Category: Odd Facts
The Darlan Agreement – How a Secret Pact With a Nazi Collaborator Helped Secure an Allied Victory in North Africa
“If Eisenhower ratified any agreement with Darlan, he’d be working with a man who had cultivated ties with Hitler.” By Robert Kofman ON NOV. 11, 1942, General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Operation Torch, the Allied…
CIA at War — Inside the Agency’s Operations from Cold War Hotspots to 21st Century Battlefields
“Covert action is bad for the reputations of both the CIA and the United States. But in an age of undeclared wars, it’s not hard to understand why an intelligence agency became repeatedly embroiled in…
Caesar’s British Invasions — What Compelled the Roman Conqueror to Land His Legions on Britain’s Shores?
“While Caesar officially announced his intention was to pacify the Britons and cut off their aid to Gaul we do have primary source evidence that demonstrates a more economic motive for the invasion.” By…
The Coal Black Sea – How a Shocking 1914 Naval Disaster Nearly Sank Winston Churchill
“The classified findings concluded that a submarine attack was inevitable, so Churchill hushed them up.” By Stuart Heaver JUST SIX WEEKS into the First World War, three British armoured cruisers, HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy,…
The Defence of Van – Inside the Stubborn Armenian Resistance That Presaged One of the First World War’s Bloodiest Chapters
“In a foreshadowing of the great urban battles of the Second World War, the Ottomans found fighting street-to-street, house-to-house, and often hand-to-hand in a dense urban environment frustratingly difficult.” By Alexander Zakrzewski Over a hundred…
Operation Foxley – Inside the Abortive Allied Plot to Assassinate the Führer
“The best plan SOE could come up with involved using a sniper to shoot Hitler on his regular morning stroll.” By Eric Lee IT HAS NOW been nearly a quarter century since the British government…
