Greek Fire – Nine Little-Known Facts About The Byzantine Empire’s Most Secret Weapon
As far back as the 7th Century, fighting ships of the Byzantine Empire were dousing enemy vessels with a flaming liquid known by western historians as “Greek fire”. While the ingredients of this volatile and…
One Way Ticket – Japan’s Kamikazes Weren’t the Only Suicide Pilots of WW2
“Another Axis power also hoping to stave off defeat considered its own version of the kamikaze.” IN 1944, JAPAN’S MILITARY SHOCKED THE WORLD when it sent the kamikaze into battle. With the emperor’s fleet dwindling…
The Wild Geese – A Brief History of Ireland’s ‘Foreign Armies’
“The St. Patrick’s were actually just one of a long list of Gaelic regiments to serve in other countries’ armies over the centuries.” ON SEPT. 21, 1846, General Zachery Taylor‘s American Army of Occupation stormed the Mexican…
On the Brink – Five International Crises That Nearly Led To Nuclear War
“A number of emergencies, communication errors and computer glitches have very nearly precipitated nuclear war.” ON MORE THAN one occasion over the past 50 years, the world’s super powers have nearly ended all life on this planet….
InfoGraphic — The First World War Explained… As a Bar Fight
Something to brighten your Monday? Here’s an amusing little item from the Internet in which the whole of World War One is depicted as a massive fist-fight between the tipsy patrons of some watering hole….
Recommended Reading – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Crimean War (But Never Thought to Ask)
“We interrupt our ongoing wall-to-wall coverage of the 100th anniversary of the First World War to bring you this backgrounder on the Crimean War…” With Russian boots on the ground in the Crimea, media outlets…
