Lightning Strikes – 11 Electrifying Facts About Lockheed’s Legendary P-38
“The P-38 made its greatest contributions in the war with Japan. Its tremendous range proved particularly effective in the open expanses of the Pacific.” IT WAS APRIL 14, 1943. U.S. intelligence had just cracked a…
WW2’s Forgotten Front – 10 Chilling Facts About the Sino-Japanese War
“The conflict, which was fought between China’s competing Nationalists and Communist factions on one side and Imperial Japan on the other, stands as one of the darkest and deadliest chapters in human history.” By Jack…
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,…
