The Untold Story of The Great Escape
With television reruns of The Great Escape almost as unavoidable as Brussels sprouts at Christmas, Steve McQueens doomed motorbike…
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RORKE's DRIFT (Against All Odds)
Martini Henry rifles, but were eventually overwhelmed by sheer weight of numbers. The majority of the defenders, including nearly…
Dark Ages and Britain (A Summary)
What were the Dark Ages?The Dark Ages is a widely-used expression that normally refers to the period after the collapse of the wes…
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR (A Summary)
What was it?The Spanish Civil War was a bloody three-year conflict between the political right and left, which wracked Spain in t…
Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (The Man Who Didn't Surrender)
Dusk is falling on 9 March 1974, and Hiroo Onoda stands in the shadows, looking at a tent in a clearing. The tent is yellow; a Jap…
Transport across History (From The Invention Of The Wheel To Conquering The Skies)
A WHEELY BIG DEAL (MESOPOTAMIA 3500 BCE) It is hard to think of any advance in technology or transport without the initial inventi…
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CAPTAIN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
One of the largest and most prominent organizations in the British Empire, the East India Companys peak was in the 18th century wh…
