Named after George Karaiskakis, a hero in the 19th century Greek War of Independence, the Karaiskakis Stadium was the velodrome…
It is usual to describe the survivors of accidents as ‘lucky’, but in the case of the ill-fated Uruguayan college…
On a dark winter’s evening in 1951 a 52-strong company of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps set out to…
If a pilot heading into the lofty urban jungle of New York City on a foggy morning rejects the chance…
‘Strength through joy’ was the slogan of the state-controlled leisure organization in Nazi Germany. The Kraft durch Freude (KdF) was…
In World War II the Japanese treated captives with extreme cruelty, and never was this more evident than when prisoners…
The evacuation of 340,000 beleaguered British and French troops from Dunkirk by early June 1940 was a minor miracle for…
Great Britain’s airship programme crashed and burned with the ill-fated R101, but others would be slow to learn the lesson.…
During the early 20th century the first flying machines - hot air balloons used from the 1780s - were developed…
It was the ultimate stroke of bad luck, or bad seamanship. Sailors who survived the dangers of life on the…