The Heroes of Graignes – Meet the Normandy Villagers Who Saved the Lives of 100 U.S. Paratroopers
“”The SS carried out ruthless reprisals against the civilians for the crime of ministering to wounded GIs.” By Stephen G. Rabe WHAT HAPPENED between June 6 and June 16, 1944 in Graignes, Normandy, a village…
Desert Mirage — Meet the Illusionists Who Hid an Entire Allied Army from Rommel
“You must conceal 150,000 men with a thousand guns and a thousand tanks, on a plain as flat and as hard as a billiard table, and the Germans must not know anything about it, although…
War and the Age of Nationalism — How 19th-Century Conflicts Gave Rise to the Modern National Identity
“War strengthened a national sense of belonging.” By Niels Eichhorn “IT IS NOT the joy over the defeated enemy, but the joy of overcoming weakness and discord which the past centuries bear sad witness to…
Fabius Maximus Rullianus — Meet Rome’s First Military Superstar
“Today, when we think of victorious Romans, we almost invariably think of later personalities, such as Scipio, Caesar, Aurelian, and Constantine. But there is no denying that Fabius Maximus Rullianus was exceptionally good at war.”…
‘Hammerin’’ Hank Elrod — The Unlikely Story of America’s First Flying Hero of World War Two
“The aviator who nearly washed out of Marine flight school single-handedly attacked a formation of 22 Japanese airplanes.” By William L. Ramsey THINGS NEVER came easy for Henry Talmage Elrod. From 1922 to 1926 —…
Sir Home Popham — Inside the Chequered Career of One of the Royal Navy’s Most Interesting Figures
“Controversy dogged his every step.” By Jacqueline Reiter SIR HOME POPHAM was one of the more underappreciated characters involved in the British fight against revolutionary and Napoleonic France. He was a post-captain in the Royal…
