Manzanar — Nine Surprising Numbers About America’s Most Notorious Japanese Internment Camp
“More than 11,000 people would pass through Manzanar before it was shuttered on Nov. 21, 1945.” By Naomi Hirahara and Heather C. Lindquist FOLLOWING JAPAN’S ATTACK on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government rounded up and…
Napoleon’s Middle-East Quagmire — Amazing Facts About the Disastrous Egypt Campaign
“Instead of seeing Napoleon’s army as liberators, the Egyptians revolted and the French found themselves cut off and engaged in a vicious insurgency far from home.” By David Smethhurst NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S Egypt campaign began in…
Inside Churchill’s Spy Files – Five Top Secret Intelligence Operations That Helped the Allies Win WW2
“GARBO proved to be the most successful double agent of all time.” By Nigel West IN APRIL OF 1943, the British Security Service (MI5) agreed to begin briefing the Prime Minister on its most classified…
#EuropeRemembers – Campaign to Mark Next Year’s 75th Anniversary of D-Day Launches
“D-Day’s 75th anniversary will represent the last large-scale gathering of living soldiers, sailors and airmen who took part in the fight for Europe.” LAST WEEK’S commemorations of the anniversary of D-Day may now be over,…
Surviving Vicksburg – Inside the Civil War’s Worst Siege
“My heart stood still as we would hear the reports from the guns, and the rushing and fearful sound of the shell as it came toward us.” The Battle of Gettysburg is commonly cited as…
Eureka Moments – Seven Innovations From WW1 That Changed Our Daily Lives
“Few appreciate the sheer volume of non-military breakthroughs that emerged between 1914 and 1918.” By Doran Cart & Jonathan Casey HOW MANY INNOVATIONS came directly out of World War One? Tanks, flame throwers and sonar…
