As a freshly minted lieutenant in the Twelfth Aero Squadron, Robert Paradise took to the sky as one of the Army Air Service’s early aerial observation pilots.
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Jutland, The Greatest Naval Battle of WWI
The clash of dreadnoughts was as gigantic as it was indecisive. Both sides were losers. Nonetheless, the battle was a turning point.
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Speaking American
An 1816 church election threw fuel on a fiery national debate about immigrants, patriotism […]
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An Ace for the Czar
Aviation pioneer Boris Sergievsky began his flying career in the World War I air battles over the Eastern Front.
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Commanding by T-Mail
How Abraham Lincoln used the new technology of telegraphy to win the war and […]
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The Fierce Pride of the Texas Brigade
Duty, honor and a fervent desire to uphold the fighting reputation of the Lone […]
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Black Soldiers, Southern Victory?
Patrick Cleburne’s plan for arming slaves might have turned the tide of the Civil […]
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No Ports in a Storm
As World War II dawned, Great Britain had already lost an important battle, one that would have costly consequences.
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Night of the Long Knives
Adolf Hitler needed Ernst Röhm and his storm troops to climb to power in […]
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A Quickly Improvised Panzer Killer
The M-3 Gun Motor Carriage served the U.S. Army’s tank destroyer force temporarily but […]