Blitzkrieg

German for 'lightning war'. An intense military campaign designed for quick victory.

Fact of the Day

A rhinoceros kept as an exotic 'pet' during the Enlightenment was given three bottles of wine a day

"And if I am to estimate the penalty justly, I say that maintenance in the Prytaneum is the just return. "

~ Plato reporting Socrates' suggestion for punishment

1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped in front of king's horse at Epsom, but didn't expect to be killed - she'd bought a ticket home.

1940 The final day of the Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo). 338,226 British, French and Belgian soldiers were rescued in total.