The 1936-1939 Great Revolt in Palestine – Arabs, Jews, and Britons in the Holy Land’s Forgotten First ‘Intifada’

“The revolt continues to cast its shadow over eight decades of the Arab-Israeli confrontation.” By Oren Kessler A CERTAIN grim but familiar pattern typifies reports from the Holy Land. Palestinians, despairing over their thwarted national…

Continue Reading... The 1936-1939 Great Revolt in Palestine – Arabs, Jews, and Britons in the Holy Land’s Forgotten First ‘Intifada’

The Philippine Resistance – How WW2’s Forgotten Guerrilla Movement Helped Bring Down Japan

“Guerrillas endured pervasive exhaustion, disease, and malnourishment. They engaged in irregular warfare, espionage, prison raids and sabotage.” By James Kelly Morningstar WHAT IF I told you that one of the most important campaigns of World…

Continue Reading... The Philippine Resistance – How WW2’s Forgotten Guerrilla Movement Helped Bring Down Japan

A Distant Tempest – How Nazi Merchant Raiders Carried the War to the South Pacific

“Despite its ferocity, the Nazi’s Pacific campaign has been largely forgotten.” By Stephen Robinson BEFORE THE JAPANESE attack on Pearl Harbour, it was the German navy, or Kriegsmarine, that was turning the tranquil Pacific Ocean…

Continue Reading... A Distant Tempest – How Nazi Merchant Raiders Carried the War to the South Pacific

Constellation vs. L’Insurgent – How Commodore Truxtun Delivered the Fledgling U.S. Navy’s First Major Victory

“The battle of Feb. 9, 1799 was a significant accomplishment for the infant nation, and a major vindication for Truxtun as one of the foremost leaders of the U.S. Navy.”  By Thomas Sheppard THE UNITED…

Continue Reading... Constellation vs. L’Insurgent – How Commodore Truxtun Delivered the Fledgling U.S. Navy’s First Major Victory

War Scares – Seven Conflicts That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)

“Here are a few of history’s various military standoffs, diplomatic showdowns and international emergencies that might have led to war but didn’t.” REMEMBER THE 1907 war between Japan and the United States? How about the Franco-German Conflict…

Continue Reading... War Scares – Seven Conflicts That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)

The Other Norman Conquests – The Victors of 1066 Also Fought Wars in the Mediterranean and Middle East

“Whereas the Conquest of England was undertaken by the Duke of Normandy, his army and allied armies as a concerted operation, Norman activities in southern Europe were intermittent and piecemeal, often led by individual knights…

Continue Reading... The Other Norman Conquests – The Victors of 1066 Also Fought Wars in the Mediterranean and Middle East