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…
The Battle of Bennington – How a Little-Known Frontier Clash Altered the Course of the Revolutionary War
“The Battle of Bennington by any standard had been a minor sideshow, but a sideshow that nevertheless had dramatic strategic consequences.” By Jim Stempel DURING THE afternoon of Aug. 16, 1777, the skies finally cleared…
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…
