Category: People
The Great Terror — Inside Stalin’s Infamous Red Army Purge
“There was no German-inspired conspiracy in the Soviet military. Nevertheless, the purge continued into 1938 and cost the Red Army dearly.” By Peter Whitewood ON JUNE 11, 1937, Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky and a group of…
Child Soldiers of the U.S. Civil War — Just How Rare Was Underage Enlistment in Armies of the Era?
“If military physicians strongly opposed youth enlistment, and plenty of parents fought to retain authority over sons up to age 21, how did so many boys below 18 end up in the army?” By Rebecca…
The Russian Liberation Army – Meet the Legion of Soviet POWs Who Joined the Nazis to Fight Stalin
“Vlasov didn’t see himself as a traitor to Russia; he sought to liberate his homeland from the ruthless Stalin.” By Mari K. Eder IT WAS JUST after VE Day in May of 1945 when James…
Allen Dulles’ Secret War – Inside the Future CIA Chief’s Gambit for a German Surrender in Italy
“The case began when Italian intermediaries extended a peace feeler through Swiss intelligence. Time was of the essence.” By Nicholas Reynolds FORTY-NINE-YEAR-old Allen Welsh Dulles relished the challenge of being surrounded by the enemy. After…
The Darlan Agreement – How a Secret Pact With a Nazi Collaborator Helped Secure an Allied Victory in North Africa
“If Eisenhower ratified any agreement with Darlan, he’d be working with a man who had cultivated ties with Hitler.” By Robert Kofman ON NOV. 11, 1942, General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Operation Torch, the Allied…
Napoleon’s Hundred Days — Bonaparte and His Army Once Commanded Europe; In the Lead-up to Waterloo, Neither Were Ready for War
“Horses, artillery, and muskets were all in desperately short supply. Hours of his frenetic, almost manic energies were poured into correcting this with pitifully little success.” In April of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was finished. A…
