Category: News
Geronimo — How the Apache Outlaw Went From Public Enemy to American Legend
“Up to a quarter of the American army would be deployed to the southwestern United States to take part in his capture.” AT THE TIME of his surrender to American authorities in 1886, the Apache…
Lest We Forget — How Different Countries Remember Their War Dead
“The small artificial flowers, which are pinned to the lapel, symbolize the poppies that grew in Flanders fields during the First World War.” EVERY NOV. 11 at exactly 11 a.m., life throughout much of the British…
Article Reveals Three Amazing Secrets About Cuban Missile Crisis
Fifty years ago this week, the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of war. At issue was a bold move by Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Cuba in the form…
Move Over, Sun Tzu! — West Point Offers Military History Reading List
According to the American current affairs journal, Foreign Policy, the U.S. military academy at West Point made headlines for releasing it’s list of required reading. Check it out at the link above. Speaking of landmark…
Washington News’ List of Best Civil War Films
The American newspaper The Washington News published a list of the 15 best U.S. Civil War movies of all time this weekend. It includes flicks from the silent era right up to the present. Check out…
Allied Headhunters — Research Explains Origins of Wartime Trophy Taking
“The civilian public was shocked to learn that GIs, sailors and marines fighting the Japanese were collecting and trading the ears, teeth and heads of enemy dead.” IN THE spring of 1944, Life magazine ran…
