A wrong turn in fog off the California coast led to the largest peacetime disaster in American naval history ~humanities.history Article 12 124 words, published Aug 22 2023 8 votes
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The Battle of Fishkill: When Domenic Broccoli set out to expand his restaurant empire in upstate New York, he didn’t expect to find a grave site — or start a war ~humanities.history Article 6174 words 6 votes
Some historians say that the last US Revolutionary War battle was fought in India ~humanities.history Article 14 votes
The campaign in the desert of North Africa in 1940-1943 mapped ~humanities.history Video 21:02 7 votes
Eighty year anniversary of a speed record build of a WW2 bomber ~humanities.history Article 416 words 7 votes
Cold War British RMP video shown to travellers before driving from West Germany to West Berlin through the Soviet East German corridor ~humanities.history Video 16:09, published Oct 29 2019 8 votes
How well suited is Sweden's Saab JAS 39 Gripen and their dispersal operations in NATO's air forces? ~humanities.history Video 20:30, published Jun 8 2023 3 votes
Is a highlander shield bulletproof? Targe vs flintlock musket and pistol - Historical myth busting ~humanities.history Video 41:47 5 votes
Top-secret atomic bunker has opened to the public in Denmark – built to withstand a nuclear attack, it's now an astonishing subterranean museum ~humanities.history Article 1431 words 6 votes
The history of the boycott: How one Englishman’s name has ended up in every dictionary since 1888 ~humanities.languages Link 8 votes
The long history of the figurative 'literally'—and eight great writers who used it ~humanities.languages Article 1521 words, published Mar 20 2023 2 votes
Why did Denmark gain land after WW1 despite being neutral? ~humanities.history Video 3:23, published Apr 25 2022 4 votes
Scientists have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark ~humanities.languages Article 413 words 6 votes
US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in thirty minutes – and kept it a secret for fifty years ~humanities.history Article 1508 words 8 votes
World's oldest runestone found in Norway – 2,000-year-old inscription is among the earliest examples of words recorded in writing ~humanities.languages Article 476 words 9 votes
Crippling Hitler's navy – the battle that knocked out 50% of the Kriegsmarine's destroyers in Norway ~humanities.history Video 11:42, published Dec 25 2022 4 votes
Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the 17th-century warship Vasa ~humanities.history Article 463 words 7 votes
Jerry cans: The true secret weapon of WWII ~humanities.history Video 30:14, published Feb 28 2022 5 votes
The true history of the Knights Templar with Dan Jones ~humanities.history Video 44:49, published Aug 31 2022 4 votes
Logistics: How did they do it? Part III, on the move ~humanities.history Article 10 058 words, published Aug 12 2022 6 votes
Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde said she won't return a historical document to Poland, as it was a “legitimate” spoil of war ~humanities.history Article 226 words, published Jul 27 2022 2 votes
How ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their enemies ~humanities.history Article 1226 words 8 votes
The polyglots of Dardistan - At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match ~humanities.languages Article 3530 words 3 votes
Interesting histories: Female — Male — Woman — Man ~humanities.languages Article 456 words, published Jul 17 2017 6 votes
What was watchtower duty like on the Roman frontier? ~humanities.history Video 13:40, published Dec 23 2021 7 votes
"Sword breakers" were rare and we don't know much about them. How were they used and what were they really for? Two experienced rapier fencers experiment with one to discover more about them. ~humanities.history Video 10:11 11 votes