The Deerfield Massacre: The Infamous 1704 Indian Raid That Left Hundreds Dead and More Captured
In an obscure village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now totally forgotten relic from the history of early New England—the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that ...
11 Apr 202438min
The Dangerous and Thrilling Life of a 19th-Century Whaler
In mid-nineteenth century New England, Robert Armstrong was a young man with the world at his feet. His family was wealthy and gave him the opportunity to attend the nation’s first dental school. But ...
9 Apr 202446min
Fiorello LaGuardia: Immigrant Son and Ellis Island Interpreter Who Became America’s Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century’s most colorful politicians―a 5’2’’ ball of energy who led New York as major during the Depression and World War Two, charming the media during pres...
4 Apr 202441min
How the West Tried and Failed to Stop the Russian Revolution
The Allied Intervention into the Russian Civil War remains one of the most ambitious yet least talked about military ventures of the 20th century. Coinciding with the end of the first World War, some ...
2 Apr 202441min
Kings Were Inevitable and Untouchable Until They Suddenly Weren’t After a Few 1700s Revolutions
At the turn of the nineteenth century, two waves of revolutions swept the Atlantic world, disrupting the social order and ushering in a new democratic-republican experiment whose effects rippled acros...
28 Mar 202442min
The Fall Of Japanese-held Hong Kong in January 1945
Commander John Lamade started the war in 1941 a nervous pilot of an antiquated biplane. Just over three years later he was in the cockpit of a cutting-edge Hellcat about to lead a strike force of 80 a...
26 Mar 202438min
WW1 German Spies Infiltrated America and Attempted to Start a Race War
On January 30, 1918, a young man “with the appearance of a well-educated, debonair foreigner” arrived at the U.S. customs station in Nogales, Arizona, located on the border with Mexico. After politely...
21 Mar 202434min
The Air Battles of the 1945 Eastern Front Forged Air Force Doctrines of the Cold War
The last months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw a ferocious fight between two very different air forces. Soviet Air Force (VVS) Commander-in-Chief Alexander Novikov assembled 7,500 aircraft i...
19 Mar 202438min
