‘The Tragic Prelude’ – How John Brown’s Harpers Ferry Raid Lit the Fuse for the U.S. Civil War
“The impact of Brown’s raid was traumatic and far-reaching; it touched off an emotional storm that swept across the country.” By Charles P. Poland Jr. IN THE 1850s, America was a deeply divided nation. Disputes…
The Battle of the Wabash – Inside the Disastrous First Campaign of the U.S. Army
“When news of the disaster on the Wabash reached Congress, the legislature demanded an investigation; the first one it ever convened.” By R.D. Evans THE END OF the American Revolution did not mean peace in…
Of Fifes and Drumsticks – Victory at Saratoga and America’s First Thanksgiving Holiday
“The American triumph at Saratoga was considered the turning point of the eight-year War of Independence.” By Sean Kelleher MOST PEOPLE REMEMBER the first Thanksgiving being held by pilgrims at Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts in…
Operation Accolade – How Britain’s Elite Long Range Desert Group Met Disaster in the Aegean
“The Dodecanese operations were just a sideshow, still not widely known in World War Two military history. Yet for those who served and died there, it was no sideshow; the cost was high on all…
Otto Rahn – Meet the Nazi ‘Indiana Jones’ Behind the Third Reich’s Hunt for the Holy Grail
“In the insane world of Nazi pseudo-academia, Rahn became a celebrity, highly sought-after for lectures and speaking engagements.” By Alexander Zakrzewski AMONG THE casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is the long-awaited fifth instalment of the…
The Automedon Incident – How a Captured Freighter Carrying a Trove of Secret Documents Changed the Course of WW2
“The papers helped propel the Japanese Empire to war with the United States and ultimately to its own destruction.” By Stephen Robinson ON NOV. 11, 1940, a lookout on the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis spotted…
