Category: Odd Facts
Il Duce’s Blitz — Italy’s Forgotten Role in the Battle of Britain
“Although not a major contributor to the 1940 air campaign against Britain, Italy did volunteer as many as 170 planes to the effort. In fact, more than five per cent of the 2,500 Axis aircraft…
Seven New War Machines the U.S. Planned to Unleash On Japan in 1946
“The arsenal included larger tanks, more powerful artillery, faster fighter planes and new bombers.” AMERICA’S ANTICIPATED INVASION of Japan ultimately proved unnecessary – the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made sure of that. Yet all throughout…
Storm Warnings – Five Writers Who Predicted WW1 With Uncanny Accuracy
“Five grim visionaries and their remarkable predictions about the coming war.” FEW COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent crisis that triggered the First World War. Yet for years leading…
Operation Unthinkable – Inside Churchill’s Abortive Plan to Drive the Red Army From Eastern Europe
“If the Western Allies could inflict a rapid and crushing defeat on the Red Army, then Stalin would be forced to rethink his planned domination of Eastern Europe.” By Giles Milton AS STALIN’S Red Army…
‘Don’t Shoot the Rubber Trees!’ – Vet Recalls Absurd Rules-of-Engagement GIs Faced in Vietnam War
“Artillery ruined the rubber trees, which cost money. That the policy also cost lives, American lives, seemed to be a secondary concern.” By Jeff Danziger ANY VIETNAM vet will remember an instance – either hideous…
Dirty Little Wars – America’s Long History of Fighting Asymmetrical Conflicts
“If you look at the entirety of American military history, big battles like Gettysburg, the Meuse-Argonne, and Pearl Harbor have proven the exception rather than the rule.” By Wayne E. Lee, Anthony E. Carlson, David…
