“Hitler, FDR, Churchill, Stalin and Mussolini were all targets of elaborate assassination schemes.” TO SAY THAT the failed July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler has been well documented is an understatement. The conspiracy, which was…

“While the exploits of the resistance of World War Two have become the stuff of legend, history often forgets that French guerrillas mounted their own campaign against German occupiers a full 70 years before the…

“From ancient times right up to the 21st Century, militaries either in garrison or on campaign have had to do battle with disease.” THE ANCIENT GREEK city-state of Athens was in a fight to the death against…

“A great many ancient European fortresses figured prominently in the six-year conflict. Consider these.” FROM ITS PERCH HIGH ATOP THE FAMOUS White Cliffs, the sprawling fortress of Dover Castle protected England’s shores from invasion for hundreds of…

“The objective of the plan was two fold — thin the enemy’s ranks, while at the same time sapping his confidence in his own equipment.” THE U.S. MILITARY’S Studies and Observations Group might sound like a dull Washington policy think thank,…

“Known as Guerra de los pasteles to the Mexicans or Guerre des Pâtisseries to the French, the origins of the little-known 1838 dust-up go back to the previous decade.” IF ANY NATION in the world would pick a fight on…