“Don’t Give Up the Ship” — Inside Oliver Hazard Perry’s Triumph at the Battle of Lake Erie
“The victory at Lake Erie was a remarkable achievement for the Americans. They built six wooden warships in eight months in a scarcely populated wilderness where, except for wood, nothing they needed was available.” By…
Ultra and Overlord — How Allied Intelligence Spelled the Difference Between Victory and Defeat During the Normandy Campaign
“By the spring of 1944, some 5,600 people worked on deciphering, translating, or interpreting messages intercepted by legions of radio operators located throughout Nazi occupied Europe.” By John Prados THE FIRST-GENERATION histories of D-Day and…
Alternate Endings — Five Leading Causes of Death for Soldiers in Napoleon’s Army
“Only about a 30 per cent of all fatalities occurred in combat.” By Dr. Bernard Wilkin IN OUR UPCOMING book, Fighting the British, my co-author and I calculated that approximately 45 per cent of all…
Dinner With Himmler – An American Paratrooper’s Bizarre Encounter With One of the Third Reich’s Top Officials
“Metcalfe turned and immediately recognized one of the officers was indeed Hitler’s own SS chief, Heinrich Himmler in the flesh.” By Marcus A. Nannini EUGENE METCALFE OF the 82nd Airborne’s 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment was…
A Different Drummer – Former Slave’s Wartime Snare Drum Up for Auction
“The drum offered at auction on May 4 is the one he played from his time in the Seminole Wars to the end of his life in 1890.” By Eric Bradley ON JAN. 8, 1815,…
George Gordon Meade — 11 Surprising Facts About the Victor of Gettysburg
“Despite winning the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, few Americans even know his name.” By Robert Kofman MAJOR GENERAL George Gordon Meade is best known for leading the Army of the Potomac…
