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…
Rain of Terror – Remembering the 256-Day London Blitz
“If they… attack our cities, we will erase theirs!” – Adolf Hitler, Sept. 4, 1940. By Scott Addington THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN was entering its 45th day on Aug. 24, 1940, Hitler’s Luftwaffe was undertaking…
“The Battle That Won the War” – U.K. Naval Museum to Make Splash with Jutland 100 Commemoration
“The story of the Battle of Jutland is a dramatic one which few know about. However, it was the battle that won the war.” PORTSMOUTH’S National Museum of the Royal Navy announced plans this week to…
Kennedy and PT-109 — The Moment that Made a President
“Without PT-109, there never would have been a President John F. Kennedy.” By William Doyle FOR John F. Kennedy, everything changed at 2:27 a.m. Aug. 2, 1943 – so did the history of the United…
Bon Appétit, Bonaparte! — What Did Napoleon Like to Eat and Drink?
“The simplest dishes were those he preferred; but he was not easy to please…” AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY at Joseph Bonaparte’s New Jersey estate in my novel Napoleon in America, the exiled French emperor is served…
