Collision Course — Washington Had a Diplomatic Solution to Prevent War With Japan. Why Was It Not Put Forth?
“A draft agreement promised a limited resumption of oil exports to Japan in exchange for a withdrawal of Japanese forces from southern Indochina. It was never passed along.” By Dale A. Jenkins ADOLF HITLER invaded…
Europe at War – From Achilles to Putin, How Conflict Shaped the History of a Continent
“War has had a profound impact on the development of Europe’s states and relations among them over time.” By William Nester WAR IN EUROPE began with the first human migrants. For tens of thousands of…
The Last Sailing Warship – Inside the Amazing Voyage of the Kaiser’s Commerce Raider ‘Seeadler’
“Von Luckner preferred to capture his prey rather than kill. In its entire career as a raider, Seeadler’s guns only took a single life.” By Blaine Pardoe THE STORIED AGE OF SAIL was long over…
Night of a Thousand Maydays – Inside a Disastrous Allied Cargo Mission Over the Himalayan ‘Hump’
“The world’s first military airlift was known as ‘the Hump’ for both the 15,000-foot mountains the air route crossed and the extreme burdens the mission placed on the young men of the U.S. Army’s Air…
The Hedgehog — Meet the Allies’ Devastatingly Effective U-Boat Killer
“The Hedgehog had several advantages over the depth charge.” By Mark Lardas THE U.S. NAVY’S Mk. 10 and Mk. 11 ahead-throwing spigot mortar projector was the deadliest submarine killer of World War Two. The proper…
The Confederacy’s Canadian Raiders — How Rebel Agents Waged War On the North from Foreign Soil
“The mission had shown the people of the North that they were not immune from the pain and suffering of the Civil War.” By Julian Sher THEY WERE FEARED because they struck suddenly and swiftly,…
