Month: April 2014
The Gustloff Incident – History’s Deadliest (and Mostly Forgotten) Maritime Disaster
The RMS Titanic is by far the most famous ill-fated ship of all time. Yet the unlucky luxury liner, which went down with more than 1,600 on board, can’t touch the doomed Nazi cruise ship…
Are Civil War Buffs an Endangered Species? – Historians Bemoan Public’s Fading Interest in Past Conflicts
“Sources chalked the phenomenon up to ordinary apathy on the part of citizens.” A SURPRISING number of Americans seem entirely indifferent to the ongoing celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War. It’s…
Alternate Endings — Ten Hypothetical Events That Would Have Changed the Outcome of World War Two
By George Dvorsky Decisions during wartime are monumental things. Each move and countermove has the potential to change the course of history. Here are ten shocking ways the Second World War could have unfolded differently…
Stormtroopers! — 10 Facts About Germany’s Elite Assault Soldiers of WW1
“The attackers weren’t ordinary German infantrymen, they were the Kaiser’s elite sturmtruppen or ‘stormtroopers’ — handpicked men, specially trained and armed to the teeth.” THE KAISER’S 1918 ‘Spring Offensive’ on the Western Front, codenamed Operation Michael, was…
Illustrations Of Custer’s Last Stand Show U.S. History from a Different Perspective
“These hand-drawn colour sketches show both U.S. cavalry and mounted braves in action, as well as some chilling depictions of the aftermath of the battle.” CUSTER’S LEGENDARY ‘last stand’ at the Little Bighorn in Montana is…
