This sunken WWII ammo ship still threatens London
The SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty Ship that wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944. After running aground on…
The SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty Ship that wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944. After running aground on…
In 1939, Britain’s King George VI visited New York and Washington after a trip to Canada. He was the first reigning British monarch to come to the United States. Before…
The special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States is a relatively recent relationship. During the Civil War, things were much less cordial and often downright hostile. Yet,…
At a time when England was still getting over the Norman conquest and Europe was headed into the High Middle Ages, the Khwarazmian Empire was on the rise in Central…
World War I is famously known as the war to end all wars that resulted in the shattering of many countries. It left generations with memories of horrors they had…
Albert Pierrepoint knew from a young age that he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps of sorts. His father Henry was a hard-drinking day laborer who sometimes acted as…
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III was immediately made sovereign of the United Kingdom. With that change came name changes all over the former commonwealth, including…
Dame Fanny Lucy Houston, Lady Houston wasn’t born with those titles. She was actually born in 1857 into a large, working class family in London. She later became a professional…
From September 1940 to May 1941, the German Luftwaffe conducted a massive bombing campaign against Britain. Commonly referred to as the Blitz, these attacks included industrial targets as well as…
Historical figures like Sir Winston Churchill are written about, analyzed and even lionized. But few figures in history are approachable on a human level because they left few of their…