HMS Victorious – Meet the British Aircraft Carrier That Joined the U.S. Navy in WW2
“Without extra carriers, the U.S. Navy would have to stop or postpone offensive operations in the Pacific in 1943. Finding more would be crucial if the Allies hoped to hold on to the initiative in…
‘Folly From the Start’ — Revisiting America’s Fatally Flawed Thinking About the War in Vietnam
“If a free election were run in South Vietnam, President Eisenhower observed, Ho Chi Minh would have won by a landslide.” By Sergio Miller NOBODY HAS EVER won a war by spinning, nor will they….
The Swamp Fox – Inside Francis Marion’s Guerrilla War Against the British Redcoats
“Marion used irregular methods of warfare and is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare and maneuver warfare and is credited in the lineage of U.S. Army Rangers and the 75th Ranger Regiment.”…
‘Shadows From the Trenches’ – How Irish Veterans of the First World War Came Home to Fight for Independence
“The homecoming of Irish troops is but one example of what took place on a larger scale across the continent in the aftermath of the First World War.” By Emmanuel Destenay “I was demobilised from…
Operation Chariot – Inside the British Commando Raid on Saint-Nazaire
“Why did Britain even consider this sort of ‘death or glory’ raid when casualties were guaranteed to be heavy?” By Robert Lyman IN MARCH OF 1942 British Commandos and the Royal Navy launched one of…
The Battle of the Wilderness – Inside Grant and Lee’s Lethal First Encounter
“Historians and general readers often wonder who was the better general: Lee or Grant? The Battle of the Wilderness is the perfect case study for exploring that simple question.” By John Reeves “MORE DESPERATE fighting…
