Helen Ruth lived alone. Her husband Babe had left her. He was building a life in New York with another woman, but Helen…
George Ruth Senior had sent his son away when the boy was seven years old. Sent him to St. Mary’s Industrial School for…
New York, winter 1923. Private meeting, expensive restaurant, Manhattan, table in, corner, away from, others, privacy, complete privacy. Three men sitting, talking quietly.…
New York City, April 1925. Spring baseball season starting. Ruth sick, very sick. Collapsed at train station. Returning from spring training. Something wrong.…
Here’s something nobody believes until seeing statistics. Babe Ruth known for home runs. Known for power, known for being heavy, being slow, being…
Es gibt diese seltenen Momente in der politischen Landschaft, in denen ein einziger Satz, ein einziges Wort ausreicht, um eine ohnehin schon angespannte…
June 1941. The war in North Africa had been raging for a full year, and the British were losing. General Irwin Rummel and…
During the Second World War, the British Army swelled from roughly 900,000 men and women to nearly 3 million at its peak with…
The British army in the Second World War has often been overshadowed by the Soviet Union’s immense sacrifices on the Eastern Front and…
“We Felt Like Amateurs” How British Forces Shocked US Soldiers Fighting Taliban on Operation Herrick
July 2009, Sangan District, Helmond Province, Afghanistan. The Chinuk helicopter touched down in a cloud of brown dust. US Marine Sergeant Patrick Thornton…