The May sun beats down on Jozef Gabcik. For over an hour, the 30-year-old Czechoslovak has been waiting impatiently at a tram stop in the Prague suburb of Libeň. The morning heat is so intense that ...

“We have the best food, the best weapons, and the best fighting spirit. By God, I almost feel sorry for the poor bastards who have to face us!” George S. Patton pauses briefly as the cheers subside.

The chimes of the Kremlin clock tower rang ten times as Marshal Georgy Zhukov made his entrance on a white Arabian stallion. High above the ranks of soldiers and officers from the army, navy, and air ...

The Vikings surged onto the shores of England, the Frankish Empire, and even the Mediterranean. Armed with a thirst for exploration, a fearless religion, and long ...

Do you instinctively swat the spider crawling up your window or the bee buzzing around your dinner table? It may be time to reconsider reaching for the fly swatter. The researchers from around the ...

According to the Icelandic sagas, around 35 Vikings sailed from Greenland to North America around the year 1000. “Then they decided to stay there for the winter, and they built a large house on the ...

Our universe is composed of celestial bodies such as stars, planets, asteroids, and comets. All of these celestial bodies possess specific structural characteristics. They can also organize themselves ...

Napoleon's Grande Armée included a wide array of cavalry units, each with specialized roles and distinctive characteristics. Among the most famous types of cavalry were the Hussars, Cuirassiers, and ...

The Battle of Strasbourg, also known as the Battle of Argentoratum, took place in 357 AD between the forces of the Roman Empire and the Alemanni, a Germanic confederation. This battle occurred near ...

Louis XIII of France (1601–1643), also known as "Louis the Just," was the King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643. His reign was marked by the centralization of power, the expansion of royal ...

Who were the medieval inquisitors? Whom did they hunt? Did witches really exist? Were they burned at the stake? How many people were killed in total? The Inquisition was not always and everywhere ...