By The Numbers – Some of the World’s Longest and Shortest Wars
By MHN Staff HISTORY HAS WITNESSED hundreds of civil wars, at least two “world wars” and more than 40 distinct wars of independence. Other conflicts have been named for kings, queens, dogs, pigs, flagpoles, ears, pastries,…
The ‘Cargo Cult’ — How WWII Spawned a Bizarre America-Worshiping Religion on a Remote South Pacific Island
“Known among anthropologists as a “cargo cult,” the movement got its start when the first engineers arrived on the island to build a military airstrip.” THE Second World War led to a number of major…
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army — Inside One of WW2’s Strangest Resistance Movements
“The group was one of the Second World War’s most peculiar resistance movements in that it received no support from the Allies and battled both Soviets and Nazis alike.” THINGS ARE HEATING UP IN UKRAINE. With…
Filmmaker Races The Clock to Document Stories of Axis POWs in Wartime America
When filmmaker Gregory “Scott” Porter first learned that German prisoners of war were held in America during the Second World War, he was speechless. “My grandmother told me an incredible story about how she had…
“Removal of a Tenth” – A Brief and Bloody History of Decimation
“The practice of decimation didn’t die with the Roman Empire. Military commanders throughout history have revived the tradition from time to time as a means of punishment.” BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Luigi Cadorna was a terrible…
World’s Last Two Remaining Lancasters to Fly in Formation in 2014
Residents of England may think they’re seeing double this summer as the two last airworthy Avro Lancaster bombers on Earth come together for a month of commemorative flights throughout the United Kingdom. The two, four-engine,…
