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,…
Playing ‘What If…’ With History — Writer Imagines 21st Century Military Hardware in Second World War
Could a modern-day Nimitz-class aircraft carrier single-handedly take out the 56-ship Japanese task force that crossed the Pacific to attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941? Such was the premise of the 1980 sci-fi…
INFOGRAPHIC: From Marathon to Fallujah — 2,500 Years of Battlefield Tactics
We close the week with yet another reader-supplied info graphic. This one comes to us from Rebecca Louis of the website Online Military Education, a domain devoted to connecting American service men and women as well…
Eugene Bullard – The First African-American Combat Pilot Was a Hero in France But Forgotten in the U.S.
“Despite his acclaim in France, Bullard received virtually no recognition in America.” EUGENE JACQUES BULLARD may have been the 6,950th French military pilot to earn his wings during World War One, but he’s remembered as history’s…
When In Rome — Was American Exceptionalism Inspired By An Ancient ‘Superpower’?
“The Romans were pretty sure they were the good guys … It helped that they believed their civilization and their political system were better than those of the peoples they invaded.” By Dr. Shadi Bartsch…
The Many Battles for Sochi – Olympic Town Has Seen Its Fair Share of Bloodshed
The eyes of the world are fixed on Sochi as some of the planet’s best athletes vie there for Olympic gold. Yet, this isn’t the first time the Russian Black Sea resort town has been…
