The Odd Historian

In 1626 Daniel Van Crieckenbeeck, a captain at Fort Orange on the Hudson River, disobeyed orders to stay out of

“War is politics by other means”, as one Prussian general famously quipped. And just like politics, one should not be

Part of The Forgotten Crimes Series  The resort town of Sochi in Russia may look serene but here lies buried the

From extraordinary lives and gruesome deaths to humiliating defeat and heady victory, our list brings all the tragedy and victory