Operation Vengeance – Inside the Improbable U.S. Mission to Kill Japan’s Admiral Yamamoto
“While P-38s packed the firepower and had the range necessary to carry out the mission, the task itself bordered on suicidal.” By Jim Stempel AFTER A LONG day of decoding enemy intercepts, two U.S. military…
Castro’s Cold Warriors – Inside the Foreign Campaigns of the Cuban Army
“Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, Castro was only too eager to export revolution to the Third World. Often this support came in the form of combat troops.” AMERICA WAS STILL REELING from its humiliation in Vietnam…
The Not So ‘Phoney War’ – There Was No Shortage of Bloodshed In WW2’s Supposedly Quiet Opening Weeks
“The first six months of World War Two are often remembered as a relatively tranquil phase of the conflict… It was hardly uneventful.” IN BRITAIN, it became known as the “Phoney War” or the “Bore War.”…
Gibraltar in the Crosshairs – Inside the Secret Nazi Plan to Grab the Rock
“Even before France had fallen, Hitler’s generals lobbied the German leader for permission to roll on into Spain and wrest control of Gibraltar from the British.” SHORTLY AFTER THE defeat of France in 1940, Adolf…
Beyond the Pail – The Unbelievable War of the Oaken Bucket
“The unlikely dispute was actually part of a wider ongoing feud between two warring factions in northern Italy.” SOME WARS ARE fought for land. Others have been waged over oil. More than a few have…
Napoleon’s Ulm Campaign – Inside Bonaparte’s ‘Masterpiece’ Victory Over Austria in the Autumn of 1805
“It was a brilliant success for Napoleon, who demonstrated maneuver qualities unmatched before.” By Sylvain Batut IN TERMS OF Napoleonic history, Oct 14 is a major anniversary. On that day in 1806, Napoleon beat a…
