The Blue House Raid – North Korea’s Failed 1968 Commando Assault on Seoul
“The group’s objective was to storm the executive mansion, known as the Blue House, and assassinate President Park Chung-hee.” FOUR YOUNG SOUTH Korean brothers got more than they bargained for while out searching for firewood…
Big Shots – Amusettes, Jingals and Other Super-Sized Firearms
“Pioneered as far back as the late Middle Ages, amusettes, wall guns and rampart guns eventually found their way into the arsenals of most 18th Century European armies.” LARGER THAN A musket, but not large enough to…
Global Conflicts — The First ‘World Wars’ Came Long Before 1914
This coming summer, the world marks a grim milestone – the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The four-year conflict, which was fought between 1914 and 1918, was like none other…
Companies Behaving Badly – The Wartime Histories Some Corporations Wish We’d Just Forget
“Holocaust survivors and their families charged that Hugo Boss used forced labour during the war. Eventually, the company paid more than 700,000 Euros to a victims memorial fund.” THEY SAY THAT there is no such thing…
Solar Power – The Strange History of ‘Weaponized Sunlight’
A 37-FLOOR London office tower made headlines last Wednesday after its curved, all-glass mirror design reflected (and then intensified) the afternoon sunlight enough to melt a number of vehicles parked on a street below….
The Art of Rehan Siraj
Two weeks ago, we posted a story about the Saiful Azam, the fighter ace that served in four different air forces in his career. While researching the story, we discovered the aviation artist Rehan Siraj…
