Storm Warnings – Five Writers Who Predicted WW1 With Uncanny Accuracy
“Five grim visionaries and their remarkable predictions about the coming war.” FEW COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent crisis that triggered the First World War. Yet for years leading…
American Women at War — Meet Some Female Trailblazers Who Helped Defeat the Axis
“Women served. They supported combat units. They managed communications and moved the mail. They saved lives. They fought the enemy. Their service mattered then; it still matters now.” By Mari K. Eder THE ROLE OF…
Mustang vs. Corsair – Inside the U.S. Navy’s 1944 Match-Up Between the Two Fighters
“In late January and early February 1944, the U.S. Navy conducted a comparison of both airplanes at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland.” By Marc Liebman U.S. ARMY AIR Force pilots who flew the…
Operation Lam Son 719 – Inside the 1971 Battle That Decimated America’s Helicopter Force in Vietnam
“American aircrews soon found themselves flying against some of the most intense anti-aircraft and ground fire they’d faced in Southeast Asia.” By Larry Freeland IN 1967, the noted American novelist John Steinbeck was sent by…
Celtic Fight Songs – Eight Famous Melodies Irish and Scottish Armies Played in Battle
“From ancient bards playing on harps to massed corps of pipes and drums, it seems wherever Celtic armies fought, they did so with the sound of their unmistakable music in the air.” By Douglas Brown…
The Battle of Cantigny – Inside America’s First Major Offensive of World War One
“Ultimately, Cantigny was little more than a skirmish when compared to the epic battles of the Western Front. Yet its strategic importance far outweighed its size in terms of forces committed.” By Michael Stroud BY…
