The Battle For James Wolfe – Canadian University Outbids U.K. Buyers in Fight for General’s Personal Papers
It took James Peter Wolfe less than 15 minutes to defeat the French at Quebec. And in that brief time, the 32-year old major general handed Britain her greatest victory of the Seven Years War while…
The Forgotten Trench Diggers of the Western Front – Meet WW1’s Chinese Labour Corps
“Their efforts have been all but forgotten amid the wider narrative of the First World War.” BY LATE 1916, the Allied armies on the Western Front were being bled white. The British had lost more…
The Brief (and Bizarre) History of Flying Aircraft Carriers
“Planners foresaw even more massive airships equipped with top-mounted runway surfaces and cavernous hangars hidden within the hulls. Whole squadrons could be stored inside the airships and moved back and forth to the landing deck…
Bad Calls – Online Magazine Lists Allies’ Worst Blunders of WW2
Hitler famously remarked at the outset of the Second World War that the victor of the coming contest would be the side that made the fewest mistakes. And he was correct — the Axis certainly committed…
Back to the Drawing Board — The Stupidest Weapons Ever Invented
IN 1914, machines guns were anything but portable. Weapons like the Maxim, Vickers or Hotchkiss were cumbersome and bulky. And with a weight of about 50 lbs. (not counting ammunition), the weapons needed to…
American Revolutions — Six Rebellions That Pre-Date the War of Independence
“In the 100 years leading up to the revolution, there were at least six separate armed uprisings in Britain’s New World provinces.” THE AMERICAN writer Ralph Waldo Emerson famously referred to the opening musket volley of the April…
