Napoleon on Waterloo – What Did Bonaparte Actually Say About His Most Famous Defeat?
“What did Napoleon actually say about his defeat at Waterloo? A great deal, as it turns out.” By Shannon Selin ON JUNE 18, 1815, Napoleon was crushed at the Battle of Waterloo. Bonaparte’s 70,000-man army…
Aero-Neurosis — The Little-Known Psychological Condition That Devastated WW1 Pilots
“I zoom up violently, the pressure pushes me into my seat, my sight goes for a second, then more shots… I’m skidding madly, zooming, doing flat turns, quick rolls, anything to stop them getting a…
Operation Biting – The Bruneval Raid and the Making of the British First Airborne Division
“The only way for raiders to reach the Bruneval radar installation, they determined, was from the air using the newly formed British 1st Parachute Brigade.” By Martin Roy Hill BY THE END of 1941, RAF…
The Berlin Tunnel – Inside One of the Cold War’s Boldest Intelligence Coups
“Constructing a quarter-mile tunnel into enemy territory and tapping into Soviet lines would be a major feat of engineering beyond the capabilities of either the CIA or SIS.” By Steve Vogel THE BERLIN TUNNEL, the…
Of Scythians and Amazons — Warrior Women of the Era of Alexander the Great
“Aeschylus described them as ‘the Amazons of the land of Colchis, the virgins fearless in battle, the Scythian hordes who live at the world’s end.’” By David Grant IN NOVEMBER OF 1977, excavators in the…
Escape from Davao — Meet the POWs Who Brought News of the Bataan Death March to the Outside World
“Civilians from coast to coast were both riveted to and revolted by what the Chicago Tribune called ‘the biggest bombshell since Pearl Harbor.’” By John D. Lukacs ON MAY 6, 1943, a weary U.S. Navy…
