The siege of Pavlov’s House (26 September 1942 till 25 November 1942)

The house built parallel to the embankment of the river Volga, Prior to the war, the four story building Pavlov’s......

Siegert on State Liability in the First World War

[We have the following book announcement from our friends at Max Planck.  DRE]The Max Planck Institute for European......

Unit 2 - Unification of Italy & Germany

Here you have two videos explaining the italian and the german unification processes in just 3 minutes... Not easy, not......

Battle of Wizna in 1939

In 1939 Poland was halfway through a six-year military expansion plan aimed at modernizing and strengthening the armed......

The International City of Tangier

The flag of the International City of TangierAt first glance, Tangier (طنجة) seems like an unremarkable seaside town, a......

The Strangest Battle of the Second World War

Castle Itter in the 1970sOn the 5th of May 1945, five days after the suicide of Adolf Hitler, the usually serene Castle......

The 1848 Revolutions and Why They Failed

Often neglected, mocked gently and greeted with excessive sarcasm by historians, the 1848 revolutions of Europe were the......