Warfare History
The Fake Disease Created to Save Italian Jews in World War II
Fascist Italy passed laws which segregated the Italian Jews in ways similar to Hitler’s Germany in 1938. Jews were removed…
The Forgotten Story of Silas Soule, Hero and Friend of Walt Whitman and John Brown
Silas Soule (pronounced “sole”) was one of those people for whom the passage of time has not been kind. Few…
The Battle of Verdun During World War I
Lasting just three days less than ten months, the Battle of Verdun was a ghastly bloodletting between the German Army…
The Town That Got Away With Murder and Other Largely Forgotten Historic Events
In 1981, the people of tiny Skidmore, Missouri (pop. 441 then, about 280 now) got together to figure out what…
Opium Wars Broke the Middle Kingdom
In the 19th century the British Empire, through the Royal Navy and the military wing of the East India Company,…
Robert Gould Shaw Led this Contentious All Black Regiment During the Civil War
There are those who still believe that America’s bloody and tragic Civil War was not about slavery nor white supremacy.…
Poorly Thought Out Plans that Went Bad Very Quickly
For every good idea that changes things for the better, there are many, many, many more that should have been…
Operation Nemesis and Other Historic Paybacks
It is pleasant when justice catches up with bad people – the corrupt, the criminal, and the otherwise horrid –…
Fabricated Stories About World War II Still Known by Many
As the twentieth century’s seminal event, the Second World War has inspired its fair share of myths with no grounding…
D-Day’s Black Barrage Balloon Operators and Other Lesser Known WWII Facts
The Second World War was so enormous that many or most of its details are little known to most of…