Category: History Facts

How fierce German counterattacks came within one mile of destroying an Allied invasion. The old Prussian army used to have a saying: “Don’t ask how many enemies. Just ask where.” … Read More

Vought’s F-8 Crusader successfully bridged the gap between the days of close-quarters dogfighting and the supersonic era of long-range missile engagements. The carrier plowed through the gale-wracked Barents Sea, its … Read More

The Kid in ColorFrom the editor: A number of readers have commented favorably about the colorful image of Billy the Kid we used in the December 2020 issue as the … Read More

Those old ticket stubs from Britney Spears’ 2001 Oops!… I Did It Again Tour that you held onto for absolutely no reason may end up in a museum one day. … Read More

Republic’s P-47 wasn’t a sexy or groundbreaking fighter but it possessed one essential quality prized by pilots: It got the job done and returned them safely home. World War II … Read More

A dangerous contest developed in the skies over Korea to determine who would emerge from the war as America’s top fighter pilot.  “Tell Jabara the Mexican got two.” The transmission … Read More

Remote Pacific Islands attracted settlers who dreamed of annexation West by northwest of California, across 5,000 miles of Pacific Ocean, swells break against the volcanic rocks of the Bonins, a small … Read More

Martinsburg’s Unionist passion was so unshakable, Confederates resorted to calling the key western Virginia town ‘little Massachusetts For Corporal Charles Lynch and his comrades in the 18th Connecticut Infantry, Martinsburg, … Read More

A scenic hiking trail in central Italy once served as a route for prisoners fleeing a notorious war camp. Climbing a steep slope a few miles outside the central Italian … Read More

At just 19-years-old, Amanda Gorman became the first National Youth Poet Laureate. On Wednesday, at age 22, she became the youngest person to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration, … Read More