Category: People
Confederates of the Nile – Meet the Civil War Vets Who Volunteered to Fight for the Egyptian Army
“Less than 10 years after the fall of the Confederacy, they found themselves posted more than 6,000 miles from home, in new uniforms and leading columns of African troops into the Ethiopian highlands.” By James A….
Tokyo Rose – Cartoonists Revisit Story of How One American Citizen Became Japan’s Most Famous Wartime Propagandist
“Still a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, two American cartoonists are now hoping to bring the story to light.” THE SAGA OF Tokyo Rose, aka Iva Toguri, is not one of the…
Unfinished Symphony – How One Young Musician’s Life Ended Tragically During America’s Last Battle of WW1
“An only son, Walther represents one of many who became known as the ‘Lost Generation.’” Founded in 1851, the University of the Pacific is California’s oldest institution of higher education. No stranger to conflict, its…
The Last to Fall – World War One’s Tragic Final Casualties
“Of the war’s more than 22 million casualties, a staggering 11,000 were killed or wounded during that last morning of fighting.” OF THE MILLIONS OF STORIES OF SACRIFICE AND LOSS to come out of the First…
Marian Rejewski – Meet the Polish Cryptographer Who Cracked Germany’s Top-Secret Enigma Code Seven Years Before WW2
“Although Rejewski cracked the code for the first time in 1932, this was only the beginning of a series of Polish intelligence coups.” By Eilidh McGinness IT WAS 1928 when Germany first began using Enigma…
The Empire’s Most Wanted – 10 Mortal Enemies of Ancient Rome
“The famous city on the Tiber certainly had its share of foes. So behold: Ten of Rome’s most hated (and feared) enemies!” AT ITS PEAK, the Roman Empire was home to as many as 90…
