Category: People
The Red Baron — 11 Surprising Facts About WW1’s Greatest Flying Ace
“Von Richthofen’s notoriety grew with each new victory. Eventually, he became the most famous (and feared) pilot of the war.” IN DECEMBER, MilitaryHistoryNow.com ran this article about the eight air combat maxims of the highest scoring…
Unsinkable! – Meet Military History’s Luckiest Mariners
“By 8 a.m., the warship had turtled and Wykeham-Musgrave was in the drink yet again – his third plunge in fewer than 90 minutes.” Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, a midshipman aboard HMS Aboukir at the outbreak of…
“We Have Ways of Making You Talk” — How One Nazi Used Kindness to Draw Secrets from POWs
“One German interrogator managed to draw crucial military secrets from more than 90 percent of Allied fliers he questioned. And he did so using some rather unconventional methods — namely kindness.” WHILE TALK RADIO hosts, political…
The Battle For James Wolfe – Canadian University Outbids U.K. Buyers in Fight for General’s Personal Papers
It took James Peter Wolfe less than 15 minutes to defeat the French at Quebec. And in that brief time, the 32-year old major general handed Britain her greatest victory of the Seven Years War while…
Asylum-Seekers – Famous (and Not So Famous) Soviet Defectors
THE LITERARY world lost one of its most accomplished authors last week – Tom Clancy. The 66-year-old former insurance agent’s career as a novelist spanned four decades, during which time the Maryland native penned…
The Young and the Restless – Mag Lists The Surprising Ages of Revolutionary Heroes
The Journal of the American Revolution recently listed the ages of nearly 150 of the conflict’s most famous individuals. Many were much younger than most would imagine. How old was the patriot and Revolutionary War…
