The Enemy is Watching

Military Liaison Missions or MLMs were established in Germany after World War II to avoid misunderstandings between the four victorious Allied victors. This is a short history of the MLMs with an emphasis upon the American one located in Potsdam near Berlin.

Submitted By clarsonimus

Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport

Although this the world´s first commercial airport was once admiringly described by British star architect Lord Norman Foster as being the "mother of all airports", Tempelhof Airport, Berlin´s well-loved "City Airport", will soon be closing it´s hangar doors for good. A symbol of the Berlin Airlift and the once so highly-held German-American friendship, a nearly bankrupt Berlin city and state government no longer has enough money to keep the historic airport open.

Submitted By clarsonimus

Ghost Rocket Ghost Town: Germany’s V2 Test Center at Peenemunde

During World War II, the small German town of Peenemünde on the island of Usedom, located directly on the Baltic coast near the border between Germany and Poland, became home to the high-tech center for research and testing of the infamous unmanned V2 ("blockbuster") guided missiles, as well as the V1 ("buzz bomb") models.

Submitted By clarsonimus

Much Maligned Queen - Marie-Antoinette
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This is a short biography of Marie-Antoinette, the unfortunate Queen of France who was beheaded by French Revolutionaries. She is still regarded by many as a heartless, insensitive woman, who said that the peasants 'could eat cake' and single-handedly drove the economy to bankruptcy. This tells her true story.

Submitted By Lisa-Anne Sanderson

Religion and Power in Western Society

This historical traces the movement of power from the Catholic Church after the fall of the Roman Empire to the Monarchy/Parliament in England. It includes sources

Submitted By Michelle Blain

Take the Sign of the Cross: The Knights Templar

This is a short history of the Knights Templar, a famous organization of medieval knights who fought in the Crusades. They are mentioned in the popular book, The De Vinci Code.

Submitted By Lisa-Anne Sanderson