Napoleon Exposed! – 10 More Strange Facts About History’s Most Famous Conqueror
“In his common intercourse of life, and his familiar conversation, the Emperor mutilated the names most familiar to him.” By Shannon Selin FURTHER TO MY previous article, “10 Interesting Facts about Napoleon Bonaparte,” here are 10…
Operation “China Show” – The Top Secret Mission of Germany’s Zeppelin L 59
“The mission would be a risky one – no airship had ever flown such a distance.” TO DESCRIBE Germany’s Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck as a thorn in the side of the British Empire would be something of…
America’s Citizen Soldiers — A Short History of the Militia in the United States
“The idea of the ‘citizen-soldier’ retained a strong romantic hold over the nation’s leaders. “ By Angry Staff Officer THE IDEA OF a militia – that is a group of armed citizens that enter military…
‘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…
Operation Pied Piper — Six Amazing Facts About Britain’s Wartime Evacuees
“In all, more than 3.5 million Britons, about seven per cent of the population, became evacuees during the war.” By Gillian Mawson DURING THE First World War, German Zeppelin and bomber raids on Great Britain…
The Forgotten Jihad – What Sparked a Tribal Revolt Against the British in India’s North-West Frontier?
“Few today remember that conflict, which would become known as the Pathan Rising.” By Mark Simner FOR OVER A decade the word jihad has appeared frequently in print throughout Europe and North America. The reason,…
