Millionaire scientist and Wall Street tycoon Alfred Lee Loomis who personally funded scientific research at his private estate and later went on to lead radar research efforts during WWII.
But the technological developments of Tuxedo Park did…
Amidst the last months of World War II from February 13-15, 1945, Allied armies bombed the historic city of Dresden in eastern Germany. The Dresden Firebombing is viewed as a…
On March 18, 1915, Allied forces attacked the narrow, strategically critical Dardanelles. A strait in northwestern Turkey, the Dardanelles was the only waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea Black Sea and…
In 1940, Hitler and the Nazis rolled up western Europe, culminating with the Fall of France. The capitulation of the French government left Britain alone to stand against the Nazis….
On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans and called upon them to serve in World War I. While under Spanish rule, Puerto Rico fought…
The final days of troops on the ground in Afghanistan ended with a suicide bomber taking the lives of 13 service members and over 100 Afghan civilians. Less than 30…
Everyone expects Switzerland to stay neutral during a war, even a global conflict like World War II. No one would have expected Afghanistan to pick a side. One country in…
In 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 6, 1973 with the goals of recovering the Sinai Peninsula for Egypt and the Golan Heights for…
Explosive ordnance disposal is an extremely dangerous business that requires the highest levels of intelligence, toughness and discipline. Only the best of the best in the U.S. military can make it through EOD School to earn the coveted “Crab.” Do…
Forget what you read in the news, America is still the leader of freedom in the world. There’s no shortage of allies that have our back, either. Whether the President…