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‘A Most Hateful Decision’ — Inside the Britain’s Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers el-Kébir
“In total, 1,297 French sailors were killed in the attacks – men who, only days earlier, had stood as Britain’s allies.” By Edward Abel Smith THE amber dawn broke fiercely over the bay of Mers…
Operation Sea Lion — Inside the German Invasion Plan for Great Britain
“The goal was to land nearly a quarter of a million German soldiers along the British coast within the first two weeks of the assault.” By Robert Schreiner MOST students of Second World War history…
Corsair Kings — Inside the 300-Year War Against the Barbary Pirates
“Between the years 1500 and 1800, the Barbary pirates are estimated to have enslaved as many as one million people.” By John Danielski WILLIAM Harris was roused from his sleep in the early hours of…
Fightin’ Irish – How America’s Fenian Brotherhood Waged War on the British Empire
“To the Fenian Brotherhood, the campaign to seize Canada seemed entirely plausible. Unfortunately for them, things just didn’t work out that way.” IN 1866, one of the strangest armies in American history marched off to war….
Operation Unthinkable — Inside Churchill’s Proposed 1945 Surprise Attack on the Soviets
“It is to an early and speedy showdown and settlement with Russia that we must now turn our hopes.” WHILE THE WORLD celebrated the defeat of Nazism in May of 1945, one of the architects of…
Fatal Errors — The Worst Friendly Fire Incidents of World War Two
“The fatal air battle at Nis is just one of many examples of allies killing allies that, all told, cost thousands of lives during the Second World War. Here are a few more examples.” NOV. 7, 1944…
