SS John Burke was carrying ammunition to the Philippines when a kamikaze struck in December 1944. Naval records place the filmed explosion within the dangerous supply operations around Mindoro.
Historium Journal
History, examined beyond the frame.
Long-form reporting, research notes, and deeper context for the people and events explored in our films.
Beş muhalefet liderinin kariyeri üzerinden seçim yenilgilerini, parti içi gücü ve siyasette kalıcılığı inceleyen bir karşılaştırma. Farklı seçim türlerini tek bir yenilgi sayısında toplamanın sınırlarıyla.
Five political careers show different routes through electoral defeat and party leadership. This comparison considers political staying power and the limits of combining unlike elections into one count.
Iran’s twentieth-century history spans foreign intervention, Pahlavi state-building and the 1979 revolution. Changes in daily life and gender relations complicate a simple before-and-after story.
In 1965, Che Guevara brought a Cuban mission to support rebels in the Congo. Diaries and diplomatic records reveal the mission’s divided alliances, practical obstacles and eventual withdrawal.
Switzerland remained neutral while trading with Nazi Germany and restricting refugee entry. The Bergier inquiry and archival records examine the economic choices and human costs behind that neutrality.
Che Guevara’s Bolivian campaign ended with the capture of a depleted guerrilla group in October 1967. Declassified reports help distinguish the campaign’s final events from later retellings.
Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem exposed his role in the deportation of European Jews. The article follows the prosecution, execution and contemporary reporting of his final statements.
Converted from a Yamato-class battleship hull, Shinano sailed before her systems were ready. USS Archerfish’s attack and failures in damage control explain why the carrier sank on her first voyage.
HMS Barham was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on 25 November 1941. Film and survivor testimony record the battleship’s rapid loss while preserving different views of the men and events behind the image.