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OMER BARTOV (b. 1954)

Biography 21 Min Read

Omer Bartov is the John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and German Studies at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. A prolific author, he is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of the Holocaust and the Nazi state, and of the impulses behind genocidal behaviour. Born in Hedera, Israel in 1954, he was educated at Tel…

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., or “Ted,” as his friends called him, lived up to the legacy of his father and namesake, President Theodore Roosevelt. The younger Roosevelt was a proven combat leader in both world wars, an aspiring politician, a successful businessman, an accomplished hunter and explorer, as well as governor…

ANZAC Biography 2 Min Read

Book: The Cross in the Sky

The Life and Adventures of Charles ‘Moth’ EatonSoldier – Pioneer Aviator – Pathfinder for Global Peacekeeping. by Charles Stuart Eaton Foreword by Dick Smith AO In Retrospect Air Commodore Dr Mark Lax OAM, CSM The Cross in the Sky is the remarkable story of Charles ‘Moth’ Eaton. As a soldier,…

Biography British 36 Min Read

ENGLAND’S HARRY Part I

Illustration from Vaux Passional thought to show Henry (top) mourning his mother, with his sisters, Mary and Margaret, at age 11, 1503 The king’s grace is but a weak and sickly man, not likely to be a long-lived man. Not long since he was sick and lay at his manor…

Biography British 32 Min Read

ENGLAND’S HARRY Part II

Henry VIII after his coronation (1509; age 18). From about 1496, King Henry was involved in frenetic diplomatic activity aimed at securing his own and the nation’s position by means of a network of marriage alliances. His elder daughter, Margaret, was to be espoused to James IV of Scotland. Other…

Air Warfare Biography Germany Intell 29 Min Read

The Wings of the Abwehr: The Dawn of Secret Missions

Theodor Rowehl The secret activities of the talented organizer of secret missions Theodor Rowehl left a significant mark on the history of the Luftwaffe, German military intelligence and the Third Reich. However, before going into Rowehl’s career, a brief overview of the recovery of German military intelligence after defeat in…

Biography British France 12 Min Read

Napoleon’s End

Napoleon Bonaparte on board the British ship Bellerophon by Sir William Quiller Orchardson Riding in the Basque Roads near Rochefort on the morning of July 15, 1815, the two-decker Bellerophon rocked comfortably in the long swells as a lookout sighted a boat coming out from shore. A familiar-looking figure-running to…

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SOVIET FIGHTER ACES IN KOREA

Russian MiG-15 Aces in Korea, from left to right: Aleksandr P. Smorchkov (8 kills), Nikolai…

DEMETRIUS I, KING OF MACEDON

Marble bust of Demetrius I Poliorcetes. Roman copy from 1st century AD of a Greek…

Tamerlane and the Golden Horde

TAMERLANE (1336–1405). Turkic chieftain and conqueror. He was not Mongol, but sought to trace Mongol…

Memorandum Dictated in 1946 by General Alfred Jodl on Hitler’s Military Leadership

[General Alfred Jodl, former Chief of the Operations Staff of the High Command of the…