Did the Romans Hide Their Defeats? — Uncovering the Military Failures of the Empire’s ‘Third Century Crisis’
“Many Roman authors provide a manipulated version of events. Unfortunately, for this reason, most of the details of these battles have been lost to time.” By Byron Waldron DURING THE mid and late third century…
Hitler’s ‘Halt Order’ – How the Infamous 1941 Directive to Save the Floundering Russia Campaign was a Recipe for Disaster
“Hitler’s sweeping, top-down solution—applied uniformly to every point of crisis in every sector of the front—was as nonsensical as it was dangerous.” By David Stahel GERMANY INVADED THE Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 and,…
The Flying Titans of the Great War — Meet the World’s First Strategic Heavy Bombers
“These pioneering machines broke new ground in aviation, demonstrating the potential for strategic bombing to alter the course of warfare.” THE First World War heralded an era of unprecedented technological innovation, especially in aviation. Amidst…
Operation Wildhorn III – Inside the Secret Mission to Smuggle a V-2 Missile Out of Nazi-Occupied Europe
“Polish agents and a British aircrew would join forces to spirit the innards of one of the Third Reich’s most fearsome weapons out of the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe right under the noses of the…
The French 75 — Meet the Rapid-Fire Field Gun That Changed Warfare
“Groundbreaking technology enabled the gun to fire up to 20 rounds per minute, a rate unheard of at the time.” WHEN it first roared to life on the battlefields of World War I, the French…
The 1471 Siege of London — Inside the Unlikely Final Chapter to the War of the Roses
“The Bastard of Fauconberg and his so-called ‘lewd company’ of commoners, tradesmen and mariners terrorised and burnt London suburbs for several days before attacking the city defences.” By A.W. Boardman THE siege and bombardment…