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…
Ike’s D-Day Failure Letter — Read the Speech Eisenhower Was Set to Deliver If the Invasion Failed
“Despite the seeming inevitability of an Allied triumph, the success of the cross-channel invasion in 1944 seemed like anything but a foregone conclusion.” “SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to…
Braddock’s Defeat — The Battle of Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
“Historians’ traditional emphasis on Braddock’s supposed arrogance has also obscured the immense historical consequences of his defeat.” By David L. Preston BY AUGUST OF 1755, grim details of the slaughter of Major General Edward Braddock’s…
