18th CENTURY CHINESE ACCOUNT OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA Colin Liddell January 31, 2021 0 This account of England and America is taken from the Hai-lu (1783-1797), a book by the Chinese traveller Xia Qinggao Hsieh Ch'ing kao... Read more »
THE MONGOLOCAUST Colin Liddell January 27, 2021 0 Genghis the Menace Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, and we are being reminded once again that killing large numbers of people, especia... Read more »
Life of Antigonus Gonatas Colin Liddell December 16, 2020 0 Coin of the "Bazileos" Antigonus with head of Poseidon. 319 BC (1) Antigonus was born around 319 B.C. He was related to t... Read more »
NAZI FAILURE TO EMBRACE MASS PRODUCTION ENSURED GERMAN DEFEAT Colin Liddell December 12, 2020 2 The StuG assault gun, effective and easy to mass produce, Germany's neglected war winner. After the unexpectedly quick victory over Fra... Read more »
A TALE OF TWO SURRENDERS Colin Liddell November 21, 2020 0 "Be nice to those you meet on the way up because you will meet them on the way down." Watch the Wheel of Fortune turn full circle... Read more »
IMAGE: MERCEDES-BENZ SALUTES THE FUHRER Colin Liddell November 09, 2020 0 Mercedes-Benz probably wants to memory-hole this photo, but it shows what was quite common at the time, big German companies that were fully... Read more »
A GERMAN WWI SOLDIER DESCRIBES KILLING A FRENCHMAN Colin Liddell November 06, 2020 0 A German soldier from World War One describes the moment he killed a French soldier and how he felt about it for the rest of his life. No m... Read more »