Warfare History

Exposing Some of the Meanest and Pettiest Men in History
It is hardly a surprise to anybody to learn that people could be jerks at times. We all know the…

Evil Doctors and Scientists From World War II
Doctors and scientists are usually highly respected. The former for literally saving our lives, and the latter for working to…

History’s Juiciest and Intriguing Scandals
Nowadays, it is hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on the news without coming across scandal after scandal.…

Historic Figures Who Set Out to Save Jews From the Holocaust
Roughly six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Some did what they could, risking their lives, to save Jews…

The Dark Side of Great Historic Figures
People are complicated. Bad people sometimes do good things, and good people sometimes make mistakes and create major issues. Great…

History’s Most Catastrophic Man-made Errors
A natural disaster such as a tsunami earthquake, volcano, or flood could kill hundreds of thousands or even millions. Those…

Odd Solutions to Historic Problems
Problems call for solutions like a parched throat calls for water. But just like not all water is good water,…

Women of Peace and Those Sided the Wrong of World War II
The Nazi onslaught in World War II and the struggle to beat it back brought out extremes of human behavior,…

15 of the World’s Largest and Most Intense Empires
How should one measure the size of an empire? By the amount of landmass accumulated? By the number of peoples…

20 Blue on Blue Incidents from History
Friendly fire, the inadvertent attack on members of one’s own military during combat, has been a documented fact of warfare…