Today in War History
· 1914, Christmas Truce begins
· 1943, Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy
· 1952, Handley Page Victor first flight
· 1979, Soviet–Afghan War begins
· 2012, Charles Durning dies
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
Cold War
NASA Accidentally Rediscovers Cold War-Era Military Base Beneath Greenland’s Ice Sheet
· Operation Deep Freeze: The Cold War-Era Antarctic Expedition That Kickstarted Decades of Research
· Operation Argus: The US Military’s Attempt to Block Soviet Attacks With Artificial Radiation Belts
· The True Story Behind the Cold War’s Most Iconic Photograph
American Civil War
