How Much Did Rifles Cost in WW2?
How much did it cost governments in WW2 to provide a soldier with a rifle? In…
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The Reichstag Red Flag – How the Soviets Faked An Iconic WW2 Image
It is one of the most famous images of the 20th century – a soldier raising…
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Himmler the Shadow Leader – The Reichsführer & The Dönitz Government
This is Episode 2 of a new series, following on from Episode 1 available here:https://youtu.be/bdv5tS2KWZs In…
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Inside Ukraine’s new AI drone that’s blowing the roof off Moscow
Ukraine has unleashed a brand-new middle-strike drone arsenal to dismantle Russian logistics before weapons ever leave…
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Collectors in Singapore sell cards, toys, comics amid rising living costs
More collectors are parting with their card games, toys and even comic books for extra cash,…
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Conservative rages at Trump’s Republican ‘monkey’ creators
A prominent conservative commentator expressed outrage at his fellow Republicans, who he described as “monkeys,” for…
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The Russians Are Coming! Putin’s Warships Surround UK
In the last few days the British defence minister has resigned in protest as the lack…
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The Secret SS Plot to Kill Hitler!
In early 1945, a conspiracy started to grow within the highest ranks of the SS to…
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American Panzers to British MP40s – How the Allies Reused Enemy Weapons
The Western Allies officially re-used many captured Axis weapons, vehicles and aircraft, often re-equipping whole units…
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Masters of the Universe shows how companies learned to monetise childhood forever
Mattel deliberately created Masters of the Universe so the underlying IP rights would be entirely exploitable,…
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‘My Way Or The Highway’: Author of ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ ‘Bullied’ Her Way Into Season 2
“I used that momentum to sort of bully, blackmail my way into the writers’ room…I made…
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The Most Expensive SS Object Ever Sold!
Many WW2 items have sold for record sums at auction, particularly those associated with the SS…
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Marjane Satrapi’s masterpiece Persepolis transformed the world’s understanding of Iran
Satrapi finished her studies in France, where she settled, gaining French nationality in 2006. Last year,…
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Some Panzers Didn’t Surrender on VE Day! Last Operational Units May-June 1945
Not all German Panzer units surrendered on 8 May 1945 – many drifted in over the…
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Q&A with Claudia Pearson
We sat down with illustrator and textile designer Claudia Pearson to learn more about her eponymous…
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The Slow Death of the Royal Navy – The Evolution of its Recruiting Ads
The Royal Navy is in crisis. Unable to recruit enough people to man its tiny fleet,…
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British Navy Doom Loop – Can Terminal Decline Be Halted?
The once great Royal Navy is now a mere shadow of its former self, hollowed out…
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Nazi Killer Missile Base – V-1 Rocket Nerve Gas Attack?
In 2017, on the lonely British island of Alderney, occupied as part of the Channel Islands…
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The Dönitz Testament – Was Hitler’s Successor President of Germany Until 1980?
In 1981, the West German government was handed a bizarre document. It was called the ‘Dönitz…
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Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time
After nearly a quarter of a century operating as a private company, with its financial accounts…
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Battalion of the Damned – Waffen-SS Unit Vietnam War
Rumours persist that during the First Vietnam War in the 1940s-50s, the French used thousands of…
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The Rarest Focke-Wulf 190 – Unique German ‘Butcher Bird’
Around 20,000 Focke-Wulf 190s were built in WWII, and today just 28 survive. One of those…
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12,000 Hidden German Helmets! Secret WWII Treasure Tunnel
On a small island off the north coast of France thousands of German troops surrendered on…
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What I’d tell every ecommerce merchant about hosting before they launch
I’ve spent over a decade as a partner and consultant to some of the largest hosting…
