Warfare History
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Brother, Joseph, Was King of Naples and Spain but Somehow Ended up Moving to New Jersey
Being an Average Joe (or Average Jane) and living in the shadow of a highly accomplished relative can be tough.…
Ely S. Parker, a Native American, Drafted the Surrender Documents for the Civil War
Ely S. Parker was a Seneca leader who had a hand in ending the American Civil War. In fact, Parker…
16 Remarkable But Frequently Overlooked Women
There are plenty of fascinating people from history who helped shape the world, only to end up overlooked, without receiving…
20 Nazis Who Committed Suicide by Cyanide Poisoning
Cyanide, the foundational poison of the Nazi's own Zyklon-B gas used to exterminate the victims of the Holocaust, ironically became…
This Disastrous French Royal Wedding Ended in Carnage and Became Known as the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
In August 1572, French Huguenots (Calvinist Protestants) flooded to the Catholic stronghold of Paris to witness the royal wedding of…
CIA Director, William Colby, Got His Start Blowing Up Stuff in Nazi-Occupied Europe
William Colby, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is best remembered for his stint as America's top spy from…
20 Times Humanity Had a Close Call with Nuclear Weapons… and We Are Still Miraculously Here to Tell the Tales
Despite the accumulation of vast arsenals of unimaginable destructive might, the world has never experienced the apocalyptic power of a…
America’s World War II Black Aviators Had to Fight Tooth and Nail to Serve Their Country… and Then Fought For It
African Americans played a significant role in America's military history, despite the limited opportunities, adversity, and open hostility that they…
16 Dramatic and Bizarre Ways People Died in Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World
The Ancient and Hellenistic Greeks played an outsized role in shaping the world, giving us things such as philosophy, democracy,…
Historic Kidnapping Cases that Inspire Nightmares
Kidnapping is hardly a new phenomenon. In fact, people have been taking others against their will since the dawn of…