1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1294+ words) After the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded the island of Luzon in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, American and Filipino forces fought for three months around the Bataan Peninsula before finally surrendering. President Franklin D. Roosevelt then asked…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (848+ words) Countless weapons were designed and deployed during the Second World War. While we constantly hear about the more successful ones, like radar or the jet engine, we often forget about the ones that utterly failed to make any impact on…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1376+ words) Here are ten amusing'and sometimes tragic'times history's most influential figures were outmatched by creatures great and small. Related: 10 Fossilized Animals Caught in the Act Napoleon Bonaparte's military genius earned him a reputation for near invincibility, but even he was not…...