Broken Bombers – How the U.S. Military Covered Up Fatal Flaws in the B-47 Stratojet with Disastrous Results
“Those B-47s exploding over America could hardly be denied for long.” By H. Bruce Franklin IT WAS JUST supposed to be a routine training flight, not one of our highly classified Arctic missions refueling warplanes…
Ordeal at Allerona – GI Recounts Death-Defying Escape from POW Train in Italy
“The American airmen had just arrived on a mission to blow up the Allerona bridge at the moment we were passing over their target.” SIX YEARS AGO, MilitaryHistoryNow.com published an article about some of the…
She Spies – Six Amazing Female Agents Who Helped the Allies Win WW2
“Some disrupted enemy communications, others planted mines and bombs. A few, armed with grenades and Sten guns, even fought as undercover combatants.” By Greg Lewis THE SECOND WORLD War was in many ways a women’s…
Britain’s Forgotten War — 10 Surprising Facts About the 1918 Russia Intervention
“The campaign remains virtually unknown in Britain today.” By Damien Wright AFTER THREE YEARS of loss and suffering on the Eastern Front, Imperial Russia descended into revolution. In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin‘s Bolsheviks (later known…
Cavalry at Waterloo – How Mounted Troops Made History in the Napoleonic Wars’ Final Battle
“Cavalrymen and their mounts tended to get caught up in the excitement of a charge and often overran the enemy lines significantly reducing their effectiveness on the field of battle.” By Tom Williams BY THE…
Going Berserk – Eight Wild Facts About the Viking Age’s Most Fearsome Warriors
“Despite their reputation as terrifying and unkempt wild men, they were actually among the elites of their society and the finest warriors the Viking world had to offer” By Noah Tetzner SHIELD BITING, SWORD-wielding, frenzied,…
