22 June 1941, the western border of the Soviet Union. Before dawn, Nazi Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, sending its armies…
For centuries, the firing squad has been one of the world’s most recognizable methods of execution. It has been used…
The Flack 39, a weapon once hidden in the shadows of World War II, is now a relic of history….
On a quiet spring morning in Nazi occupied Prague, a black Mercedes slowed as it approached a sharp bend in…
June 7th, 1944. A German bunker in Normandy is destroyed in a single shot. Moments earlier, the men inside were…
Caroline Whitfield’s whole job was to make sure nobody changed a single word. For 11 weeks, she had sat below…
On the night of November 12th, 1967, a North Vietnamese officer named Than lay on a ridge in the central…
For 33 years, the greatest blues singer in the world lay in the ground with no name over her head….
First thing Lena Prescott noticed was the muzzle. Not a standard fabric one, either. Heavy gauge wire, the kind they…
For several decades, the world has collectively known and passionately loved André Rieu as the undisputed ‘King of the Waltz’….