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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Pirates — America’s 200-Year War Against Sea-Going Cutthroats
“U.S. warships have been mixing it up with rogues, freebooters, privateers for more than 200 years. Consider these famous (and not-so-famous) encounters.” ON APRIL 12, 2009, the American destroyer USS Bainbridge made headlines when it…
Death From Above — Inside Japan’s Secret Balloon Bomber Campaign Against North America
“For months the War Department knew that the continent’s airspace was being invaded regularly by strange automated bomb-dropping balloons – they just weren’t reporting it.” TO THOSE ENJOYING lunch in an idyllic picnic ground in…
The Tornado That Saved America
As the residents of Moore, Oklahoma recover from the deadly mile-wide twister that tore through the small community Monday afternoon, one is reminded of how at least one tornado might have actually saved the United…
The Cold War Heats Up — New Documents Reveal the “Able Archer” War Scare of 1983
Two years before the rise to power of Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and six years prior the fall of the Berlin Wall, relations between Washington and Moscow were as brittle as ever. Following an era…
Living History — Lancaster Re-Flies its Most Famous Mission
In honour of the 70th Anniversary of RAF No. 617 Squadron’s Operation Chastise (aka. The Dambuster Raids) vintage aviation photographer Martin Keen of the U.K. forwarded this image of the mighty Avro Lancaster. This particular bird…
Women Warriors — Meet Seven of History’s Most Amazing Female Commanders
“Although women military leaders are rare throughout history, they are far from unheard of. Joan D’Arc and Boudica are two of the more famous examples; there are many more.” THE ARCHEOLOGY WORLD was buzzing last October…
