During the Second World War, the British Army swelled from roughly 900,000 men and women to nearly 3 million at its peak with…
The British army in the Second World War has often been overshadowed by the Soviet Union’s immense sacrifices on the Eastern Front and…
“We Felt Like Amateurs” How British Forces Shocked US Soldiers Fighting Taliban on Operation Herrick
July 2009, Sangan District, Helmond Province, Afghanistan. The Chinuk helicopter touched down in a cloud of brown dust. US Marine Sergeant Patrick Thornton…
A packed carrier plane with a detachable fuselage. In September 1950, the last corner of South Korea, still free from enemy control, was…
“We Thought They Would Negotiate”—What Argentine Soldiers Said When The British Attacked Goose Green
May 1982, Goose Green, East Faulland. A thousand Argentine soldiers sat in shallow trenches carved into the cold, wet earth of a place…
April 1951, along the Immun River in Korea, just 8 mi north of Seoul, the night air hung thick and heavy as 650…
Hold on. March 2003. The Alfor Peninsula, southern Iraq. It is 10:00 at night and the world is about to change. A massive…
In the autumn of 1962, 12 American Green Berets stepped off a transport aircraft at RAF Changangi in Singapore, then climbed aboard a…
Boston, Massachusetts, Fenway Park. June 23rd, 1917, Saturday afternoon. Red Sox versus Senators. Ruth pitching for Red Sox. Young Ruth, 22 years old,…
Detroit, Michigan. Late summer 1925. Yankees Road Trip. Team staying downtown hotel. Nice hotel. Expensive hotel. Book Cadillac Hotel. Tallest building in city.…