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Nathan Hale & Moses Dunbar – Two Very Different Victims From Revolutionary America
“Nathan Hale and Moses Dunbar were both honorable men who followed their consciences to reach opposite conclusions about the merits of American independence.” ALTHOUGH HE WAS neither a prominent military figure nor a Founding Father,…
The Dirty Half-Dozen — Meet the Six Aging POWs Who Pulled Off One of WW2’s Most Daring Escapes
“It is a cast of characters that even Hollywood would never dare make up. But every detail is completely and unbelievably true.” What do you get when you take dozens of captured Commonwealth army generals and…
‘The Yanks Are Coming’ – The Issues That Drove America To War in 1917 Still Resonate a Century Later
“The United States entered the war in response to issues that still resonate—terror attacks on passenger travel and clandestine surveillance of and by foreign governments.” By Christopher Kelly ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago this week, President…
The Reinvention of Valentine Baker – How a Disgraced British Army Officer Salvaged His Career on a Foreign Battlefield
“Baker intended to overcome this shame and humiliation by his achievements on the battlefield.” By Frank Jastrzembski COLONEL VALENTINE BAKER had few options after his release from prison in August 1876. Dishonourably discharged and banished…
The Fuhrer’s Benz — Hitler’s Curious Obsession with Mercedes Limosines
“Hitler owned his first Mercedes at the age of 34.” By Robert Klara ADOLF HITLER loved automobiles (unlike trains, he proclaimed, cars were instruments of the individual will), but his devotion belonged to the Mercedes…
Meet Charles Upham — The New Zealander Who Won Two Victoria Crosses in WW2
“Upham was wounded three times in the next two days, but refused to leave the front line.” By Rafe McGregor CHARLES UPHAM is usually referred to as either ‘New Zealand’s war hero’ or the ‘outstanding…
