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The Glorious First of June – Why Britain’s First Triumph Over Revolutionary France was a Pyrrhic Victory
“The clash is not only the first major naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, it is the longest and hardest fought.” By John Danielski PARIS. MAY, 1794. An emaciated peasant mother holding a skin-and-bones baby…
Wild Rides – Seven of the Strangest Bomber Raids of WW2
“Both the Allies and Axis would conduct a number of unusual bombing runs during the course of the Second World War.” IT HAD ONLY been 132 days since the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor…
Day of Infamy — The Lessons and Legacy of Pearl Harbor
“Even as we remember the past, Pearl Harbor Day is an apt time to look ahead to the future.” By Christopher Kelly SEVENTY-SIX YEARS ago this week, warplanes of the Imperial Japanese Navy carried out…
A Fatal First Voyage – How Europe’s Mightiest Warship Foundered Moments Into Her Inaugural Cruise
“In a single gust of wind, Sweden’s military prestige had been publicly shattered.” By John Danielski AUGUST 10, 1628 was a great day that the citizens of Stockholm; it was one they’d long anticipated. Over…
A Beautiful Beast – How the English Warship ‘Sovereign of the Seas’ Fused Form, Function & Murderous Firepower
“Sovereign’s fusion of practicality, lethality and beauty represented a far-sighted design that would gradually be modified to create ships like Nelson’s Victory.” By John Danielski SHE WAS CALLED Sovereign of the Seas. But within days…
Passchendaele – Inside the First World War’s Infamous Slaughter in the Mud
“The appalling casualties, the mud and the overall futility of the offensive have made Passchendaele an emblem of the mind-boggling waste of the First World War.” By Darrell Duthie “I DIED IN HELL,” wrote famed…
