Category: Famous Events
The Coal Black Sea – How a Shocking 1914 Naval Disaster Nearly Sank Winston Churchill
“The classified findings concluded that a submarine attack was inevitable, so Churchill hushed them up.” By Stuart Heaver JUST SIX WEEKS into the First World War, three British armoured cruisers, HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy,…
The Battle of Friedland — How the Pivotal 1807 Clash Became a Study in Napoleon’s Famous Maxims
“Napoleon laid out a series of martial maxims from which to conduct war and warfare by, he just did not always adhere to them himself.” By Michael G. Stroud EYLAU HAD BEEN a wintry bloodbath….
April 1945 – A Moment of Triumph and Tumult, Horror and Hope
“Many people died, including world leaders. April, they say, is the cruelest month.” By Craig Shirley IN APRIL OF 1945, life-altering events happened. The old order was dying, and a new America was being built….
The Defence of Van – Inside the Stubborn Armenian Resistance That Presaged One of the First World War’s Bloodiest Chapters
“In a foreshadowing of the great urban battles of the Second World War, the Ottomans found fighting street-to-street, house-to-house, and often hand-to-hand in a dense urban environment frustratingly difficult.” By Alexander Zakrzewski Over a hundred…
Showdown at El Guettar — Inside Patton’s First Victory of the North African Campaign
“It would prove to be the U.S. Army’s first major triumph against the German army in World War Two.” By Stephen L. Moore FIRST LIEUTENANT John Yowell would never forget his first chance encounter with…
‘Grim Visaged War’ — Inside the Murderous 1461 Battle of Towton
“The two armies were massive by medieval standards. But what happened next defies explanation even by those who fought.” By Andrew Boardman NO ONE living in England during the 15th century ever saw the Wars…
