History-Computer on MSN

The deadliest medieval weapons in all of history

We often romanticize the Middle Ages, seeing them as a time of chivalry, gallant knights, and castles. Beneath all of this ...
History Hit TV on MSN

The Schöningen Spears | The Oldest Weapons in Human History_

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, Researcher at the University of Reading, about the significance of the Schöningen ...
The Aviationist

A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...
Human Rights Watch

Incendiary Weapons: Developments and Recommendations

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the firebombings of Tokyo and Dresden, which vividly demonstrated the horrors of incendiary weapons. The conflagrations they produced killed an estimated ...
Human Rights Watch

Incendiary Weapons: Need For Stronger Law and a New Forum

Eighty years ago, the firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo demonstrated the horrors of incendiary weapons. These UK and US airstrikes near the end of the Second World War blanketed large cities with ...