In the world of the Los Angeles Lakers, the currency of success is not measured in playoff appearances or scoring titles; it is…
I refuse to lead animals. These five words were written by an American colonel in a classified cable to the Pentagon in March…
billion dollar. That is how much the Americans spent on drones, satellites, and surveillance systems in Afghanistan. Billion with a B. And you…
April 1942, a conference room in Whiteall. Vice Admiral Lord Louie Mountbatton poses a single question to Jeffrey Lloyd, Secretary for Petroleum. Can…
August 19th, 1942. DEP, France. Canadian engineers sprinted across open beach toward German seaw walls and anti-tank obstacles. They carried demolition charges. They…
A secret facility hidden in the English countryside. British engineers stood around a workbench covered in lumps of coal. Except these were not…
1942, the Libyan desert. A British reconnaissance patrol spots German armor moving across the sand. In any other armored car, the crew’s only…
February 1943, Tunisia. Tiger tanks advance with the confidence of a weapon that has never been properly answered. The Tiger’s 100 mm of…
November 1939, the British War Office approved a new bayonet design for the number four rifle. It wouldn’t reach soldiers hands in large…