Britain’s First Air War – Seven Surprising Facts About the Early Royal Flying Corps
“By the 1918 Armistice, Great Britain had built a powerful, modern tactical air force that was the envy of the world.” By Greg Baughen THE FIRST WORLD WAR was a proving ground for aerial warfare….
The Old Guard – 10 Amazing Facts About Napoleon’s Most Celebrated Soldiers
“Despite their final defeat at Waterloo, the Old Guard would go down as one of the most famous fighting units in history.” ON THE EVENING of April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte’s 20-year career as a…
Operation Cowboy – How American GIs & German Soldiers Joined Forces to Save the Legendary Lipizzaner Horses in the Final Hours of WW2
“The efforts to rescue the Lipizzaners would end with battle-weary American GIs standing shoulder-to-shoulder with German troops to fight a common enemy – the Waffen-SS.” IT WAS APRIL 28, 1945. The war in Europe was…
The Marching Dead — World War One and the Cinematic Zombie Apocalypse
“Horror took on a new meaning after the trenches and veteran’s accounts of the savagery they had experienced.” By W. Scott Poole NOV. 11, 2018 marked 100 years since the cessation of hostilities in the…
SPONSORED POST – Five Museums That Feature Historic American Military Vehicles
THE UNITED STATES was unprepared for war in 1941. In the year prior to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, American factories produced just 365 tanks. Within two years, output would skyrocket to more than 10,000…
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….
