The German battleship Bismarck was the most formidable warship in Europe. But on May 27, 1941, the combined effects of torpedo damage and scuttling left it at the bottom of the Atlantic.When the Nazis finished its construction, the German battleship Bismarck was the most powerful warship in Europe. Commissioned in 1940, Bismarck immediately posed a lethal threat to both Allied shipping and the British navy. But eight days into Bismarck‘s maiden mission to intercept supplies carried to England, the British navy brought it down in a mission that was part strategy and part revenge. Read More...
Teresita Basa was an immigrant from the Philippines who was found mysteriously murdered in her Chicago apartment in 1977. But then, her “ghost” tipped detectives off to her killer's identity.TwitterTeresita Basa was found dead in Chicago on February 21, 1977.
The brutal murder of Teresita Basa went unsolved for years. From the day she was killed in 1977, Chicago-area police were stumped by the crime that seemed to have no motive, no leads, and no chance of being solved. Read More...
A New Status For Prisoners Wikimedia Commons
The Geneva Convention and the 1907 Hague Convention strictly regulate the treatment of wartime prisoners. Captured enemy soldiers cannot be tortured or executed if they were wearing their country’s uniform when caught. They cannot be put on display or publicly humiliated, nor can they be overworked or punished for no reason. The conventions are stringent about their provisions: Every single POW must be fed and housed up to a standard equal to what their guards get, for example. Read More...
