A Distant Tempest – How Nazi Merchant Raiders Carried the War to the South Pacific
“Despite its ferocity, the Nazi’s Pacific campaign has been largely forgotten.” By Stephen Robinson BEFORE THE JAPANESE attack on Pearl Harbour, it was the German navy, or Kriegsmarine, that was turning the tranquil Pacific Ocean…
The Darlan Agreement – How a Secret Pact With a Nazi Collaborator Helped Secure an Allied Victory in North Africa
“If Eisenhower ratified any agreement with Darlan, he’d be working with a man who had cultivated ties with Hitler.” By Robert Kofman ON NOV. 11, 1942, General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Operation Torch, the Allied…
The Battle of Cherbourg — When Union and Confederate Warships Clashed Off the Coast of France
“For the crew of the Kearsarge, this was the payoff for more than two years of searching the Atlantic for Confederate warships.” By Walter Topp IT WAS NO chance encounter. When the Confederate warship CSS…
The Battle of Montcel-Frétoy — History’s Last Fight Between Mounted Lancers
“The action was quickly overshadowed by greater events, just as the traditional role of the cavalryman was overtaken by the realities of modern warfare.” By Alexander Zakrzewski ON THE morning of Sept. 7, 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel…
Hellcat vs. Focke-Wulf — How Did the U.S. Navy Warplane Stack Up Against Germany’s FW-190?
“The U.S. Navy, which in addition to fighting the Pacific War took part in Allied operations in the Mediterranean and North Sea, needed its aviators to be ready for Focke-Wulfs.” By Marc Liebman THE FOCKE-WULF…
Napoleon’s Hundred Days — Bonaparte and His Army Once Commanded Europe; In the Lead-up to Waterloo, Neither Were Ready for War
“Horses, artillery, and muskets were all in desperately short supply. Hours of his frenetic, almost manic energies were poured into correcting this with pitifully little success.” In April of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was finished. A…
