A U.S. General’s Secret Mission To Occupied Rome To Discuss The Italian Surrender
General Tylor’s diplomatic and language skills resulted in his secret mission to Rome to coordinate an 82nd Airborne para drop with Italian forces. General Dwight…
Deep Cover: The Spy Who Brought Down An Empire in the Run-Up to World War One
Alfred Redl was a walking contradiction ― a splendid military career crafted by pure ambition and a sense of duty, opposed to the high treason…
The Tsar Bomba, The Biggest Bomb The World Has Ever Seen
Every aspect of the phrase, ‘weapons of mass destruction,’ applies to the Tsar Bomba. The weapon was the Soviet Union’s rebuttal to the United States…
In 1937, A Toilet Break Led to War Between China and Japan
Wars have been waged over the stupidest things, but in 1937, Japan took it a step further. That was the year that a minor incident…
Behind Enemy Lines – The 82nd and 101st Airborne On D-Day
The amphibious landings of D-Day were hours away when the first combat missions by the US Army started in France. The invasion of Normandy began…
When A Bloody Medieval War Was Fought Because Of A Bucket Full of Treasure
In 1325, two armies clashed near what is today the Italian town of Castello di Serravalle in the region of Emilia-Romagna. It was a huge…
Sparta’s Hoplite Warriors: The Most Influential Ancient Military Force
Today, many individuals connect Sparta with a few movies and then dismiss the influential historical city as something of little importance. However, Sparta’s strict military…
U-570 In the WW2 Battle of the Atlantic – The Only Submarine To Ever Be Captured By An Aircraft
There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…
The Tragic Tale of Hajime Fujii – A Kamikaze Fighter Who Crashed Into And Sunk The USS Drexler
This is an odd story that involves a flight instructor, his family, and a single-minded request. The whole thing was so strange, in fact, that…
The Most Effective Female Spies of the American Civil War
Rose Greenhow Just before Virginia’s secession, the governor of that state John Letcher wanted to set up a spy network while he was still able…
Dodging five, point-blank rounds from a tank, Charles Coolidge awarded the Medal of Honor
Fear and self-preservation are common human instincts likely found on any battlefield throughout history. Then, there are men like Charles Coolidge. In 1944, this young…
This Gigantic Submarine Factory Couldn’t Even Be Destroyed By The 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb
Erich Friedrich Michael Lackner is considered to be one of the most influential engineers of the last century. He developed a revolutionary type of concrete…