Fanciful Flattops — Three Amazing Aircraft Carriers that Might Have Changed History
“By 1940, the carrier, now christened the Graf Zeppelin, was still not yet ready for service — a shortage of anti-aircraft guns kept her in the shipyards.” EVEN BEFORE THE OUTBREAK of the Second World War,…
Hurricane Uncovers Civil War Era Ship on Gulf Coast
An amazing story just popped up on the UK’s Daily Mail news site: The winds and pounding surf of last week’s Hurricane Isaac have revealed the almost intact hull of a 150-year-old Confederate smuggling vessel…
Surrounded – Some of History’s Most Incredible Sieges
Encircled, cut off and facing attack by government troops, the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has been under what’s being described as a state of siege since late July. Elements of the 11th and 18th…
The Forgotten Armies of the Western Front — 1914 to 1918
“There were other, smaller, often overlooked contingents to the Western Front that history has largely forgotten. Here are their stories.” EIGHT MILLION MEN fought for the British Army during the First World War. More than half of…
Star Wars – 30 Celebrities and What They Did in Wartime
ON THE NIGHT of Sept. 23, 1942, a flight of RAF Halifax bombers from No. 76 squadron struck a German harbour facility on the Baltic Sea. During the mission, one of the British planes was…
In The Company of Men — Women Who Disguised Themselves To Fight
“Mulan wasn’t the only woman to ever don male clothing in order to take her place in the battle line” LONG BEFORE Disney brought her story to life on the big screen, the Chinese have…
