A Nine-Hour Carnage
The Rape Of Nanking. December 1937. The most notorious mass atrocity, the Rape of Nanking. Japanese troops entered the city…
Hiroshima And Nagasaki
American Politicians Scrambled To Justify What They Had Done. When Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945, his Vice-President, Harry Truman,…
The Synthetic Sex Symbol
Frank Sinatra Never Short-Changed His Fans. It was said of Frank Sinatra, ‘Every man wanted to be him and every…
Remembering Bomber Command
Few British People Know What We Actually Did To Germany. To this day, few British people know what we actually…
UK Mining Disasters
A Disaster In The Tiny South Wales Mining Village Of Aberfan. In October 1966, a disaster occurred in the tiny…
The Queen’s First TV Christmas Message
The Queen Thought Churchill Was Fun. In April 1955, the Queen showed she was prepared to do the unexpected by…