# History
The “Great Spy” Who Got His Revenge on the Soviet Union
Soviet and Russian leadership, pathologically suspicious of foreigners' intentions at the best of times, became outright paranoid after the devastating…
Recent Groundbreaking Discoveries of World War II Artifacts
The Second World War was fought from the waters off the Antarctic to the Aleutian Islands. Ships were stalked by…
40 Fascinating But Lesser Known Facts About WWII
Many or most people are familiar with the basics and broad strokes of World War II. It began in 1939,…
The Tragic Final Hours on the American Fighting Front in WWI were Needlessly Brutal
By late September of 1918, it had become clear to German military commanders that they had lost World War I.…
The Highly Successful M16 Rifle Suffered from a Terrible Reputation When It Was First Introduced in Vietnam
During World War II, American soldiers had the world’s best rifle, the M1 Garand - a highly reliable .30 caliber…
This African Queen Fought the British Empire in the War of the Golden Stool
"Yaa Asantewaa, The woman who fights before cannons, You have accomplished great things, You have done well" -Ashanti song- In…
16 Nazi Mysteries Uncovered and Answered
Few regimes in the history of the world have been studied more closely than that of the Nazis in Germany.…
The Nazis Fought World War II While Tweaking on Crystal Meth
During the 1936 Berlin Olympics, German scientists observed how Benzedrine enhanced American athletes’ performance. After finding these results, they then…
Here’s Why King Tut, Ancient Egypt’s Most Famous Pharaoh, Was Actually One of its Least Significant Rulers
Tutankhamen (reigned circa 1333 - 1323 BC), is Ancient Egypt’s best known pharaoh, and the discovery of his tomb in…
Peter the Great Pickled the Head of His Wife’s Lover
Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) was a bad man to anger. A transformative figure in Russian history, Peter was…