Category: Battlefields
“The Wild Hunt”: an eerie painting of 1889 that some say predicts the rise of Hitler & Nazi Germany
President Abraham Lincoln influenced the nation even in death, when his embalming made the practice more accepted
The reinvigorated Monuments Men still recover art stolen during World War II and return to rightful owners
Lin Zhao’s parents learned that their daughter was executed in 1968 only after a Communist Party official asked them to pay 5 cents for the bullet used to kill her
Long before she cooked French dishes on TV, Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellent
War Plan Red: In a hypothetical war between the United States and Britain approved in 1930, the first step was to attack Canada
Vinnie Ream won the competition to create a sculpture of Lincoln, but whispers and doubts shadowed her efforts at carving a “man of sorrow”
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city
War in the Bronze Age: A study of the oldest battlefield in Europe suggests 2,000 fighters
Britain: The Principality of Sealand a pirate “micro-state” & band of Dutch & German mercenaries armed with assault rifles and charged the platform with a speedboat, jet skis, & helicopters
