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Germany's Extreme Monarchists
Last week a celebrity chef, former police officers and serving army officers were arrested in Germany as part of an extremist coup to overthrow the g…
3 years ago
'My Grandfather, the Wehrmacht General in Russia'
Angela Findlay was determined to find out if her grandfather, Karl von Graffen, was a Nazi and what he did on the Eastern front. An artist and speake…
3 years ago
Tattoos
There are many common misconceptions and misunderstandings about Tattoos. They can act as a window into the social economic and cultural issues of a …
3 years ago
Modern Medicine
The American Civil War saw a transformation in medical provision on the battlefield. A loose grouping of medical practitioners was reshaped into a bu…
3 years, 1 month ago
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle of the Second World War, and one of the bloodiest in the history of warfare. Infamous for its atroc…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Last Dambuster: Johnny Johnson
Of all the air raids carried out during World War Two, none are as enduringly famous as the attack by Lancaster Bombers against the dams of Germany’s…
3 years, 1 month ago
Zeus: King of the Gods
Zeus, the chief deity in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of sky and thunder and is king of all other gods and men.
His tale is one of overthrowin…
3 years, 1 month ago
SAS Rogue Heroes: Paddy Mayne with Ben Macintyre
Lieutenant-Colonel 'Paddy' Mayne is a legendary figure in the history of the British Special Forces. Valiant but volatile, confident yet conflicted, …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Rise of China
How has China become the economic superpower that it is today? The decades since the death of Chairman Mao Zedong have seen an unprecedented economic…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sportswashing and the Nazi Olympics
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup well underway, the phenomenon of sportswashing is once again in everybody's minds. Autocracies and democracies alike hav…
3 years, 1 month ago