Fort William Henry, 1757: A Fate Worse Than Surrender
On capturing Fort William Henry in 1757, the French commander offered his British prisoners safe passage—but his Indian allies weren’t feeling as magnanimous
The Fight for the ‘14th Colony,’ Nova Scotia
At the onset of the American Revolution the British and Americans each sought to sway New England settlers and First Nations tribes in Nova Scotia
The Wages of War
In 1965 Rhodesia’s white-minority government went rogue, sparking a war whose reverberations have left a nation in anguish
The Korean War That Almost Was
In the late 1960s North Korean incursions along the DMZ threatened to reignite the long dormant Korean War
Beneath Their Very Feet
In a covert 18-month effort Allied soldiers tunneled beneath German lines in Flanders to plant more than 500 tons of explosives
George H.W. Bush: A Nation Bids Farewell
Hearse, not horses, took former president to lie in state in the Capitol
Red, White and Blue Over China
Amid the Second Opium War in 1856 a U.S. Navy commander violated his nation’s neutrality to defend the honor of the American flag
High Tide of Viking Ireland
At Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 the Irish united under High King Brian Boru to drive out Viking invaders
Queen’s Ransom
How Hawaii’s indebted last queen lost her throne to sugar barons and the American rush to empire
Payoff in Tokyo Bay
In September 1945 General Douglas MacArthur commanded center stage aboard the battleship Missouri as Japan’s surrender ended World War II
Camelback Colonialism
The Somaliland Camel Corps mopped up a Mad Mullah and policed and pacified the British protectorate through two world wars
Narrow Path to Victory
Though almost comical in aspect, narrow-gauge trains proved a lifeline to frontline troops in World War I
Sky Above, Mud Below
Only those who endured the shrieking shells, stagnant water, creeping rats and rotting corpses could truly convey the horrors of World War I trench warfare
Hernán Cortés: Master of the Conquest
Hernán Cortés himself—not Spanish arms, smallpox or Mesoamerican allies—was the catalyst behind the stunning defeat of the Aztec empire
Peter Kemp: ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
British commando Peter Kemp did just as Churchill ordered, fighting oppression in Europe and elsewhere
Was This British WWI Hero a Spy for Japan in WWII?
Royal Navy pilot Rutland earned a reputation as a WWI hero before a misstep led to his disgrace in 1941
