Warfare History
A Series of Catastrophic Events and Decisions Led to the Tragic Fall of Montezuma
Montezuma II (circa 1467 – 1520, reigned 1502 - 1520) was the Aztec Empire’s Tlatoani – a position equivalent to…
The Soccer War: When the World’s Most Popular Sport Sparked an Ugly Conflict
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that”…
Mary Edwards Walker was the One and Only Female Recipient of the Medal of Honor in American History
Mary Walker, more commonly known as Dr. Mary Walker, was a Victorian Era woman who was born ahead of her…
18 of the Many Attempts to Assassinate Adolf Hitler by the German Resistance
On July 20, 1944, a bomb exploded during a meeting between senior German military officers and Adolf Hitler in a…
Peggy Shippen, Thought to Be Benedict Arnold’s Innocent Wife, Actually Initiated His Treasonous Plot
Peggy Shippen, the beautiful, vivacious, and charismatic wife of infamous American Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold, was long thought to…
Elsa Koditschek Cleverly Hid In Her Own House From the Nazis
In 1940, the Nazis were occupying Austria. A Jewish woman named Elsa Koditschek lived in a house that she and…
The Gutsy Teenage Oversteegen Sisters Killed Nazis During WWII
On September 5th, 2018, Freddie Oversteegen, a Dutch Resistance heroine of World War II, died in her nineties of a…
The 18 Deadliest Battles in American Military History
It should be no surprise that the deadliest battles fought on American soil came about during the American Civil War,…
20 Nazi-Inspired Inventions
Whilst we are all aware, to a lesser or greater extent, of the scientific and engineering feats of the Allies…
19 Facts About the Internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II
During the First World War the large German communities in many American cities found themselves under siege. In cities such…