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80World War 1: The Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow
The German Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow, Britain's main North Sea Navy Port, and had been since soon after the surrender. 21st June 1919, Rear-Admiral Ludwig von Reuter sent a signal out to the fleet with extraoridinary consequences.
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73The Paris Metro: Maps and Videos
Paris Metro for sightseeing: how to use it for sightseeing and travel in Paris and environs. Maps, guides, information. Getting to airports, Eurodisney and Versailles using the Metro. History of the Metro and books about the Metro. Paris walking tour.
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70Appeasing Hitler
In the novel “The Last Lion-Alone 1932-1940”, book two of William Manchester’s biography of Sir Winston Churchill, Manchester paints a vivid and frustrating picture of the British Government during the...
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71Your Paris Holiday: Real Romance and Film Romance
Paris is romantic, if you walk down the street with your imagination whispering all the while in your ear. As I mentioned in another post, I've heard that Paris is the word most used in movie titles. (You can...
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50What to See in Paris
Paris is known as the City of Romance, and the city is a great place to go with your partner for a romantic weekend. In Paris you find everything from great food and shopping to some very interesting sights.
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72Death of Henry Allingham - Veteran of World War I and Original Member of Britain's RAF
July 19, 2009 With the death of Henry William Allingham in the early morning hours of July 18, 2009 the number of known surviving veterans of World War I, or the Great War as it is known outside the U.S.,...
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60BMW In A Class Of Its Own
BMW has came a long way from the early 1900's when a well known gentleman by the name of Karl Friedrich Rapp formed Rapp Motoren Werke. The company specialized in aircrafts engines and in 1912 Rapp Motoren...
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81Linderhof - King Ludwig's Palace
Linderhof is in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany and the smallest of the palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It was the only one Ludwig saw finished. Ludwig used to go there with his father on...
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80The Palace Of Versailles History
The Palace Of Versailles History 17Kms S/W of Paris Built in 1631, this fabulous palace was originally Louis XIII’s modest hunting lodge, set in the relatively poor and barren area of Versailles....
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71Stealing her style: Marie Antoinette
Ash blonde hair and Versailles blue...Marie Antoinette remains a fashion icon right up there with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn; which is rather impressive considering other historical figures of her time have fallen by the wayside and been long forgotten
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