Nanjing Battalion, Did 3,000 Chinese Troops Really Disappear in 1939?
The Second Sino-Japanese war was brutal, with Japan ravaging China. Many lives were lost on both sides, but the strangest loss was that of the…
Werner Goering, The US Bomber Pilot Whose Name Almost Got Him Assassinated By The FBI
A famous quote from William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice states that “the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” In…
Mystery of HMAS Sydney, Sunk in WW2 & the Strange Body That Washed Up On Christmas Island
Of the many naval encounters between the Allies and the Axis forces in World War II, the sea battle between the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran…
The British Civilian Gas Mask: Full of Chemicals As Dangerous As The Gas it Was Protecting You From
Warfare, throughout the ages, has prompted and necessitated the rapid expansion of industry, technology, and innovation in various kingdoms and nations. Sometimes the hastily-developed technology…