The Battle of Midway – 10 Key Facts About the Pacific War’s Turning Point
“The Battle of Midway was the most decisive naval battle in modern history.” By David Rigby THE BATTLE OF Midway, fought from June 3 to 7, 1942, was the turning point of World War Two…
‘The Cold Blue’ – New Documentary Dazzles with Digitally Restored Wartime Bomber Footage
“Audiences will be transfixed as B-17 pilots and gunners survive flak barrages, enemy fighters and sub-zero temperatures during some of the most harrowing bombing missions of the war.” IT’S THE EUROPEAN air war like you’ve…
Last Act of Defiance – Why a German Admiral Deliberately Sank His Own Fleet in British Waters
“The commander of the 70 impounded ships had his men destroy the vessels rather than see them awarded to the victors.” ALTHOUGH THE GUNS of the First World War fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, it was not until the…
Armies of Deliverance – Historian Offers Fresh Take on Why Americans Fought the Civil War
“The premise of the Union war was that white Southerners could be redeemed; the premise of the Confederate war was that Northerners and Southerners could never again be countrymen.” IN 1861, Americans embarked upon the…
“Don’t Give Up the Ship” — Inside Oliver Hazard Perry’s Triumph at the Battle of Lake Erie
“The victory at Lake Erie was a remarkable achievement for the Americans. They built six wooden warships in eight months in a scarcely populated wilderness where, except for wood, nothing they needed was available.” By…
Ultra and Overlord — How Allied Intelligence Spelled the Difference Between Victory and Defeat During the Normandy Campaign
“By the spring of 1944, some 5,600 people worked on deciphering, translating, or interpreting messages intercepted by legions of radio operators located throughout Nazi occupied Europe.” By John Prados THE FIRST-GENERATION histories of D-Day and…
