The Battle of Bound Brook — A Tutorial in the Art of War
“The brief engagement at Bound Brook has been all but forgotten, nevertheless, it would have long lasting effects.” By Jim Stemple IT WAS dawn, April 13, 1777. A British attack force consisting of 4,000 of…
The Forgotten Corps — Inside Patton’s ‘I Armored Corps’
“Patton led the I Armored Corps into combat in North Africa; it was deactivated on the eve of the invasion of Sicily, never to return to active duty.” By Lee Perna THE UNITED STATES deployed…
Britain Alone — Rethinking One of the Second World War’s Enduring Myths
“In 1940, the British Empire covered over a quarter of the globe and contained over half a billion subjects.” By Max Gethings THE IMAGE of the small stoic island of Britain holding out against the…
“I Guess His Number Wasn’t Up Yet” – Inside the Death-Defying Life of Flying Ace Eddie Rickenbacker
“Rickenbacker continued to gravitate towards death-defying encounters in the 1920s.” By John Wukovits EVEN BEFORE World War I, when aviator Eddie Rickenbacker flirted with death on multiple occasions as the nation’s leading ace, he lived…
Half Moon Camp – Why the German Army Built a Mosque for First World War POWs
“Germany dedicated a large amount of planning and resources to propaganda for Muslim prisoners of war.” By Patricia Cecil IN 1915, a seemingly curious structure was erected in the Wünsdorf-Zossen prisoner-of-war camp near Berlin: a…
“We Both Did Fight and Both Were Beat” — Seven Battles Where Both Sides Gave Way
“In the fog of war and confusion of battle, strange things happen all too often.” By Douglas Brown The Battle of Sheriffmuir on November 13, 1715, occasioned a great deal of sport among Scottish songwriters…
