Outnumbered and outgunned, the Marine pilots of VMF-221 paid a heavy price for their heroic efforts to stem the Japanese onslaught on Midway Atoll.
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Chamberlain and Wise: Enemies to the End
The Maine man’s attempts at reconciliation were met with the Virginian’s everlasting bitterness
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Blundering Underlings Betrayed Burnside at Fredericksburg
Plenty of blame to go around for the defeat that cost the Union army 13,000 casualties
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Why the Civil Rights Movement Was an Insurgency
Military historian Mark Grimsley makes the startling assertion that the American civil rights movement was an insurgency.
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SpaceX Launch Postponed Due to Inclement Weather
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump and the first family flew to Cape Canaveral, Florida […]
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Undying Bravery: British Soldiers Killed in the Wormhoudt Massacre Are Remembered For Their Heroism
The heroism of a small band of British soldiers in northern France is remembered worldwide after they were murdered by SS troops in the Wormhoudt Massacre
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Miniseries Offers Deep Dive Into Misconceptions and Complexities of Ulysses S. Grant
Butcher. Alcoholic. Anti-Semite. For more than a century the tainted legacy of Ulysses S. […]
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For the Lack of Horses, the War Was Nearly Lost
Union cavalry’s fate hung on the health of its four-legged warriors
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Civil War Circuses Beloved by Blue and Gray Audiences
Soldiers and civilians flocked to see the freakish and fantastic