A Winkelturme Hochbunker in Sarajevo
War produces monuments and detritus; which is which often depends on which side of the line you are standing on after the end of the
The Little Man Who Burned a City
The oil portraits don’t really do him justice. Prince Eugene of Savoy was short, even for the seventeenth century. He had buck-teeth. His nose overpowered
The Dog Responsible for Yugoslavia
Within the thousands of pictures the world has of Yugoslavia’s apex leader Josip Broz Tito are many, many photos of the Yugoslav leader in various
The Dragon
“God I fear slightly, the Sultan not at all, and the Grand Vizier no more than my own horse.” A man who would say those
How the Mauser Won the World
No one would have suspected that a humble German Mauser Rifle, carrying a breakthrough technology, would serve on many sides of the precursor conflicts to
The Balkan Ruler of the Ottomans
On 6 August 1566, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent died in bed while the Battle of Szigetvar raged around him. The Commander of the Ottoman Army,
The Slaves Who Ruled an Empire
Before the ink on the surrenders were dry in the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans, they began demanding a very special tribute from the inhabitants
The Abandoned Fort That Did Not Stop a War
Modern history books don’t necessarily print bald-faced lies, but they create mistaken impressions with tricks, and by leaving out certain facts. For instance, the greatest
How the Oplot Was Almost the Yatagan
Some of the most vicious battles in Balkans in the 18th Century were between Ukrainian troops, under the command of the Russian Czar, and Ottoman