As Allied troops were storming the beaches of Normandy during World War II, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the crew of a “C” model B-25 Mitchell bomber dipped low during a training run over the wat... Read more
Hirohito: The early years The eldest son of Crown Prince Yoshihito, Hirohito was born within the confines of the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo on April 29, 1901. Imperial family members were not ra... Read more
Pearl Harbor and the Road to War Although the attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, the United States and Japan had been edging towards war for decades. The United States was especially unh... Read more
On the day the United States of America pays tribute to those who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the USS Arizona memorial will recognize the man who was the... Read more
In August 1945, during World War II, America dropped two atomic bombs in the space of three days over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, immediately killing over 120,000 people. The Manhattan Project B... Read more
Born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili, Joseph Stalin was born on 18 December 1878, or 6 December 1878 according to the Old Style Julian calendar (however, he later chose a new birth date for... Read more
Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio in Italy. The Mussolinis were a poor family living in a packed two-bedroom flat. Benito Mussolini’s father was a follower of... Read more
The Big House brought out red, white (a little maize) and blue this weekend in honour of Veterans Day Wednesday, taking the opportunity to remember and honour the historic accounts of the U.... Read more
During the Second World War, the United States military orchestrated chemical weapons experiments in secret on about 40,000 American soldiers. Although the program was declassified in 1993,... Read more
