Franco-Prussian War Soldiers Found and Reburied 150 Years Later
Six soldiers from the Franco-Prussian War received a burial 150 years after they died, thanks to French and German authorities and an accidental discovery
October 16, 1940—Uncle Sam’s Got Your Number, Guys
With war in the wings, the United States began calling men into service in 1940
Book Review: Operation Dragoon
Robin Cross relates the operational complexities of Operation Dragoon in southern France
Norton I, America’s First Emperor: Fraud or Genius?
Norton I, Emperor of the United States, was San Francisco's favorite benign fraudster
How Oscar Wilde Captured America’s Fancy
Oscar Wilde came to conquer American with an arched eyebrow and a saucy demeanor
Book Review: Normandy ’44
James Holland outlines the complexities of the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, history's largest amphibious operation
Hitler’s Two Armies
Despite rivalry and organizational differences, both the Waffen S.S. and the German Army were responsible for crimes against humanity during World War II.
Book Review: Legion Versus Phalanx
Myke Cole considers the historical clashes between formations of the Greek phalanx and Roman legion
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
Every half century or so comes a book in a particular field or area of history that is monumental, that immediately becomes the authority on that subject.
July 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about their fathers' World War II experiences and shipwrecks, while we mourn one of our own
