Pauline Cushman: The Union Civil War Spy Who Was Also a Stage Actress
Pauline Cushman may have been considered a mediocre actress, but she’s seen as one of the most successful Union spies of the American Civil War.…
America’s First Female Cryptanalyst Is Having a Ship Named In Her Honor
Mississippi shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun work on a new Legend-class cutter for the US Coast Guard. This new National Security cutter (NSC) is named…
Taylor Bye Belly-Landed Her A-10 Warthog After Its Landing Gear Failed
Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot Capt. Taylor Bye was awarded the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for safely belly-landing her aircraft without a canopy…
The Future, Today – Why Lasers Are the Next Big Thing for the US Army
Lasers, a technology that’s been the focus of sci-fi gadgetry for years, should soon be making their way into the hands of US Army troops…
World War 2: War Stories Exhibition
The Tank Museum at Bovington in the U.K. is to reopen to the public after the Covid close-down with an extensive and brand new World…
D-Day Reenactment Canceled Over Health And Safety Concerns
One of the U.K.’s largest D-Day reenactments set to take place in June 2021 has been canceled over health and safety fears of “blown sand”…
Wreck of the HMS Urge Found Off the Coast of Malta
A submarine wreck off the coast of Malta has officially been identified as the British U-class submarine HMS Urge, which was lost in 1942. Since…
The Zimmermann Telegram was Intended to Keep America Out of WWI – It Did the Opposite
It’s believed, today, that few decoded messages have had the global and historical impact of the Zimmermann Telegram in 1917. This single telegram gave the…
‘Skins’ Star to Play SAS Hero Paddy Mayne in New Series
Filming of a new TV mini-series has begun and is set to finally show the exploits of one of the SAS’s most notable members, Robert…
Tilanqiao, Shanghai, Was A Wartime Safe Haven For Jewish People
Tilanqiao, a neighborhood in Shanghai, was, for a time, an oasis in a troubled land. The neighborhood, which became a ghetto under Japanese occupation, was…
Operation Monopoly: When the US Tunneled Under The Soviet Embassy
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. were no strangers to spying on each other, as they had been playing a cat-and-mouse game of espionage since the beginning…
CIA Documents Reveal Early Plot Against Raúl Castro
With Raúl Castro’s retirement from politics on the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, CIA documents about a planned assassination plot against the…