Top Gun — Nine Things Hollywood Got Wrong About the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School

“While the Navy’s graduate-level fighter pilot training program was a Big Thing in 1986, it was anything but that when it was created in 1969.” By Dwight Jon Zimmerman WHEN THE BLOCKBUSTER Top Gun, starring…

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The Fenian Raids — How an Army of Irish-American Civil War Vets Took On the British Empire

“These former foes marched side-by-side to undertake one of the most fantastical missions in military history—to hold the Britain’s Canadian colonies hostage.” By Christopher Klein THIRTEEN MONTHS AFTER Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court…

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The Delivery Boys — Meet the Forgotten Fliers of America’s IX Troop Carrier Command

“It was the biggest dedicated troop carrier formation of its type to operate during the war, and even dwarfs many modern-day derivatives.”  By Adam Berry MUCH HAS BEEN written about the airborne element of D-Day….

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The Myth of Sparta — Were Ancient Greece’s Greatest Warriors Overrated?

“Even a cursory glance at the sources reveals the many, many times the Spartans failed to live up to the Lycurgan model.” By Myke Cole THE TERM “Spartan” is practically a watchword for military superiority…

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The Huns – 10 Fascinating Facts About the Ancient World’s Most Infamous Barbarians

“Whether revered as fearless warriors or reviled as murderous savages, the original Huns came riding out of the Eurasian Steppe during the Late Antiquity like a whirlwind.” IT WAS JULY 27, 1900. A German expeditionary…

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Over There – 10 Surprising Facts About the American Expeditionary Force in World War One

“The United States Army was a frontier constabulary force manning posts throughout the west and the Pacific and was in no way prepared for the Great War.” By William Stroock THE UNITED STATES was the…

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