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…
Meet the Kempeitai – The Gestapo of Imperial Japan
“Kempeitai officers had sweeping powers, including the right to arrest, condemn, and execute suspects as well as defiant prisoners of war who refused orders or tried to escape.” By Neil Kagan and Stephen G. Hyslop…
Demolition Man — Remembering Robert de La Rochefoucald’s Most Daring Wartime Mission
“He’d sabotaged rail lines and power stations across France, killed countless enemy soldiers, and even escaped an enemy firing squad. But behind his outward-facing élan, he was racked by secret doubts.” By Paul Kix ROBERT…
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…
