Erich Topp, the commander of the German submarine U-552

Erich Topp was born on July 2, 1914 in Hanover. From July 1940 to August 1942, he sank 34...

Edouard Petibon, a French sailor onboard the battleship Bretagne

Edouard Petibon, a native of Nantes, serving onboard the battleship Bretagne. He was killed in action when his ship...

Oberjäger Gaspar Wallnöfer, an Austro-Hungarian soldier

Oberjäger Gaspar Wallnöfer, also spelled Caspar Walnöfer, a veteran of the third Italian War of Independence (1866). He volunteered...

Mikhail Yakovlevich, a young Red Army soldier

Mikhail Yakovlevich, receiving his baptism of fire at Kursk, at the age of 18.

Takahata Mikio, a crew member of battleship Yamato

Takahata Mikio, a crew member of battleship Yamato. He was killed in action during the ship’s final mission in...

Avenger Of Carrhae, Publius Ventidius Bassus Quiz

Kingdom Of The Franks Quiz

Did legionaries serving under Caesar’s command dislike him so much that they insulted him during his own’s triumph?

The historian Suetonius told us that, during the triumph of Julius Caesar, something unexpected, even shocking, happened. Legionnaires passing...

Why did the Romans conquer Britannia and Gaul but not Germania?

The Roman Empire was huge. East Africa, Levant, Greece and others, all had been conquered by the mighty legions....

Corporal Sydney Bates, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroism displayed at Normandy, at the age of 23

Born on June 14, 1921 in Camberwell, London. At the start of the war, Bates worked in a carpentry...