HMS Pathfinder, the U-Boat’s First Casualty, Commemorated
On the exact 100th-year anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Pathfinder, the first ship sunk by a German U-boat, divers swam 220 feet underwater to its…
Project Documents WWII History of East Anglia
During the Second World War, there were numerous airfields used in East Anglia. A new initiative has now begun to collect photographs of these airfields…
Join the Navy, see the world
Lee Obermiller enlisted in Navy nurse program in search of adventure By Jeremy P. Amick Born in 1927, Jefferson City, Mo., resident Leona (Fisher) Obermiller…
Cuban Ex-President Fidel Castro Criticizes NATO
Many have differing views of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, especially in the United States where there has been an embargo against Cuba since 1960.…
Sinking of the SS Athenia
To many, the sinking of the SS Athenia was the event that formally ushered the British into the Second World War. As with many wars,…
WW1 ATLAS – Review by Mark Barnes
This large-scale book has the essence of the look of one produced under the banner of The Times newspaper, but don’t be fooled into thinking…
Who the heck was Kilroy? A tale of ships and wartime
A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…
Compelled into service
This is an article on a veteran that received valuable medical training in the Navy, which led to her becoming a nurse in the civilian…
Espionage – The Birth of the National Intelligence Agency
In Washington a landlubber Rear Admiral heads a new Government bureau which thinks it could have done a lot to prevent Pearl Harbor. Anyway, one…
The Battle of Raseiniai, 1941, where a single KV tank stopped an entire German Kampfgruppe
On June 22, 1941, Germany and the Axis powers commenced Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union along a 2,900 km front with a…
WW1 Fighter Aces – Review by Mark Barnes
In a corner of a foreign field just north of Ypres rests a young man named Edwin Benbow. He is no relation to me and…
WWI Soldier Honored After 100 Years
Since the centenary began, it has become increasingly common that the story of a WWI soldier who fought bravely yet received little acclaim will occasionally…