HMCS Skeena – Meet One of the Toughest Warships of the Battle of the Atlantic
“As experienced and professional a destroyer as any of them on the North Atlantic run.” By James Brun HIS MAJESTY’S Canadian Ship Skeena was a River-class destroyer and one of the first two ships built…
Great Escapes – Seven British Armies That Evaded Total Annihilation
“There is something to celebrate in the stubborn tenacity that has seen the country’s army out of so many near-disasters.” By Douglas Brown BRITAIN’S ARMIES have had a curious habit of transforming battlefield defeats into…
The Eye of the Storm – How Alfred Waud’s Sketches Captured the Carnage of the U.S. Civil War
“Armed with little more than a sketchpad and a set of charcoal pencils, Waud witnessed a string of battles, faithfully committing the destruction he saw to paper.” MUCH HAS BEEN written about pioneering photographers like Mathew…
The Consolidated PBY Catalina – Meet the Flying Boat that Helped the Allies Win WW2
“It would serve in every maritime theatre of the war while performing an array of missions, from reconnaissance and search-and-rescue to sub-hunting and anti-shipping.” By James Brun THE CONSOLIDATED PBY was not one of the…
“We Happy Few” – The Battle of Agincourt and the Birth of an English Legend
“Gentlemen of England shall think themselves accursed they were not here” – Henry V, Act IV, Scene 3 (Originally published Oct 24, 2015) By Anne Curry WHY DOES THE Battle of Agincourt, fought in northern…
Operation Vengeance – Inside the Improbable U.S. Mission to Kill Japan’s Admiral Yamamoto
“While P-38s packed the firepower and had the range necessary to carry out the mission, the task itself bordered on suicidal.” By Jim Stempel AFTER A LONG day of decoding enemy intercepts, two U.S. military…
