Confederates of the Nile – Meet the Civil War Vets Who Volunteered to Fight for the Egyptian Army
“Less than 10 years after the fall of the Confederacy, they found themselves posted more than 6,000 miles from home, in new uniforms and leading columns of African troops into the Ethiopian highlands.” By James A….
Planes of Fame – Check Out This Gallery of Vintage Warbirds from One of America’s Top Aviation Museums
“If you love aviation history, don’t miss the Planes of Fame, either the California location or its sister site in Arizona.” By Michael Jabbra IF YOU’RE A MilitaryHistoryNow.com regular and you ever find yourself in…
Tokyo Rose – Cartoonists Revisit Story of How One American Citizen Became Japan’s Most Famous Wartime Propagandist
“Still a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, two American cartoonists are now hoping to bring the story to light.” THE SAGA OF Tokyo Rose, aka Iva Toguri, is not one of the…
The Battle of Culloden — It’s Time to Rethink Britain’s Storied Triumph Over the Jacobites
“Things have changed, but the popular image of Culloden remains: a battle lost by swords against muskets, by tribesmen fighting regulars, by absolute monarchy fighting constitutional authority.” By Murray Pittock NO BATTLE OUT of living…
For ‘Land, Captures and Prize Money’ — How an Army of Irish Volunteers Helped Topple Spain’s American Empire
“Officers who could raise units were offered loot, plantations and glory by the Venezuelan government. For the ordinary soldiers, the promise of a parcel of fertile land with which to begin a new life in…
“The Unknown Face” – Museum Digitally Blends Portraits of Thousands of WW1 Soldiers Into Single Image
“It carries a universal message of peace with the synthesis of a multitude of faces, of lives carried away in the whirlwind of the Great War.” FRANCE’S Historial de la Grande Guerre is marking the…
