“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…

“Originally known as the Badge of Military Merit, the medal was established by General George Washington on Aug. 7, 1782.”   IT’S LIKELY FEW AMERICANS even know about one of their country’s newest (and perhaps least-known)…

MHN WAS RUNWAY-SIDE IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO earlier today as the Canadian Avro Lancaster, one of the last two airworthy models of the iconic World War Two bomber, departed for a month-long tour of the United Kingdom. Hundreds…

By Jonathan Harrison Few people in 1900 would have predicted that many of the world’s most advanced military forces would commit horrific crimes against civilians in the forthcoming century. However, the genesis of those crimes…

Few Americans today would likely recognize their country at the time of its founding. The first U.S. national census, conducted in 1790, revealed a mostly agrarian population of little more than 3 million people spread…

“Although today the Lidice tragedy has been largely overshadowed by the Holocaust; surprisingly, Nazi atrocities against Jews received far less coverage at the time.” By Jonathan Harrison IN 1942, the Nazi atrocity that received the most…