Saving ‘On War’ — Marie von Clausewitz’s Forgotten Battle to Preserve Her Husband’s Legacy
“Until recently, Marie’s role in preserving and shaping the legacy of the Western world’s most influential military theorist has remained understudied and often ignored.” By Vanya Eftimova Bellinger ON THE MORNING of 16 November 1831, General…
The Black and Tan War — Nine Fascinating Facts About the Bloody Fight for Irish Independence
“… a spiraling war of attrition pitching the IRA and a supportive citizenry against the might of the British Empire, resulting in a treaty and the formation of the Irish Free State.” By David Lawlor…
The Super Weapons of 1918 — Nine Game-Changing War Machines Invented During WW1
“Had the slaughter continued into 1919, whole new generations of modern weaponry would have made their bloody mark.” AIRPLANES, machine guns, zeppelins, submarines – all were part of the arsenals of the great military powers…
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…
