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Military History Magazine
If you believe that spirits linger in locations where large numbers of men have perished suddenly—not all of them battlefields—then Port Chicago, Calif., qualifies as haunted ground. It’s not much today, an industrial community on...
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Aviation History Magazine
A veteran of the B-24 raid on Ploesti tells the real story behind the costly mission. The events in the skies over the Mediterranean and southern Europe on August 1, 1943, have long been a historical bone of contention. On that fateful day...
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Military History
The heroism of a small band of British soldiers in northern France is remembered worldwide 80 years after they were murdered by Waffen SS troops in what is known as the Wormhoudt Massacre. On May 28, 1940, about 100 soldiers from the 2nd...
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Military History
From her earliest years, Elizabeth Southerden Thompson admired soldiers. A talented artist, she devoted her career to depicting battle scenes and men of war. Her skill at military artwork was so impressive that she became a sensation in...
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Military History
Among the most feared warriors in Japanese history were those of the Shinsengumi secret police, professional swordsmen who served as a special forces unit for the Tokugawa shogun from 1863 to 1869. This close-knit troop of men terrorized...
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Military History
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, a revolutionary British nurse and humanitarian credited with establishing the cornerstones of modern nursing practices. Nightingale distinguished herself for...
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Military History
Scientists in Germany have found evidence suggesting that famed medieval Ulfberht swords used by Vikings and Franks were manufactured in Germany, according to an interview with chemist and researcher Dr. Robert Lehmann published by...
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MHQ Magazine
On Hitler’s 50th, adoring Germans hailed their leader for making their country a great power again and for stopping short of the all-out war they so feared—or so they thought....
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Military History Magazine
It was a sweet assignment right up my writing alley: A narrative about the D-Day invasion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Allied attack that marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. My newspaper, the Daily Press of...
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World War II Magazine
Four Doolittle Raiders recall the mission that rocked Japan. The first bombs, four 500-pound incendiary clusters, began tumbling down to Tokyo on Saturday, April 18, 1942, at precisely 12:20 p.m. While little is known of Sergeant Fred A....
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America's Civil War Magazine
The dramatic battle for High Bridge only postponed the inevitable.
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Military History Magazine
Hardly known today, this soldier not only earned two Medals of Honor, a rare distinction indeed, but also served his country in conflicts stretching from the Civil War through the Indian campaigns of the Old West and even to World War I,...
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Military History Magazine
Following a remarkable action along Cuba’s northern coast on September 29, 1822, U.S. Navy Commander Stephen Cassis wrote a letter to British Petty Officer William Geary: Sir, Permit me to tender to you my acknowledgment for the...
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Military History Magazine
Americans have frequently displayed a fascination toward the Founding Fathers that borders on ancestor worship. More than two centuries after the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written, citizens pore over the...
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Military History Magazine
British Brigadier Benedict Arnold’s last ‘homecoming’ only served to secure his place in the history books as America’s most despised traitor. A fleet of warships and troop transports glided quietly across the waters of Long Island...
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Military History Magazine
To this day, nobody is quite sure of the exact formula for the Dark Ages’ most terrifying ‘weapon of mass destruction.’ The rise of Islam at the be- ginning of the 7th century presaged centuries of conflict with the Byzantine Empire....
