In a firsthand account, a former artillery lieutenant recalls his experience with the Voloire Regiment during Operation Barbarossa, when Italy’s horse-drawn field artillery proved its worth on the Russian Front.
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Picture of the Day: August 20
Captain Hawks Travel Air On August 13, 1930, Captain Frank M. Hawks, superintendent of […]
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Picture of the Day: August 18
Constitution vs. Guerriere Returning from a cruise into Canadian waters on August 18, 1812, […]
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Picture of the Day: August 17
‘The Dictator of Correct Behavior’ A 1941 profile of Emily Price Post called her […]
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Picture of the Day: August 16
‘The Sultan of Swat’ Famed home-run slugger George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth, who died on […]
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Picture of the Day: August 14
Housing on the Plains After 1863, settlement on the treeless Great Plains–the area including […]
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J.E.B. Stuart: Battle of Gettysburg Scapegoat
Following the Confederate debacle at Gettysburg, many blamed Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart for leaving General Robert E. Lee in the dark. But was Stuart really to blame for the defeat? And if so, was he the only one at fault?
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Picture of the Day: August 15
Japan Surrenders At 7 p.m. on August 15, 1945, reporters gathered in the Oval […]
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America’s Civil War: Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock
Was the young lad’s ‘strange and romantic’ tale the story of a colorful hero or a clever fake?
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Picture of the Day: August 13
The Battle of Britain Begins August 13, 1940 was Der Adler Tag (Eagle Day), […]