•February 11, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
By Scott A. Bryan
Late in the evening on D-Day two German soldiers patrolled the outskirts of Colleville-sur-Mer, about one mile from Omaha Beach, and spotted Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division resting in a hedgerow field. Standing on opposite corners, the enemy unleashed machine-gun fire and killed seven Americans. More »
•February 7, 2019 • 1 Comment
To say that the clash between the Merrimack and Monitor changed naval history is an understatement; the two made wooden ships a thing of the past. More »
•January 25, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
A coordinated effort by the U.S. military in April 1943 resulted in the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. More »
•January 24, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Alexander Pokryshkin was second only to Ivan Kozedub in Soviet aerial victories during World War II. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Emperor Napoleon achieved a decisive victory over Count Bennigsen’s Russians in June 1807, redeeming the Grand Armee after its setback at Eylau. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
In the autumn of 1944, the U.S. First Army was chewed up in the Hürtgen Forest where it had to contend with counterattacks by the Germans. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Austrian and Italian navies fought a desperate battle In the Adriatic sea In 1866. Although outnumbered, the Austrians prevailed. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Czar Nicholas I’s warships destroyed a squadron of unsuspecting Ottoman ships at Sinop in the Black Seat at the outset of the Crimean War. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Wild Weasel concept gave the U.S. Air Force an effective method for destroying North Vietnamese radar and air defense missile systems. More »
•January 22, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
American-born Nazi radio propagandist William Joyce amused, and also terrorized, British listeners. More »
