Section
History & War
Wars, empires and the people caught between them — told from the record, with the gaps marked as gaps.
Why Hitler Didn't Invade Turkey: A 1941 Neutrality Mystery
8 min read
Cahokia: North America's Lost City of 20,000 People in 1100
13 min read
Petar Blagojevic: Serbia's Real 1725 Vampire Exhumation
7 min read
WPA Boondoggle: FDR's $11 Billion New Deal Project
6 min read
Halil Inalcik: Why This 20th-Century Historian Still Shapes Ottoman Studies
9 min read
1939 Ankara Pact: How Turkey Stayed Neutral in WWII
6 min read
Post-WWII Germany: The 1945 Demmin Mass Suicide
9 min read
Mihailo Tolotos: The Monk Who Never Saw a Woman in 82 Years
9 min read
Cem Sultan: What If He Had Toppled Bayezid II in 1481?
11 min read
Ataturk's Final Days: Inside Dolmabahce Palace 1938
11 min read
Why Christmas Is on December 25: The 336 AD Origin
10 min read