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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…
The Halifax Explosion — Marking The 100th Anniversary Of One Of WW1’s Deadliest Disasters
“The explosion turned two square miles of this calm, postcard-pretty town into a nightmare of chaos, destruction, and death in a split second.” AT EXACTLY 9:04 A.M. on the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, the…
