A British soldier who became an independent explorer, a distinguished archaeologist, and one of history's greatest numismatists....

Let's examine the circumstances of the death of the Kazan Tsarevich Abdul-Latyf and conduct a brief investigation into the validity of the accusations against Grand Duke Vasily III Ivanovich of his murder.

How a Dutch invasion, a royal flight and a legal ploy became the working constitution Britain has used for three hundred years...

The production of German synthetic rubber, buna, was such a complex process that it could only have been created as a result of a targeted military mobilization effort....

When Trump refuses to negotiate with Iran because he cannot negotiate from a position of strength, we must remember that this is an American tradition, the roots of which lie in the Korean War...

By the end of 1919, the "stab in the back" legend had gained a parliamentary platform, a printed document, and a national guarantor in Hindenburg - and the next twenty-five years became the story of how one...

The desire for honor and glory is commendable until it begins to harm the cause......

Textbooks list May 1, 1707, as the birth of Great Britain, but a single parliament, common taxes, and the abolition of internal customs appeared on the island as early as 1654 – by the ordinance of Oliver Cromwell,...

The outposts are burning, but the border guards remain. It's an old story that never happened...

The origins and youth of P. Wittgenstein, the first military campaigns of the article's hero - the war with the rebels of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1794 and the Persian campaign of 1796...

85 years ago, the Nazis captured the island of Crete. Operation Mercury went down in history as the first major airborne operation...

The legend of the "stab in the back" was invented not by the Nazis or street orators, but by the Supreme Command of the German Army – a month before the signing of the armistice and long before the first sailor set out...

Textbooks like to repeat that Great Britain was born on March 24, 1603, when James II of Scotland assumed the English crown. In reality, something entirely different was born that night, and James knew it...

The Tang Dynasty (618–907) was the height of China's power. Emperor Taizong (Li Shimin) led his large, well-armed, and highly moral army from...

Around 1588, an Iranian embassy led by Andi Bey arrived in Moscow. A return mission to the Safavid Empire was led by G. B. Vasilchikov; the twists and turns of his journey will be discussed in this article...

We study history to be better prepared for today's crises... at least using the fuel crisis of the 1920s as an example....

There is evidence of long-standing contacts between Ireland and the Scandinavian world, dating back well before the end of the 8th century. Irish hermit monks were not isolated, and their voyages between Ireland and their...

Beyond combat operations on land, in the air, and at sea, the fight in the information space is no less important. In Korea, the "UN troops" had to face the masters of this warfare...

On June 28, 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, two German ministers signed a treaty that was supposed to prevent a new war—and, within twenty years, led to it...

A Russian colonel, a successful "admiral" of a squadron of privateering ships, a corsair who declared himself "King of Sparta," favored by Catherine II, and the first owner of the Crimean estate of Livadia...

In 1918, the prototypes from 1916 and the proven tools from 1917 came together for the first time to form a working system—incomplete for the Germans, almost complete for the Allies—and the arrangement of the components decided the outcome...

With Wales, the sword of Edward I decided everything, with Ireland – centuries of colonial control, and with Scotland, England had to negotiate for two hundred years, trying out four different unions, before finally, in 1707...

The history of domestic license plates, like many other events in our wonder-filled country, is quite convoluted.

After the death of Shah Tahmasp I, Safavid Iran plunged into civil strife, which was not lost on both the conquered peoples and the neighbors to the west and east; in this situation, Qazvin...