Warfare History
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,…
18 Assassinations You Might Not Have Heard Of
Some assassinations have become seared on our collective consciousness: the killing of JFK in Dallas in 1963, or the murder…
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…
20 Events Across the Globe which Evolved from the American Revolution
The American Revolutionary War is remembered as citizen-soldiers battling the professional troops of Great Britain and its German mercenary allies…
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…
20 Steps in Planning for the Invasion of Japan in 1945
Of all the major military operations conducted by the Allies during the Second World War, none was more formidable than…
The Time the US Refused To Save Jewish Refugees From Nazi Germany
In today’s world, the debate over whether any given country should give thousands of refugees a place to stay is…
The Children of History’s Monsters
Nobody gets to choose their parents. In many cases, everything turns out well. But some people have the misfortune to…
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…
Texas’ Most Decorated World War I Hero Was an Undocumented Mexican Immigrant
Marcelino Serna, one of the United States' greatest heroes of World War I, was an undocumented Mexican immigrant. Throughout his…