One of the undisputed masterminds of military history, Napoleon Bonaparte’s tactical and strategic triumphs resulted in an entire era bearing his name. Even with the catastrophic loss of his Grande Armée in Russia, the Emperor...
MARK WALKER A historian of science, technology and National Socialism, Mark’s latest book Hitler’s Atomic Bomb tells the full story of the Nazi attempt to create nuclear weapons. He spoke to Louis Hardiman on page 32. ALEXANDER...
James Stejskal recounts how the Office of Strategic Services recruited brains and brawn to its ranks Like any infant organisation, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) would go through growing pains, and while it benefited from its...
In South Carolina, the hero of Saratoga General Horatio Gates received a bloody nose from an inferior Red Coat army led by Lord Cornwallis Fought in the South Carolina backcountry, Camden witnessed the near total destruction of a badly...
While the air battle raged on the ‘date of infamy’, a submerged strike force was closing in on its target
When in 1942 the island of Malta was on the verge of collapse, one heroic convoy fought through relentless Axis fire on a critical resupply mission Encompassing scarcely 122 square miles (315 square kilometres), Malta was the heartbeat of...
Read how a battle of words broke out in the colonies long before the War of Independence The use of propaganda in wartime is nothing new. We live in an age of both information and disinformation, but while modern communications...
