The spring of 1940 was not kind to the Duke of Windsor. He was 45 years old, living in exile in Paris, watching…
She called her the hun nun. Said it with a smile. Probably the queen mother had a gift for that. Cruelty dressed up…
Here’s what the queen mother drank on a typical Tuesday. At noon, always noon, a gin and dubenet arrived. Two parts dubet, one…
Baghdad, Iraq. April 2004. The car bomb detonated at 7:43 in the morning. Staff Sergeant James Hartley felt the blast wave before he…
Why American Troops Let The Japanese “Surround Them” — And Wiped Out 1,200 Japanese Troops in 3 Days
March 8th, 1944. Hill 700 Bugenville. The American perimeter was cracking under the weight of the Japanese 23rd Infantry’s relentless night assaults. Major…
Colonel David Hackworth is standing in a construction zone somewhere in Vietnam. A bulldozer has just uncovered something. A buried Vietkong soldier dead…
9.33 caliber lead pellets, one trigger pull, 5 m of distance. This was not the Vietnam War shown on television. This was not…
At 1420 on November 2nd, 1944, First Lieutenant Bruce Carr felt his P-51D Mustang shudder as German anti-aircraft fire ripped through the engine…
The SEALs found nothing. The SAS found everyone. Operation Jubilee. When two elite units hit two caves, only one rescued the hostages. Afghanistan.…
February 24th, 1943. Buuna airfield, New Guinea. Lieutenant Clyde Guessel stared at the wreckage scattered across the muddy runway. Five Japanese fighters, twisted…