How a 500-mile cavalry charge helped end World War I
France takes a lot of jokes these days because of its performance in the early days of World War II. The greater military history of France, however, is nothing to…
France takes a lot of jokes these days because of its performance in the early days of World War II. The greater military history of France, however, is nothing to…
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Man’s best friend has also been man’s battle buddy for as long as dogs have been domesticated. The mechanical, industrialized slaughter in the trenches of World War I didn’t change that one bit. All the belligerents let slip the dogs of war, some…
Considering World War II was the largest conflict in human history, it is not surprising that some really bizarre episodes of armed combat occurred. From the start of the war…
After WWI, military aviation developed at a rapid pace. Technological advancements let to the creation of aircraft that could fly faster, higher, and carry more weapons. As this technology yielded…
American intelligence wasn’t particularly developed around the time of World War I. In fact, Americans, especially President Woodrow Wilson, didn’t much care for the idea of American spies. As the…
For World War I pilots, the most terrifying song that relates to their experience may not be Seven Nation Army but 99 Luftballoons, because going against barrage and observation balloons in the Great War was terrifying.
On July 18, 1925, the first volume of Adolf Hitler’s infamous autobiography, Mein Kampf (“my struggle”), was published. In the book, Hitler laid out his political agenda, a rambling tirade…
The first head of Britain’s secret service — which would one day be called MI6 — carried a swordstick, drove a personal tank, and would sometimes stab his wooden leg with a pen just to see how people reacted.
If that wasn’t enough t…
On July 8, 1918, Ernest Hemingway was wounded while serving on the Italian Front in World War I. Hemingway volunteered as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross when…