Month: August 2013
Operation Türkenkreuz – Remembering the Kaiser’s 1917 ‘Blitz’ on Great Britain
“The raid was just the beginning of a major bombing campaign against southern England and the British capital.“ ON THE MORNING OF May 25, 1917 few residents of the English town of Folkestone in Kent expected that they’d be…
The Young and the Restless – Mag Lists The Surprising Ages of Revolutionary Heroes
The Journal of the American Revolution recently listed the ages of nearly 150 of the conflict’s most famous individuals. Many were much younger than most would imagine. How old was the patriot and Revolutionary War…
Saiful Azam — Meet the Jet Ace Who Flew For Four Different Air Forces
“Azam was recognized by the United States Air Force in 2000 as being one of the world’s 20 greatest living flying aces.” SAIFUL AZAM MIGHT not be the highest scoring fighter ace of the jet age….
War Horses — Cavalry’s Surprising Contribution to WW2
“While mechanized warfare did signal the end of the cavalry’s role on the battlefield, armies on both sides still used mounted troops throughout the Second World War.” IT’S ONE OF the more famous moments of…
HMS St. Lawrence – The Mightiest Ship To Never Sail the Seas
“The lumbering warship’s sole purpose was to assert the Crown’s naval supremacy on a 300 kilometre long strip of freshwater.” THE COLOSSAL St. Lawrence was one of the largest fighting vessels of the Napoleonic era. Laid down in April…
Galvanized Yankees – Meet the Confederate POWs who joined the Union Army
“This was no ordinary U.S. Army outfit. Raised the previous winter in Rock Island, Illinois, the 3rd USVI was made up entirely of veterans of the Confederate States Army.” IT WAS JULY 26, 1865 when a force…
