Topics about history and social matters.
If you’re an attentive reader of contemporary books, printed periodicals, and online news media, you’ll probably notice over time a, as it were, familiar set of recurring themes, reflecting upon a disturbing recent event or some political circumstance.
One of those recurring themes is the promise of a catastrophic collapse of national economies, financial markets, and vital devices such as food supply chains or the healthcare system.
Another … read more
1. Introduction
2. Slovakia during the 2nd World War
3. Operation Anthropoid
3.1. Exiles
3.2. Prelude
3.3. Preparations
3.4. Assassination
4. Aftermath
5. Epilogue
6. References
During the apex of the global pandemic in 2020 a remote family member of mine passed away quietly in a nursing home where she had been living in her last years. She was well over ninety, and due to … read more
It is the 29 April 1429.
English troops have been besieging Orléans, a city situated on the powerful Loire river in north-central France, for over six months.
The French royal army faces once more its main adversary in a gruesome and convoluted conflict which is smoldering for several decades now (this long period of consecutive military campaigns will later be referred to as Hundred Years’ War1 by historians) … read more