Tobias Lundqvist
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Jun- 2017 -24 JuneHistory
On this day (June 24) in 217 B.C.
On this day in 217 B.C., the Romans are ambushed and defeated by Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca at the Battle…
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22 JuneHistory
On this day (June 22) in 1941: Operation Barbarossa
Today is a significant date for two reasons: on this date in 1940, the Republic of France surrendered to Nazi…
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18 JuneHistory
On this day (June 18) in 1815: the Battle of Waterloo
On this day in 1815 stood the Battle of Waterloo between the resurgent forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Allied…
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6 JuneHistory
What if: Peace Treaty in the West after a German Victory in WW1
We can’t know for sure what terms the German Empire might have imposed on its enemies in the West, had…
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3 JuneHistory
On this day (June 3) in 1940: the Battle of Dunkirk
On this day in 1940, the Battle of Dunkirk ended with a German victory and with Allied forces in full…
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Apr- 2017 -20 AprilHistory
The Decline of Spain
A rather interesting event in European history is the fall of the Spanish Empire. When Philip II died in 1598,…
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Jan- 2017 -29 JanuaryHistory
The importance of naval supremacy, part 1: Rome and the Punic Wars
This is the first post in what hopefully will be an ongoing series of posts, aimed at recognizing and spreading…
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20 JanuaryEuropean Union
How the European Coal and Steel Community Came to Be
To us, today, the close cooperation between Italy, France, the Benelux countries, and Germany, which would eventually lead to the…
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