At Close Range – Inside the Deadly Firefight Between HMCS Assiniboine and U-210
“The submarine opened fire with all his guns and for about 35 minutes the action continued at a point blank range of about 100 to 300 yards.” By James Brun IN THE SUMMER of 1942,…
The Final Blow – Was it American A-Bombs or the Soviet Declaration of War that Forced Tokyo to Surrender in 1945?
“The historical evidence indicates that it was the Soviet onslaught in Manchuria which pushed the Japanese military and political elite into the recognition that there was no alternative to ‘enduring the unendurable.’” By Peter Harmsen…
Imagining the First Air War – How a 1908 Advertisement Anticipated the Future of Aerial Combat
“The poster depicts a night action in which an armada of airships bomb a small town while artillery batteries on the ground furiously try to fend off the attacking Zeppelins.” By Harry Smee and Henry…
‘The Most Successful Army in the World’ – Inside Britain’s Indian Campaigns of 1798−1805
“After the Battle of Assaye in 1803 [Wellesley] wrote that all the troops had performed admirably: ‘the sepoys astonished me.’” By Martin R. Howard THE BRITISH ARMY that conquered much of India in the years…
The Forgotten Few – Meet Some of the Unknown and Unofficial Casualties of the Battle of Britain
“While the spotlight is naturally upon the Few, clearly there are countless others who lost their lives during the ‘Finest Hour.’” By Dilip Sarkar “NEVER IN THE field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston…
Target: Japan — Inside a Secret U.S. Plan to Launch an Air War in the Pacific Before Pearl Harbor
“The Roosevelt administration hoped to use Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese people to blunt the aggressive military actions of the Japanese.” By Mike Lemish A FORMATION of brand-new, American-made, heavy bombers flies in formation over…
