The History Of The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal’s history began with an early 20th-century engineering feat, where the United States completed the canal in 1914 after France’s unsuccessful attempt in the late 19th century. This 50-mile waterway, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, revolutionized global…
The Brutal Prison Hulks, What Were They?
In Georgian and Victorian Britain, convicts faced exceptionally grim circumstances, with those imprisoned on prison hulks facing the most severe hardships. Introduced in England in 1776, hulks emerged as a short-term solution to the pressing issue of prison overcrowding. With…
Project Habakkuk – An Iceberg Aircraft Carrier
Project Habakkuk was an audacious and innovative British plan during World War II to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a frozen mixture of wood pulp and ice, that would be virtually unsinkable. Conceived by Geoffrey Pyke and endorsed…
The Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering
The Carroll A. Deering, a five-masted schooner, was found abandoned under mysterious circumstances off the coast of North Carolina in 1921, with its crew vanished and the ship aground on Diamond Shoals. Despite extensive investigations by the Coast Guard, FBI,…
The Atlantic Wall One of the Greatest Defenses in History?
The Atlantic Wall was a massive defensive line constructed by Nazi Germany along the western coast of Europe during World War II. The wall stretched from the Spanish border to the northernmost point of Norway, covering over 2,400 miles of…
The Battle Of Surigao Strait
The Battle of Surigao Strait, fought on October 25, 1944, was a key component of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II. In this naval confrontation, the U.S. Seventh Fleet under Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf decisively defeated…