Jayhawk at Rabaul — Veteran Remembers Deadly Bomber Raid Over New Guinea
“Flying low and fast above the harbor’s edge, Cooper released salvoes of phosphorous bombs every few seconds. The smoke they generated screened the defending Japanese gunners, rendering them impotent.” By Jay Stout AT 100-YEARS-old, George…
Operation Basalt — Inside the Controversial 1942 British Raid That Led to Hitler’s Infamous ‘Commando Order’
“The German Führer decreed that from that point on, any Allied commandos who were captured, whether in uniform or not, were to be treated as terrorists and summarily executed.” By Eric Lee ON FRIDAY, JUNE…
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…
