The Siege of Masada (73 AD) – Last Stand of the Great Jewish Revolt
Impregnable Mountain Fortress In 73 AD Masada, the impregnable mountain fortress in the Judaean desert, stood as the final holdout[…]
Read moreImpregnable Mountain Fortress In 73 AD Masada, the impregnable mountain fortress in the Judaean desert, stood as the final holdout[…]
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Read moreVictory At Stalingrad 2 February, 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad is over. 4 minutes of assessment and statistics. Credit[…]
Read moreFirst Successful British Parachute Raid German radar technology is needed. John Frost lands his paras at Bruneval to steal it.[…]
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Read moreThe Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI The story of the huge German Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI aircraft used against London in 1917-18. Credit to[…]
Read moreRogue Attack 1943 His father was murdered by the Gestapo, so once he became an RAF pilot Belgian Baron de[…]
Read moreThe Mystery of Flight 777 In June 1943, Winston Churchill travelled back to Britain from North Africa. An airliner he[…]
Read moreGerman Food Crisis Joseph Goebbels’s diary entries give an interesting account of the food crisis going on in Germany during[…]
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