When Louis XIV’s generals achieved success in Flanders in the war of Spanish succession in 1708 it fell on The Duke of Marlborough to even the score.   More »

One of the earliest multi-role aircraft of World War II, the Bristol Beaufighter was always dependable.   More »

The British defeated a larger Spanish fleet in February 1797 in the battle of Cape St. Vincent. The victory confirmed the Royal Navy’s superiority.   More »

The 1940 exodus from Paris as the German Army approached choked the roads from the city with refugee traffic.   More »

Albert W. Boam, a former B-24 navigator, recalls his training, bombing the Reich, getting shot down, and surviving months in a German POW camp.   More »

Philippe Leclerc was among the best of the allied field commanders of World War II.   More »

Spanish dictator Francisco Franco held Hitler and the Nazi regime at arm’s length throughout the war.   More »

Cut off from his base by the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte, British General Sir John Moore began a three-week-long retreat to Corunna.   More »

The Duke of Marlborough’s victory at the Battle of Ramillies turned the War of Spanish Succession, and transformed the major powers of Europe.   More »

By Kevin M. Hymel
“Bombs away!”called out the bombardier of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber Great Speckled Bird, signaling the release of a full bombload over an enemy target. He was wrong. Two stubborn bombs refused to fall, remaining in their bomb bay racks.
The bomber’s radioman, Technical Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick,   More »