POLISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN SOTLAND Colin Liddell January 30, 2023 0 Welcome to Hell: Rothesay, site of a Polish concentration camp in WWII From British Concentration Camps, A Brief History, 1900-75 , by Simo... Read more »
TO LOSE ONE ADMIRAL IS UNFORTUNATE, TO LOSE SIXTEEN IS TOTALLY RUSSIAN Colin Liddell January 28, 2023 0 The incompetence of the Russian military is legendary, and is very much in the public eye with the debacle in the Ukraine. But even in peac... Read more »
The Romanian "Night of the Long Knives" - Ion Antonescu and the Overthrow of the Iron Guard Colin Liddell January 27, 2023 2 Adolf Hitler, far from being an "extreme radical," as he is often portrayed, quite frequently sided with Conservative and est... Read more »
INTERVIEW WITH A "WAR CRIMINAL": HIDEKI TOJO Colin Liddell January 23, 2023 0 Tojo on trial in Tokyo This extract from the interrogation of Japan's wartime leader Hideki Tojo took place on the 25th of March, 1946, ... Read more »
WE ALL KNOW WHEN ROME FELL, BUT WHEN DID THE ROT SET IN? Colin Liddell January 09, 2023 0 The reasons for Rome's collapse are well known, namely depopulation, debasement of the currency, and the increasing reliance on Foeder... Read more »
The Year of the Four Emperors Colin Liddell December 30, 2022 0 Classicist Sean Gabb explains the events of 69 AD, the most baffling year in Roman history, when the assassination of Nero led to a frantic ... Read more »
What Happened to All Those German Helmets After the War? Colin Liddell December 29, 2022 0 In an interesting example of the expression "swords being beaten into ploughshares," this is what happened to many of the German... Read more »