Oscar wilde photographed by Napoleon Sarony in 1882 • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS “The love that dares not speak its name, […] it is for it that I am placed where I am now. It is beautiful, it is pure, it is the noblest form of affection. It was with this plea that Irish writer Oscar Wilde made history, i
The Wealth Program was one of many plans developed during the Cold War aimed at annihilating the adversary. The goal was to develop a flying vehicle-missile drone that would fly for a very long time propelled by a thruster-type engine powered by a nuclear reactor. In early 1957 the US Air Force c
December 7, 1940 the RAF bombed Italian airfields as far as Tripoli. British Commander Richard OConnors attack, which began the following day, pitted his two divisions against nine Italian divisions. Despite their clear numerical inferiority , the British successively overwhelmed enemy fortresses s
HMS Rodney was the second and last battleship of the Nelson class. The ship entered service in 1928. It was designed under the limitations of the Washington Naval Armaments Treaty. She served well in World War II, taking part in the naval engagements in Norwegian waters and the sinking of the German