Unknown Soldiers – How Black Barrage Balloon Troops Kept the D-Day Beaches Safe
“Despite their achievements, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion is largely absent from the D-Day story.” By Linda Hervieux IN THE FALL of 1942, thousands of young American men descended onto a peaceful corner of northwestern Tennessee,…
The Fokker Scourge – How Germany Used the First Purpose-Built Fighter Plane to Win the Air War in 1915
“In late July of 1915, British pilots and observers were reporting encounters with a strange new German monoplane that seemed engineered specifically to destroy airplanes: the Fokker Eindecker.” By Mike Peters ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago…
Ghosts Stories — MHN Explores Some of History’s Most Haunted Battlefields
“Gettysburg isn’t the only battlefield that’s believed to be haunted by the ghosts of the fallen. In honour of Halloween, MHN has compiled this list of others.” ONE OF THE COUNTLESS HUMAN TRAGEDIES to unfold…
Unsung Heroines – Canadian Museum Salutes the Women of the World Wars
“World War Women sheds new light on the sacrifices of the ordinary wives, sisters and mothers who shattered the glass ceilings of their day while helping to deliver victory.” CANADA’S NATIONAL war museum is celebrating…
WATCH NOW — Harvard Historian Reconsiders Loyalists in Revolutionary America
“Jasanoff puts a human face on America’s vilified Tories. She explores why they fought against independence and reveals what became of them after the revolution.” MHN IS PLEASED to bring you Harvard University history professor Maya Jasanoff‘s recent presentation about Loyalists in the Revolutionary War. A video of…
Operation Werwolf – Did the Nazis Really Plan for a Post-War Insurgency?
“Recruits learned infiltration, sabotage and demolition techniques and were trained to kill silently, evade capture and improvise their own explosives using ordinary household items.” JUNE 5, 1945 — The war in Europe had been over for…
