Category: People
Erwin Rommel – 12 Remarkable Facts About Germany’s Legendary “Desert Fox”
“Rommel’s aggressiveness on the battlefield obscured a deep sense of human decency, one that was ultimately at odds the murderous regime for which he fought.” REVERED BY his men, feared and respected by his enemies, Erwin…
Wartime Witchcraft? – The Strange Case of Helen Duncan and the Sinking of HMS Barham
“How was Duncan picking up on military secrets? Was she in contact with the enemy? Was she receiving leaked information from inside the War Office? Or was she really a witch?” HELEN DUNCAN, 44, was hosting…
The Quotable Bonaparte – Nine of Napoleon’s Most Memorable Quips Explained
By Shannon Selin HAVING ALREADY LOOKED AT TEN THINGS NAPOLEON NEVER SAID , here are nine famous quotes that are correctly attributed to Bonaparte (although they are often taken out of context). Considering the circumstances…
Mouthpieces – History’s Most Famous Wartime Propaganda Broadcasters
“Baghdad Bob was just the latest in a long series of famous (and infamous) wartime propagandists that emerged in the age of mass media.” IN APRIL, 2003, things looked bad for Saddam Hussein. Three weeks…
Old Soldiers — Meet the Last Surviving Veterans of the U.S. Civil War
“Amazingly two surviving offspring of U.S. Civil War veterans continue to receive $876 each from the federal government.” (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MARCH 18, 2013) THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PAYS OUT $40 BILLION A YEAR to war veterans and their…
Famous Last Words – The Dying Utterances of 11 Well-Known Military Commanders
“Whether they’re fact or fiction, last words such as these are the stuff of legend in the annals of military history.” ALFRED GRAF VON SCHLIEFFEN WAS 79 YEARS OLD when he died in 1913. The Prussian-born career soldier, who…
