The Scholarly Spies
•January 25, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
A group of Parisian scholars and museum workers were among the first to challenge the Nazis with propaganda and covert operations in occupied France. More »
•January 25, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
A group of Parisian scholars and museum workers were among the first to challenge the Nazis with propaganda and covert operations in occupied France. More »
•January 25, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Romans refined and improved the gladius in their quest for the optimum weapon for close-quarter combat. More »
•January 24, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Spaniard Bernardo de Galvez besieged British-held Pensacola in 1781. It fell to Scotsman John Campbell to defend the remote outpost. More »
•January 23, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Bravery was not enough to overcome uninspired tactics in a bloody clash between Marshal Massena and Viscount Wellington during the Peninsular War. More »
•January 14, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
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 »
•January 14, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
One of the earliest multi-role aircraft of World War II, the Bristol Beaufighter was always dependable. More »
•January 14, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
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 »
•January 13, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The 1940 exodus from Paris as the German Army approached choked the roads from the city with refugee traffic. More »
•January 11, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
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 »
•December 29, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Philippe Leclerc was among the best of the allied field commanders of World War II. More »
