Shot Down — KAL Flight 007 and Seven Other Deadly Airliner Attacks
“While the incident captured the world’s attention, it wasn’t the only instance in which civilian passenger planes had fallen victim to military aircraft.” IN SEPTEMBER of 1983, the word was rocked by news that Soviet…
Meet The ‘White Tights’ – The Mythical Spandex-Wearing Bombshells of the Chechen War
“According to army folklore, rebel commanders recruited the female crack-shots from various Nordic biathlon teams.” FOR MONTHS, foreign fighters from the Muslim world have been flooding into Syria to take part in the two-year-old civil…
Coming Attractions – New War Flicks Set to Explode onto Screens
Regular readers of this page will certainly be interested in a string of new international films that we’re hoping might shed some new light onto some past (and recent) conflicts. Here are some of the…
Operation Türkenkreuz – Remembering the Kaiser’s 1917 ‘Blitz’ on Great Britain
“The raid was just the beginning of a major bombing campaign against southern England and the British capital.“ ON THE MORNING OF May 25, 1917 few residents of the English town of Folkestone in Kent expected that they’d be…
War Nerves and The Mysterious “Battle of Los Angeles”
“The evidence seemed all too clear: California was moments away from being struck by the Japanese.” JUST after 3 a.m. on Feb. 25, 1942, the skies over Santa Monica, California shook to the thunder of…
The Young and the Restless – Mag Lists The Surprising Ages of Revolutionary Heroes
The Journal of the American Revolution recently listed the ages of nearly 150 of the conflict’s most famous individuals. Many were much younger than most would imagine. How old was the patriot and Revolutionary War…
