A Union Rebel Inside Robert E. Lee’s Family
“[Robert E. Lee Jr.] is off with Jackson & I hope will catch Pope & his cousin Louis Marshall,” General Robert E. Lee wrote to
A Creek War Baptism of Fire for Future Icons
On August 30, 1813, a war party of 750 enraged American Indian warriors attacked a haphazard stockade known as Fort Mims in the southwestern corner
Amelia Earhart: Found?
Deep Sea Vision, a company based in Charleston, South Carolina, has obtained sonar images from almost 17,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
First Look at Guy Ritchie’s ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
The first official trailer for director Guy Ritchie’s action-packed World War II film, the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” has arrived. Based on author Damien Lewis’
What’s More Engaging Than a War Movie? This Documentary About the Filming of War Movies
War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (on DVD and Blu-ray, five-part documentary, 315 minutes), Cantilever Films, written and directed by Steve Summers, $24.99–$34.99, 2023
If You Like the B-17s in Masters of the Air, You’ll Love These Movies
The Boeing B-17—or its computer-generated likeness—appears front and center in the AppleTV+ series Masters of the Air. The story of the 100th Bombardment Group of
Why A Rabbit Appears On This Japanese Samurai Helmet
This Japanese kawari-kabuto, or individualized helmet, dating from the 17th century sports the shape of a crouching rabbit forged from a single piece of iron.
This Gurkha Lost His Hand and Eye Fighting off More Than 200 Japanese in Burma
In the darkness, despite having lost the fingers of his right hand and suffered severe shrapnel wounds, Gurkha Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung kept working his bolt-action
This Madam Would Stop at Nothing to Save Her Man
“She was a voluptuous creature.” So said veteran San Francisco police detective Ben Bohen in 1890 when recalling Belle Cora (depicted at right), the most
This B-24 Co-Pilot Learned That Hell was Four Miles Above Earth
The cold blue sky was spattered with red bursts and puffs of anti-aircraft fire on July 7, 1944. Downward streaks of black smoke to our