Watershed at Waterloo – How the Legendary 19th Century Battle Made Modern Europe
“Why is Waterloo such an important event in European history?” By Mark Simner ON JUNE 18, 2015, some 200 years after the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, thousands of re-enactors and spectators gathered on the…
‘Above and Beyond’ – Navy Pilot Makes Daring Bid to Save Downed Flier from Korean Hillside
“Time was becoming critical. I decided to make a wheels-up landing, pull him out of the cockpit and wait for the helicopter.” By David Poyer ONE OF AMERICA’S most modest heroes died this month. Silver-haired…
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…
Gulf War 1941 — The Forgotten Allied Invasion of Iran
“The ensuing campaign would cost hundreds of lives, raise to the throne a future dictator and set the stage for the first real show down of the Cold War.” DURING THE LATE summer of 1941,…
