Striking a Cold War Bargain
Producer Darryl F. Zanuck received assistance from several NATO countries to help recreate D-Day in his epic 1962 film, "The Longest Day"
The Secret Art Bunker of Nuremberg
By the time war broke out in 1939, Nazi officials had already developed a detailed plan for a network of tunnels to smuggle and hide valuable artwork.
KAL 902 is Down: When the Soviets Attacked an Airliner
In a controversial Cold War incident, a Korean Air Lines 707 was downed by a missile from a Soviet fighter, killing two passengers and touching off a diplomatic firestorm.
Dying FDR’s Right-Hand Man Ran the War
Admiral William Leahy was the acting commander in chief as the president's health failed
Washington Came This Close to Executing an Innocent Man
The American commander was pressured to hang a Redcoat officer in retaliation for a patriot's murder
Hard Truth About Disarmament: Diplomacy Means Diddly
Iran will build a bomb when it's ready, despite treaty restrictions
Book Review: On a Knife’s Edge
Prit Buttar properly sets the WWII Battle of Stalingrad amid the broader context of winter campaigns in the Ukraine
How a U-Boat Captain’s Criticism of the Nazi Regime Sealed His Fate at the Hands of a Firing Squad
The Navy was considered a place of political independence—but that didn't keep Nazi ideologues and spies from joining its ranks
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Colonial Cryptographers Helped Patriots Win the Revolution
After a slow start, Washington's spymasters used mathematics, chemistry, and sneakiness to turn the tide against the British
Globetrotting Botanist Introduced America to Plum Plant Specimens
Frank Meyer combed Asia for unknown fruits and crops that proved valuable to U.S. agriculture
Cheap Shot: How the Sten Gun Saved Britain
In 1940 Britain desperately needed a submachine gun that could be made for about $10. The Sten gun fit the bill.
James Fenelon: Four Hours of Fury
Former paratrooper James Fenelon relates Operation Varsity, the March 1945 jump by U.S. troops on the German side of the Rhine
January 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about chemlights, the Ukraine, airborne turrets and WWI relics
