Travel Article Explores Okinawa’s Fascinating And Terrible Past
When American forces landed on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, it wasn’t just Japanese soldiers who opposed the invaders. According to an intriguing article that appeared yesterday on CNN International’s website, 240 teenagers from two…
The Business Plot — Did American Billionaires Really Plan a Fascist Coup?
“A coalition of America’s wealthiest industrial magnates allegedly hatched a scheme to topple the Roosevelt Administration.” DONALD TRUMP ADDED a touch of levity to the U.S. Presidential election last November, albeit unintentionally. As the major news…
Bloody First Contact – When Vikings Clashed with Native North Americans
“Almost as soon as the Norsemen hauled their long boats onto the beaches, fighting broke out with the local inhabitants.” MANY POINT TO the Jamestown Massacre of 1622 as the first clash between European settlers and…
The Nauru War — Inside the Smallest Armed Conflict in History
“The feud might have fizzled out in short order had the island not been awash in traded rifles, booze and quarrelsome Europeans — instead it raged for years.” WITH ONLY eight square miles of territory, the…
Declarations of War — Why Do So Many Countries Fight Without Them?
“The overwhelming majority of armed conflicts fought in the past 300 years have been undeclared.” IN ITS NEARLY 250 years of existence, the United States has only fought in five formally declared wars. These include both…
Love in War — A Valentine’s Day Story
When Brita Hagberg’s husband of 11 years was called away to fight in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788, the Stockholm woman did what a lot of other 18th century military wives would have done –…
