Life and Death at Valley Forge — 10 Surprising Facts About the Revolutionary War’s Darkest Winter
“Entire regiments were without shoes, and visitors were astonished to find half-naked and barefoot American sentries manning guard posts.” It’s December of 1777. George Washington’s ragtag Continental Army, fresh from its failure to dislodge the…
Introducing the “Jeep” – How Did America’s Famous Military 4×4 Get Its Name?
“The origin of the word ‘jeep’ is still mired in controversy, more than 80 years after the first models rolled off assembly lines.” IF HISTORIANS COULD pick a single piece of military hardware to symbolize the…
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…
