Phantom Fortress: The Crewless Landing of a B-17
On November 23, 1944, a Royal Air Force antiaircraft unit stationed outside Cortonburg, Belgium observed a B-17 Flying Fortress flying towards them. The massive U.S. Army…
The Cost of GI Life Insurance
Having learned its lesson from the thousands of disgruntled veterans left out to dry after the Great War, the United States government worked to ensure…
The Plan Called For 1000 Steamships, The War Ended & They Were Left to Rot
During World War I. When the United States joined the Entente in 1917, it needed soldiers and supplies in large numbers quickly. Though mustering men…
‘Boss Hogg’ Sorrell Booke was a Counter-Intelligence Agent in the Korean War
The Dukes of Hazzard spent seven seasons regaling television viewers with the antics of a group of southern cousins as they dealt with everyday life…
How Firearms Changed Japan’s Way of War
For most of its existence prior to the nineteenth century, Japan lived in relative isolation. Foreigners sporadically contacted the remote nation, but until 1853, the…
The First Gunslinger: The Lone Gunman at Orleans
At the Siege of Orleans in 1429, in yet another brutal phase of the Hundred Year’s War, the English suffered a major blow to their…
The Battle of Memphis – Clearing the Way to Vicksburg
The road to Vicksburg, Mississippi during the American Civil War was a difficult one. By 1862 the Rebel city stood as the second to last…
River Snakes – Civil War Gunboats in Action
The Western Theater of the American Civil War brought its own challenges to defeating the southern Rebels. Fewer railroads and a sparser population spread left…
Kipling’s Firearms: The Jezail and the Jingal
“A scrimmage in a Border Station A canter down some dark defile Two thousand pounds of education Drops to a ten-rupee jezail.” –“Arithmetic on the…
Iron Men and Iron Ships: The Riverboats of the American Civil War
The American Civil War, in contention with the Crimean War to be considered the first modern war, saw advances in warfare both on land and…
Battles You Never Heard Of – The First Texas Revolution & A Lone Green Flag
Before the Texas Revolution of 1835, another group of aspiring Americans sought to break Texas away from a land still held by Spain. The short-lived…
Exodus in America: Mormon Battle for Nauvoo, Illinois
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faced a long struggle during the nineteenth century. Formed as a new religion expanding on the gospel…