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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[…]

Invasion of Russia In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from[…]

French forces in Spain In 1812 French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for[…]

Victory At Stalingrad 2 February, 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad is over. 4 minutes of assessment and statistics. Credit[…]

First Successful British Parachute Raid German radar technology is needed. John Frost lands his paras at Bruneval to steal it.[…]

The Battle of Kursk The tidal wave of the German advance had lost momentum when it broke against the outskirts[…]

The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI The story of the huge German Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI aircraft used against London in 1917-18. Credit to[…]

Rogue Attack 1943 His father was murdered by the Gestapo, so once he became an RAF pilot Belgian Baron de[…]

The Mystery of Flight 777 In June 1943, Winston Churchill travelled back to Britain from North Africa. An airliner he[…]

German Food Crisis Joseph Goebbels’s diary entries give an interesting account of the food crisis going on in Germany during[…]