Operation Goodwood: Epic Armor Clash in Normandy – Day Two
July 19 July 19th, 1944, day two of “Operation Goodwood,” Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery’s massive armored onslaught on the German defensive lines south of…
The Evacuation Of Gallipoli: The One Successful Operation In A Disastrous Campaign
The Gallipoli campaign of 1915-1916 is one of many infamous failures of the First World War. An attempt by the Allies to seize ground in…
The Meat Grinder Of War – Why The Napoleonic Wars Cost So Many Lives
The Napoleonic Wars involved staggering numbers of men injured and killed. From 6% casualties at Fleurus in 1792 to 15% at Austerlitz in 1806. There…
A Nightmarish Place – The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp
The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…
Occult And Esoteric Practices – Four Nazis With Dark Links To The Occult
There are few regimes and organizations in European history so universally condemned for their evil actions as the Nazis. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, led Germany…
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One
The Battle of Pharsalus was one of the most important in Julius Caesar’s career. Fought on the 9th of August 48 BC, it was the…
Flying Tigers Veteran Glen Beneda Never Forgot How The Chinese Saved His Life, Nor Did They Forget Him
When the US entered WWII, many believed they’d lose because Japanese victories kept piling up at America’s expense. Historians claim that the Battle of Midway…
“Attack on Orleans” – Review by Mark Barnes
By my reckoning this is the 125th book I have reviewed this year and how wonderful it is to find gems at this stage in…
Napoleon’s Imperial Guard – Elite Soldiers Who Served The Emperor
The Imperial Guard were the most famous soldiers in Napoleon Bonaparte’s army. An elite core of fighting men, they held a special place in the…
The First Man to Sink a Japanese Warship – The Battle Of Wake Island
Most people believe that although the Japanese succeeded in bombing Pearl Harbor during WWII, they never managed to occupy so much as an inch of American soil,…
How Napoleon Came To Be Buried At His Final Resting Place, Hôtel des Invalides, Paris
To tourists visiting Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides in Paris, it seems the most natural thing in the world that he should be buried there.…
USCGC Heriberto Hernandez, Named For A Coastguard Hero Who Was Killed In Vietnam
On October 16, 2015, the United States Coast Guard gained a new Cutter. The 154 foot Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter was named after a…