WWII Figures
Book Review: Hermann Ehrhardt
John Koster profiles German monarchist Hermann Ehrhardt as a foil to disastrous Führer Adolf Hitler
WWII Figures
Dick Cole, 103, Last of the Doolittle Raiders
Cole was co-pilot to famed USAAF Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane of 16 B-25B bombers that boldly raided targets in Japan on April 18, 1942
WWII Figures
Conversation with Dick Cole, the Last of the Doolittle Raiders
A conversation with Dick Cole who copiloted the lead B-25 with Doolittle in the famous 1942 raid...
Middle Ages
Hallowed Ground | Pwll Melyn, Wales
Owain Glyndwr is the preeminent national hero of Wales. From 1400 to 1415 he led a war of independence against the English under King Henry IV
Military History
Moscow’s Afghan Morass
As the Soviet Union learned in the 1980s, Afghanistan will not be ruled from the outside—nor perhaps from the inside
Military History
Rebel with a Lost Cause
Exiled Roman commander Quintus Sertorius waged a guerrilla-style civil war in Hispania, where time proved his greatest enemy
WWII Battles
VIDEO: In Alaska, the 2nd Deadliest Battle of the Pacific
The Battle of Attu in May of 1943 was the only land battle of World War II fought on incorporated U.S. territory. It was the second deadliest battle in the Pacific Theater, after Iwo Jima, due largely to a failed last-ditch banzai charge.
Military History
An Ear for Trouble
A barbaric encounter aboard a seized merchantman off Cuba roused Britain to war with Spain for dominance in the Caribbean
Asia
Book Review: The Pirate World
Angus Konstam recounts the history of maritime outlawry as far back as the second millennium BC
Military History
The Destruction of C Force
In 1941 Japanese invaders conquered Hong Kong in just 17 days—four years of suffering followed for Canadian defenders
World War I
Book Review: A Lab of One’s Own
The void created by men going off to combat in World War I opened professional doors for women, Patricia Fara explains
World War II
Book Review: Operation Columba—The Secret Pigeon Service
As Gordon Corera relates, in 1941 British intelligence began dropping homing pigeons across Nazi-occupied Europe, hoping for a miracle
American Independence
Book Review: Gibraltar
Roy and Lesley Adkins reveal one of the most strategically important American Revolutionary War campaigns — on the far side of the Atlantic
American Independence
Book Review: Young Washington
There’s a side to George Washington few Americans know, and Peter Stark reveals it
