by David West | Jun 23, 2025 | News
On the 23rd of June, 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn began. The Battle of Bannockburn, fought over two tumultuous days, remains one of the most significant and celebrated events in Scottish history. A pivotal clash during the First War of Scottish Independence, this...
by David West | Jun 22, 2025 | News
On the 22nd of June, 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Named after the medieval Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the operation was driven by Adolf Hitler’s ideological goals and strategic objectives, fundamentally...
by David West | Jun 21, 2025 | News
On the 21st of June, 2009, Greenland assumed self-rule. Trump wants to annex Greenland, so let’s have a closer look at the place. Greenland, the world’s largest island, sits between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
by David West | Jun 20, 2025 | News
On the 20th of June, 1945, the US Secretary of State approved the transfer of Werner Von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Operation Paperclip was a clandestine programme initiated by the United States...
by David West | Jun 19, 2025 | News
On the 19th of June, 1903, Benito Mussolini was arrested by Bern police for advocating a general strike. He was at the time a radical socialist. Benito Mussolini, born on the 29th of July 1883, in Predappio, Italy, was one of the most influential yet controversial...
