The Irish Brigades – How Ireland’s Foreign Volunteer Armies Made Their Mark On History

“All told, well over 50,000 Irishmen served in the armies of France, Spain and Austria. Some of the volunteers became great military reformers who helped modernize the Continent’s antiquated armies.” By Stephen McGarry WHEN THE…

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Winged Warriors – The Glider Troopers of WW2

“Tens of thousands of gliders would be used in the war and ‘airlanding’ regiments would see action in no fewer than eight major operations.” ON SEPT. 13, 1943, HIGH ATOP ITALY’S Apennine Mountains, one of the most…

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Tomahawk – A Brief History of the BGM-109

“Following its combat debut in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the ship or sub-launched BGM-109 would be used in every major U.S. air campaign for the next 30 years” WHILE OFTEN CONSIDERED on the ‘cutting-edge’ of…

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Abraham Lincoln – President, Emancipator… and Tyrant?

By Jennifer L. Weber WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOOK OFFICE IN MARCH 1861, the executive branch was small and relatively limited in its power. By the time of his assassination four years later, he had claimed…

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Hot Properties — Eight of History’s Most Fought Over Places

“The following places have changed hands or been fought over at least half a dozen times.” MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS  reported last week that President Obama is ordering the U.S. military to execute a new round of air strikes against…

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The Pre-Columbian Superpower – 10 Surprising Facts About the Incan Army

IN HIS 1997 PULITZER-PRIZE-WINNING BOOK Guns, Germs and Steel, author and University of California historian Jared Diamond describes the absurd Battle of Cajamarca. The clash, which took place on Nov. 16, 1532 in what would later…

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