The Woolwich Arsenal and the Race to Modernize Britain’s Armaments Industry in WW1
“The reality of war on a continental scale soon exposed the total inadequacy of Woolwich as manufacturer of guns and ammunition.” By Phil Hamlyn Williams THE BRITISH ARMY of August 1914 was small and lightly…
‘The Neptune Monograph’ – Historians Launch Campaign to Restore a Trove of Top Secret D-Day Documents
“Only a few men saw the Neptune Monograph before D-Day and after the war, it almost disappeared from history.” IT WAS ONE of the most closely guarded secrets of the Second World War – a…
Benedict Arnold – Nine Things You Didn’t Know About America’s Most Infamous Traitor
“… I have suffered, in seeing the fair fabric of reputation… undermined by those, whose posterity (as well as themselves) will feel the blessed effects of my efforts.” –Benedict Arnold, January, 1780 By Joyce Lee…
Spitfire Nations — The British Weren’t the Only Ones To Fly the Iconic Warplane in Combat
“Americans, Soviets and a host of other countries operated the famous fighter plane during World War Two and in the Post War Era.” IT’S DIFFICULT TO overstate the reverence with which the British regard the Supermarine…
Generation Taliban — 10 Surprising Facts About Afghanistan’s Tireless Insurgent Army
“Despite this long-standing conflict, many people know little about the Taliban movement and its history.” By Phil Halton WESTERN ARMIES HAVE been fighting the Taliban, and other insurgent groups in Afghanistan, for nearly two decades…
The Return of the USS Cairo – How a Lost Civil War Ironclad Was Brought Back to Life
“The Cairo suffered catastrophic damage when a controlled underwater mine was detonated from shore. For the next 102 years, the ship would rest on the river bottom, largely forgotten.” By Steve Alderman THE IRONCLAD USS…
