Month: January 2013
The Tlingit War – Inside Imperial Russia’s Forgotten Conflict With Alaska’s Indigenous Peoples
“Troops from the Russian America Company and the Imperial Russian Navy, along with their Aleutian tribal allies, fought an intermittent campaign against several hundred warriors from the Tlingit Nation.” FEW MIGHT imagine Russia as a…
Modern Day Pilots To Refly Secret Wartime Mission
Last week, we shared the story of the joint Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation of Iran in 1941. The operation, which was planned just weeks after the Nazi invasion of Russia, was intended to open a…
Disputed Islands — The Many Battles for the Falklands
A flotilla of warships, carrying several hundred troops is dispatched from Argentina. It’s objective: to expel any and all British inhabitants from the disputed Falkland Islands, which lay 300 miles off the east coast of…
U.K. Museum Lists 20 Greatest Battles in British History
Question: What do Naseby, Quebec City and the Imjin River have in common? Answer: Each one was the setting for a landmark battle from British history. These three famous dust-ups are included in a recently…
A “Neutral” Power? – American Involvement in WW2 Before Pearl Harbor
“Despite Washington’s official position of neutrality, in the weeks and months leading up to Dec. 7, 1941, American forces clashed with the Germans and Japanese.” THE JAPANESE SURPRISE attack on Pearl Harbor may have officially propelled…
