Today in War History
· 1815, Battle of New Orleans
· 1940, Britain introduces food rationing
· 1959, Charles de Gaulle becomes the first President of the French Fifth Republic
· 2005, USS San Francisco collides with an undersea mountain
Featured
‘Mad Mike’ Hoare: The Irish Major Turned World-Famous Mercenary
· Facts About the Purple Heart, the Oldest Military Decoration Still Presented to US Service Members
· ‘Area 52’ Veterans Call Out US Government for Refusing to Acknowledge Health Issues Caused By Radiation Exposure
· INTERVIEW: William Sturkey Discusses His New Book About MoH Recipient and War Hero Roy Benavidez
Guest Authors
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda
· The British Army Took Over the Village of Tyneham to Prepare for D-Day
· Museum Releases Promotional Booklet Ahead of ‘The Third Man’ Film Anniversary
· St. Ermin’s Hotel: The London Hotel Favorited By Spies
World War 2
· Manuel V. Mendoza Really Was a One-Man Army – The Germans in His Way Didn’t Survive Long
· George Ray Tweed: The Man Who Evaded the Japanese on Guam for Over Two Years
· Jacklyn Lucas: The 17-Year-Old MoH Recipient Who Threw Himself on Two Grenades to Save His Comrades on Iwo Jima
· Operation Catechism: Demise of the German Battleship Tirpitz
· Descendant of Alaskan Native Leader Calls for Japan to Pay Reparations for 1942 Aleutian Islands Invasion
Napoleonic
INTERVIEW: Roxanne Panchasi Discusses Inaccuracies In Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’
· The Real-Life History Behind the British Television Series, ‘Sharpe’
· Ridley Scott Releases Director’s Cut of ‘Napoleon’ With 48 Minutes of Additional Footage
· Did Tin Buttons Cause Napoleon’s Army To Retreat From Russia?
Cold War
