A Unique Approach To Teaching High School Students About War History
Millville High School in New Jersey employs an interesting approach to studying history: an oral history project with aging former servicemen who tell stories about…
Imperial War Museum displaying letters of Winnie the Pooh author A. A. Milne
Ask people what book author A. A. Milne is known for, and they’ll probably shake their heads in bewilderment. Recognition dawns when told he wrote…
Free Lunch In Return For War Stories And Friendship
For five years, businessman Kevin Boldt from Fort Worth, TX, has made it his task to identify every Tarrant County service member who died in…
A Former Serviceman’s Final Wish Is Granted
When the end comes, many people don’t have the opportunity to have their last wish fulfilled. This was not the case with WWII and Korean…
A Game-Changing Medieval Siege
Civil wars and revolts were common in medieval England. Without elections to decide between opposing leaders and policies, violence became the answer. As in modern…
The Knights Templar – Spectacular Rise And Fall Of A Legendary Order
The Knights Templar were the first and the most famous European warrior Order founded during the Crusades. From their bases in Europe and the Holy…
Heart-Rending Decisions: One Commander’s Divided Loyalties In Caesar’s Civil War
Civil war can force participants to make difficult decisions. Friends, colleagues, and families are torn apart. For some, the decision of who to side with…
The German Spring Offensives, 1918 – Inflicting Brutal Damage On The Allies
In the spring of 1918, the Germans went on the attack. Over the course of five offensives, they turned the static warfare that had endured…
The Long, Hard Fight – 8 Reasons Why it Took Seven Coalitions to Defeat Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most successful generals in history. Despite most of Europe opposing him, he expanded the French empire from the Atlantic…
Easy Company – Band of Brothers – The Crossroads Battle Explained
Introduction – The Island It is October 2nd, 1944, the 101st Airborne has completed its tasks on Hells Highway around Veghel and Eindhoven and has…
Original D-Day footage: US Troops Storm The Beaches Of Normandy (Watch)
The tide of the Second World War turned on the 6th of June, 1944, changing the course of history forever. On the shores of Normandy,…
The Interceptor Version Of The A-12 Spy Plane – The YF-12
The CIA began using the advanced Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft for their covert operations in 1967. Missions over North Vietnam and North Korea soon made…