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The 2008 Georgia War: Putin’s Prelude to Ukraine

Uncover exclusive insights into the Georgia War 2008 and how Putin’s strategy set the stage for Ukraine’s conflict. Don’t miss this urgent analysis!

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El Porteñazo: A Chaplain Helps a Wounded Soldier in Puerto Cabello

In the photograph, the chaplain Luis María Padilla walks into the middle of the street, at the spot known as La Alcantarilla, in Puerto Cabello, during El Porteñazo, to rescue a wounded soldier at the height of the shooting, taking him into his arms to try to help...
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HMS Glowworm: The Most Glorious Naval Battle of the Second World War

On the morning of 8 April 1940, during the Second World War, the British warship HMS Glowworm, under Lieutenant Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope, was on its way to rejoin the Allied squadron in the West Fjord of Norway when, through the fog of the Norwegian Sea, it...
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The Srebrenica Massacre: An Open Wound in Europe

To grasp the magnitude of the Srebrenica Massacre it is essential to go back to the turbulent state of the Balkan peninsula in the early 1990s. The former Yugoslavia, a mosaic of ethnicities and religions held together by the firm grip of the communist regime, began...
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Waco Siege: David Koresh, Terror and Tragedy

Between February 28 and April 19, 1993, the Mount Carmel property near Waco, Texas, was the stage of the Waco siege, a 51-day standoff that began with a failed ATF operation and passed to FBI command, with support from the Texas National Guard and equipment loaned by...
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Sufi Zikr: The Chechen Dance Ritual

The zikr is danced in a circle until trance sets in. In Chechnya the Kremlin once saw the ritual as a sign of rebellion.

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Hiroo Onoda: The Last Warrior of Imperial Japan

Discover the true story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese officer who kept fighting for 29 years after World War II officially ended, loyal to his mission.

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Deconstructing the Myth of Russian Sacrifice in the Second World War

With the breaking of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact during the Second World War, Operation Barbarossa began, the codename for the largest military campaign in history in terms of troops mobilised and casualties suffered. In January 1942 the Soviet photographer Dmitri...
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Al Capone: Rise and Fall of the King of Prohibition Crime

Al Capone, the greatest mobster in American history, led the Chicago Outfit at the height of Prohibition and was branded "Public Enemy Number One of the United States". During his reign, "Scarface", as he was known, bought politicians, police officers and judges, and...
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Denazification: How the Allies Tried to Erase Nazism

The denazification of Germany, launched by the Allies in 1945, stands as one of the most ambitious and controversial campaigns of social engineering in modern history. Paradoxically, this process, designed to eradicate Nazi ideology from German society once and for...
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