ON SEPT. 13, 1943, HIGH ATOP THE Apennine Mountains in Italy, one of the most daring rescue missions of the Second World War took place. After a humiliating arrest by his own party underlings,…
Deadly Homecoming for Confederate Soldier
One hundred and fifty one years ago this week, two opposing American armies met and fought in a little known corner of Pennsylvania known as Gettysburg. Nearly 165,000 troops took part in…
Phantoms in the Trenches — Historian Explores the Supernatural Folklore of WW1
“Research delves into the supernatural folklore that was endemic to life in the trenches of the Western Front.” IT WAS A FROSTY NIGHT IN APRIL, 1917 when Cpl. Will Bird and two of…
Sweet Victory — Eight Fighting Vessels That Shared the Name of Nelson’s Famous Warship
In May of 2008, undersea explorers from the Tampa, Fla.-based maritime salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration pulled a four-ton cannon from the ocean floor west of Britain’s Channel Islands. The massive 42-pounder…
Wunderwaffe — How The Nazi’s Planned A Futuristic ‘Super War’
“Most of these proposed war machines never left the drawing board, but they still manage to fascinate, even 70 years later.” BY 1944, THE future of Adolf Hitler’s promised “Thousand-year Reich” seemed…
Ear to the Ground – Operation Gold and the Top Secret Wire Tapping Tunnel Under East Berlin
“CIA director Allen Dulles called it ‘one of the most valuable and daring projects ever undertaken.’” NSA WHISTLEBLOWER Edward Snowden revealed last week that the U.S. government has been secretly tracking…
Hessians for Hire – Meet the 18th Century’s Busiest ‘Mercenaries’
“Although the Hessians are probably best remembered for their role in the American Revolution, they had actually been fighting in wars for the better part of a century.” GEORGE WASHINGTON’S LEGENDARY Dec. 26,…
Colonel Tomb — Inside the Myth of North Vietnam’s Most Feared Flying Ace
“Cunningham and Driscoll’s most famous dogfight occurred on May 10, 1972 when the pair downed three MiG-17 fighter jets in a single day, one of which was supposedly flown by North Vietnam’s best fighter…