# History
The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos Shook the Phillippines
In 1976, Filipino journalist Primitivo Mijares wrote The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos, a tell-all that spilled…
16 of History’s Most Devastating and Dramatic Surprise Attacks
In warfare, few things can increase a combatant's chances of success more than a well executed surprise attack that catches…
Germany’s Most Versatile Dog of War, Hermann Ramcke
"You can't teach an old dog new tricks" is a nugget of conventional wisdom that nobody seems to have passed…
V-1s: The Flying Bombs That Terrorized Britain
The Third Reich's scientists had an alarming tendency to think outside the box and come up with lethal technological innovations.…
16 Terrible People Who Knew How to Lay on the Charm or Inspire Others
In the movies and on TV, bad guys are usually depicted as clear cut baddies, personally repellent and often cartoonishly…
A True Story of WWII Enemies Who Came Together to Survive Turned Into a Movie
Into the White is a 2012 adventure drama set during World War II's Norwegian Campaign. It depicts the travails of…
From Killing Nazis to Klingons: James Montgomery Doohan
"Beam me up, Scotty" is probably Star Trek's most iconic phrase, instantly conjuring up the Enterprise's miracle worker chief engineer,…
The World War II Triple Agent Who Inspired James Bond
Few people have ever have led a life as extraordinary or as impactful as did the Serb Dusan "Dusko" Popov…
16 Dramatic and Impactful Assassinations from History
By their very nature, assassinations are not only dramatic events, but ones also capable of shaping history or altering its…
The Epic Journey of the Emden and Her Crew
The Imperial German Navy's SMS Emden was a light cruiser that was completed in 1909, then sent to join the…