‘To the Last Desperate Inch’ – Inside John Bell Hood’s Bloody ‘Fighting Retreat’ from Nashville
“No army in the war endured a more miserable and depressing episode than did the Army of Tennessee on this retreat.” In November 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood led his hard-luck Army of Tennessee…
The Attack of the ‘Last Great Pirate’ – Benito De Soto, Wellington’s Treasure and the Raid on the ‘Morning Star’
“After opening fire with cannon and forcing the isolated English vessel to stop, an armed boarding party swarmed over Morning Star’s side.” By Michael Ford NO ONE ABOARD the English vessel Morning Star imagined they’d…
Incident at Launceston – How Racial Tensions Among GIs in Great Britain Led to Armed Confrontation
“Riding on the tide of simmering racial tension in U.S. training camps and explosive riots in five American cities during the long hot bloody summer of 1943, this enmity inevitably floated across the Atlantic with…
Who Would Be a Nazi? – Historian Explores What Drove One Seemingly Ordinary German Into the SS
“Griesinger’s story offers a chilling reminder of how ordinary people, not monsters, made the Nazi regime and its heinous crimes.” By Daniel Lee PORTRAYALS IN popular culture of the infamous Schutzstaffel or SS generally paint…
American Idol – The Revolutionary War and Birth of the ‘Cult of George Washington’
“From the moment he had taken command of the American forces in July 1775, he had been greeted with a torrent of adulation.” By David A Bell IN THE FALL of 1776, it looked as…
The 40 Thieves of Saipan – Meet the Elite Marine Scout-Snipers of the Pacific War
“Besides their nefarious pilfering skills, the 40 Thieves embodied a new breed of jungle fighter within the Corps itself.” By Joseph Tachovsky SECOND WORLD WAR Marines were notorious thieves – mostly out of necessity. As…
