Cold War
The Devastating Consequences of the Cold War
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the world’s two superpowers. The British Empire…
The Incredible American Generals that Defined their Eras
In the American Revolution, General George Washington served as commander in chief of the Continental Army, as well as the…
The Enduring Myths of the 1950s People Should Unlearn
Beginning in the early 1970s Americans initiated a wave of nostalgia for the 1950s. The 1960s brought the turmoil of…
Historic Air Raids that Rained Fury from the Skies
In 1943, an RAF raid was mounted to troll the Nazis and disrupt the commemoration of their tenth anniversary in…
The Boeing B-52 Was the Greatest Fighting Airplane of Them All
Officially it is known as the Stratofortress, following the styling assigned to its predecessors, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the…
Remarkable Historic Blunders these People Should be Embarrassed About
We all screw up from time to time, but few of us have ever committed a blunder as great as…
Absurd Cold War Stories That Just Don’t Make Sense
Cold War tensions brought humanity to the brink of extinction more than once. For decades, two superpowers with enough nuclear…
The Pentagon’s Plan to Fight Zombies and Other Unusual Military Schemes
The United States military probably has a plan for just about any realistic contingency that might crop up in the…
What Lincoln’s Pockets Held When he Died and Other Presidential Oddities
When President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, his wallet had no US currency. However, it contained a $5 Confederate banknote. He…
Why the East German Uprising of 1953 Was So Intense
In 1953 no Berlin Wall divided the German people. Travel between East and West Germany, via Berlin, occurred with relative…