World War Two was really no exaggeration in terms of linguistics. From mainland Europe to the North of Africa, naval battles at the bottom of South America, commando missions in the Northern ices of Scandinavia, ...
Dodging the enemy in a battlefield is always a strategy of paramount importance. During World War I, Germany came up with U boat, the submarine, which could move below the surface of the water. The ...
Kamikaze is a Japanese word that loosely translates to ‘divine wind‘ or ‘spirit wind’. The word was used to describe two storms that saved Japan twice from invading Mongol fleets under the fifth Khagan of ...
During the Second World War, the Soviet Union came up with the novel concept of ‘Anti Tank Dog’ or ‘Hundminen’, also commonly known as ‘Dog Mines’. They used dogs, particularly German Shepherds, and attached explosives ...
The invasion of Normandy is a significant event that changed the course of World War II. It was the first time the Allied countries were able to threaten Germany’s control. For Europe, this would mean ...
Seeing is believing. A ‘fake’ seen from distance may appear as true. That’s camouflage, a potent of warfare tactic. What appears as a tree from distance may actually be a gun-toting soldier with a finger ...
War is deadly. It brings destruction and despair. It maims the population, slaughters the army and crumbles the government. The New York Times has reported that “Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely ...
When thinking of master interrogators, cruel individuals come to mind. Individuals who are able to inflict a great deal of physical or emotional pain on another without feeling empathy. A completely inhuman occupation but in the ...
If you were born into a Belgian aristocratic family how would you spend your life? Would you spend it fighting in three different wars over the span of 50 years, or live a life of ...