Funny Money — The Amazing History of Wartime Counterfeiting

“For more than 200 years, counterfeiting has been a part of the wartime strategies of a number of countries.”  DURING THE 1990s, U.S. national security experts began tracking a new and rather unusual threat. Some individual…

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Il Duce’s Blitz — Italy’s Forgotten Role in the Battle of Britain

“Although not a major contributor to the 1940 air campaign against Britain, Italy did volunteer as many as 170 planes to the effort. In fact, more than five per cent of the 2,500 Axis aircraft…

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Surprise Attacks – Nine Armies From History That Famously Struck Without Warning

“To this day, Pearl Harbor stands as one of history’s most famous surprise attacks. Here are some others.” ON NOV. 26, 1941, six Japanese aircraft carriers supported by 42 other warships steamed from ports the Kuril…

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Storm Warnings – Five Writers Who Predicted WW1 With Uncanny Accuracy

“Five grim visionaries and their remarkable predictions about the coming war.” FEW COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent crisis that triggered the First World War. Yet for years leading…

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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…

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Operation Chariot – Inside the British Commando Raid on Saint-Nazaire

“Why did Britain even consider this sort of ‘death or glory’ raid when casualties were guaranteed to be heavy?” By Robert Lyman IN MARCH OF 1942 British Commandos and the Royal Navy launched one of…

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