Year: 2025
Big Bang Theory – 11 of History’s Heaviest Conventional Bombs
(Originally published Feb 13, 2015) FOR 14-YEAR-OLD Luis Iriondo Aurtenetxea and the other inhabitants of the Basque capital of Guernica, April 27, 1937 should have been just another Monday market day. At 4:30 p.m., most of the…
The Hidden Face of the U.S. Pacific Fleet — Nimitz’s Newsman and a Lost Portrait
“The portrait’s austere aesthetic mirrors Drake’s wartime persona—a man caught between truth and deception, public duty, and personal loyalty.” By Hamilton Bean THE cover of Nimitz’s Newsman: Waldo Drake and the Navy’s Censored War in…
‘The Worst Journey in the World’ — Remembering the Untold Heroism of HMS Achates and the Arctic Convoys
“The convoys to the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Archangel were a lifeline—and a death trap.” By Roderick G. Maclean IN THE freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean during the Second World War, men fought…
VE Day in Britain — How a Battered Nation Toasted a Hard-Won Victory
“The wider war was not yet over. Nevertheless, VE Day came as a beacon of hope and light for a nation wearied by war.” By Ronan Thomas IT WAS 7:40 p.m. on May 7, 1945…
Shooting the Messenger — Meet the Journalist Who Was Fired for Breaking the Story of Germany’s Surrender
“Kennedy and his colleagues were flabbergasted when Allied commanders demanded the assembled newsies wait at least 36 hours before releasing the bombshell to the world.” JOURNALISTS ARE NORMALLY congratulated for breaking major news first. But for one…
Forged in Battle — How America’s Mexico Campaigns Shaped the Civil War’s Top Generals
“As the Civil War began in 1861, memories of the previous war served as the pivotal frame of reference for the rising new generals.” By Timothy D. Johnson ON APRIL 9, 1865 Generals Ulysses S….
