On 12 April, 1961, Baikonur Cosmodrome in what is now Kazakhstan picked up a transmission…
It’s one of the most chilling passages in military history. In the 13th Century Secret…
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“I am Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries containing all kinds…
In his obituary, the New York Times called Robert Franklin Stroud “probably America’s most famous…
“I like killing people because it is so much fun. It is more fun than…
During the American Civil War, the country was embroiled in so much fighting that it’s…
In February, 1865, an Augustinian friar stood up before a small crowd in the Moravian…
Today we’ll be discussing the military achievements of an outstanding cast of characters: a Finnish…
In 1922, Harry Truman sat in his mother-in-law’s house in small town Missouri, contemplating the…
In the year of our Lord 1760, a plucky university student named Rudolf Erich Raspe…
All good things must come to an end. And so did the Pax Romana, a…