Category: Famous Events
Operation Title — Inside the Daring Mission By Allied Frogman to Sink a German Battleship
“The Royal Navy retrofitted torpedoes with steering wheels and dubbed them Chariots.” By Rachel Lance IN THE winter of 1942, six British commandos and four Norwegian resistance fighters, armed with little more than a fishing…
In Defense of Fort Necessity — Why It’s Time to Rethink George Washington’s Notorious 1754 Defeat
“Contrary to most tellings of this story, Washington and his troops did the best that circumstances permitted: They defied the odds and found a way to survive a no-win situation.” By William Lidwell ON THE…
Murder at My Lai — Who Exactly Was Responsible for America’s Most Infamous War Crime?
“Barker’s report on the March 16 My Lai operation registered 128 VC killed against three U.S. KIAs. This, of course, was a lie, and many, many people knew it at the time.” By Marshall Poe…
Disaster Over Schweinfurt — How Improved U.S. Bomber Strategy Came Too Slow to Save the Eighth Air Force from Catastrophe
“The attrition rate for October forced the Americans to pause operations and regroup. The 1943 bombing offensive against German industry had reached a tipping point.” By Luke Truxal ON OCT. 14, 1943, the United States…
The Battle for Convoy HG-76 – How New Allied Tactics Took Hitler’s U-Boat Wolfpacks by Surprise
“Convoy HG-76 marked a real turning point. It showed the Allies how they could successfully take the fight to Hitler’s U-boats and defeat them.” By Angus Konstam IT WAS 4 p.m. on the afternoon of…
Put to the Torch — The Burning of Washington Through the Eyes of the British
“The burning of Washington remains a singular moment in American history. It constituted an existential threat to the young republic, marked the only real invasion of American soil by a foreign enemy, and can be…
