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U-517 Delivers Two Weeks of Carnage in the Atlantic
How one U-boat wreaked havoc on Canadian convoys in the early days of World War II.
May 17
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Surviving Assassination Attempts - Kaiser Wilhelm II Was Great Britain's White Whale
Troubled by the polarizing German monarch, Great Britain tried not once, but twice to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm II.
May 10
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Reign of Terror: Stalin's Barbarous Tactics to Seize Power
The death of Vladimir Lenin created a power vacuum within the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin understood power was not given, it was taken. So he did.
May 3
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April 2024
Chasing Profits, Creating Famine - Bengal and the East India Company
The first of series of famines that struck Bengal were exacerbated by the greed and malfeasance of the East India Company's leaders.
Apr 26
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A Glitch in the Patriot Missile System
The tragic consequences of a simple oversight that resulted in the deaths of 28 American troops during the Gulf War in 1991.
Apr 19
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A Canadian Battering Ram: Assiniboine's Sinking of the U-210
The story of a firefight between a Canadian destroyer and a German U-boat that broke out in the North Atlantic.
Apr 12
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The Legend of the Gimli Glider
How a mathematical miscalculation set the stage for disaster, only to be thwarted by the men who miscalculated in the first place.
Apr 5
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March 2024
When A Booth Saved the Life of a Lincoln...No, Really.
The story of the serendipitous encounter between Edwin Booth and President Abraham Lincoln's son months before the assassination of the President at…
Mar 29
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Project Seal: A Backup to the Atomic Bomb
The secret mission aimed at developing a tsunami-causing weapon in World War II.
Mar 22
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The Terrible Viking, A Danish War Legend
Anders Lassen's actions in Italy in World War II earned him the Victoria Cross.
Mar 15
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A Miscommunication Preceding Nautical Tragedy
April 14, 1912 will forever be associated with Titanic. But few know of the perspective of the Californian, a nearby ship and likely the last to see…
Mar 8
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The White Death Takes Over 500 Lives
The man who struck fear in Soviet soldiers in battles between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.
Mar 1
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