Category: History Facts

“Wop” May escaped the Red Baron and went on to make celebrated mercy flights and pioneer air rescue in the frigid Canadian North during World War II. On June 21, … Read More

“Hello skipper.” “Hello navigator…Keep weaving, there’s quite a lot of flak coming up falling off a bit low,” came the skipper’s calm voice, crackling over the intercom. In the early … Read More

The Czech model company Eduard is known for its very particular attention to detail. Like its etched metal detail sets, the company’s models are known for their crisp molding and … Read More

“Without thinking about it or having time to be scared, I crawled back to the open hatch, crouched in front of it, and rolled out.” WITH TWO OF FOUR ENGINES shot … Read More

The appearance of a British fleet in the waters off Long Island in late June 1776 did not come as a surprise to Continental Army Gen. George Washington. The size … Read More

Prohibition—what started as a sincere attempt to curb domestic violence and uphold the “traditional” values of the home quickly descended into the strangest, nay, darkest 13-year period in American history. … Read More

Outnumbered 4-to-1 by Comanche and Kiowa warriors, Sergeant E.H. Cobb and his Texas Rangers counted on the newly issued, multishot rifles. There was scant warmth in the winter sunlight, and … Read More

The Comanche Empire  by Pekka Hämäläinen, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 2008, $35. Histories of the Comanches typically focus on the culture and violence on the southern Plains, ending … Read More