Warfare History
This is How the Government Entertained the Troops during World War II
By the time America entered World War II, its military leaders had long recognized the need to bolster the morale…
Winston Churchill’s Great American Adventure
America’s Pacific battle fleet still smoldered at Pearl Harbor, several battleships sunk in the mud, when Franklin Roosevelt received a…
The Secret Love Life of Marie Antoinette and More Historic Romance
Marie Antoinette was long rumored to have been in love with a Swedish nobleman, who might have fathered at least…
The Spy Who Led an Army to its Doom With Fake Newspapers and Letters
In 1805, a spy tricked an Austrian general to lead an army of 72,000 men out of a strongly fortified…
Forgotten Battles of the American Civil War
Most Americans remember or are at least aware, of the largest battles of the Civil War. Gettysburg and Antietam, Shiloh…
Historic Air Raids that Rained Fury from the Skies
In 1943, an RAF raid was mounted to troll the Nazis and disrupt the commemoration of their tenth anniversary in…
Life in the Roman Army and the Realities of Rome
The Roman legions with which Ancient Rome conquered the Mediterranean world underwent many changes over the centuries. Originally, they were…
The War That Lasted 38 Minutes and Other Fascinating Warfare History
The shortest war in recorded history was fought in 1896, and it lasted for all of thirty eight minutes. For…
Failed Double-Barrel Cannon and Other Weapons That Absolutely Flopped
A sad fact about human nature is that few things get the creative juices to flow more copiously than plans…
The Boeing B-52 Was the Greatest Fighting Airplane of Them All
Officially it is known as the Stratofortress, following the styling assigned to its predecessors, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the…