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War Nerves and The Mysterious “Battle of Los Angeles”
“The evidence seemed all too clear: California was moments away from being struck by the Japanese.” JUST after 3 a.m. on Feb. 25, 1942, the skies over Santa Monica, California shook to the thunder of…
The Young and the Restless – Mag Lists The Surprising Ages of Revolutionary Heroes
The Journal of the American Revolution recently listed the ages of nearly 150 of the conflict’s most famous individuals. Many were much younger than most would imagine. How old was the patriot and Revolutionary War…
War Horses — Cavalry’s Surprising Contribution to WW2
“While mechanized warfare did signal the end of the cavalry’s role on the battlefield, armies on both sides still used mounted troops throughout the Second World War.” IT’S ONE OF the more famous moments of…
HMS St. Lawrence – The Mightiest Ship To Never Sail the Seas
“The lumbering warship’s sole purpose was to assert the Crown’s naval supremacy on a 300 kilometre long strip of freshwater.” THE COLOSSAL St. Lawrence was one of the largest fighting vessels of the Napoleonic era. Laid down in April…
Galvanized Yankees – Meet the Confederate POWs who joined the Union Army
“This was no ordinary U.S. Army outfit. Raised the previous winter in Rock Island, Illinois, the 3rd USVI was made up entirely of veterans of the Confederate States Army.” IT WAS JULY 26, 1865 when a force…
Riot Acts – The Surprising History of Wartime Civil Unrest
“A number of cities were rocked by widespread violence and civic unrest during the war years. Here are some examples.” AMERICA LIKES TO REMEMBER the Second World War as an era in which the Greatest Generation…
