New Year’s Eve 1942 Was the Day of Hitler’s Biggest…
The Battle of the Barents Sea should have been a triumph for Nazi Germany. Instead, it ended in the…
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Christmas 1940 Under Siege: Admiral Hipper and the…
In a narrow sense, the Admiral Hipper “won” the naval battle; it inflicted damage on the British…
The Christmas “Raid on Cuxhaven” Was the First Carrier…
The raid was not militarily significant—but it was proof that planes could take off from ships and…
The Fall of Hong Kong Was a “Black Christmas” for the…
The defenders of Hong Kong, tens of thousands of miles from any conceivable relief force,…
In 1944, Three Americans and Four Germans Spent…
A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the…
Christmas Eve, 1944: The Tank Duel That Broke Nazi…
In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army…
How a British Magician (May Have) Outsmarted the Nazis…
The legend of Jasper Maskelyne, a British stage magician who helped hide Allied military…
On General Patton’s Death Anniversary, We Remember How…
Patton was not an ideal commander. But his fighting spirit was second to none—and continues to…
Why Does the US Army Name Its Tanks for Generals?
The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but…
Why Is the Royal Navy So Obsessed with Ancient Greece?
The Royal Navy came into its own during the “Age of Reason,” in which ancient Greece was seen as a…
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