Category: History

Out of the many camps the Germans built, six of them fall into the definition of death camps: the most famous one was the Auschwitz Camp, then there were also Chelmno, Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Sobibor, where a not much-known uprising happened in 1943

Bill Millin was wading towards the shore alongside his fellow soldiers, but instead of a gun, he was holding his bagpipe as he began his most dangerous performance with Hielan’ Laddie.

If you think the medieval era stuck to battering rams, catapults, and heated sand being poured down the heads of their enemies, then you have to check out these war machines of their time.

How could a delicate and beautiful woman be part of something as villainous as committing treason? Except, as it turned out, all the allegations were right, and the general’s wife, in fact, played a huge role in Arnold’s treachery.

These are what German soldiers of World War II did to automatically qualify in being an Iron Cross awardee.

In those darkest times when Hitler’s party decided to take over Europe, that’s when the light of humanity shone the most, just like what these three people did.

In Charles Guiteau’s mind, the President had wronged him, and his death was a sad necessity to save the country.

Douglas Bader of Royal Air Force proved himself to be an excellent pilot during World War II despite lacking something: a pair of legs.

One Finnish soldier managed to survive a Soviet attack by getting high on meth, with a dose for 30 people.

One ruler stood and managed to do what others couldn’t. She was the queen of the Kingdom of Kush named Amanirenas, and she stood and did not allow her kingdom to be taken and controlled by the Romans.

Here are some feasts, festivals, and celebrations that the emperors, kings, or queens once hosted that were the real deal during their respective times.

While many Ottoman sultans were brilliant and great leaders, there were also some who were cunning and cruel, and you wouldn’t want to meet them.