It’s About Time
I have spent nearly three years in Iraq in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. Now granted, this is not as many trips as some of the people I know, but it is a significant portion of my military career. At the end of every ones of those tours, we’ve landed at the … Read more
The Japanese Bombing of Oregon
A few weeks ago, I did a brief outline of the Japanese bombing campaign of the Pacific Northwest, more specifically the State of Oregon. This idea was further researched and developed for a paper I was working on. I have decided to post that paper here as well in an attempt to offer a more … Read more
Japan bombs America (9 September 1942)
Japan succeeded in being the first and only country to bomb the United States from the skies. How and why did they accomplish this incredibly daring feat?
The Battle of Actium (2 September 31BC)
On the Ionian Seas, just off of the shores of Greece, the navies of the fledgeling empire that Rome was becoming and the kingdom of Egypt met to decide the outcome of a political dispute. That dispute had its seeds planted first during the campaigns of Julius Caesar in Asia Minor. They were then cultivated … Read more
Hitler’s Holy Relics
Hitler’s Holy Relics by Sidney Kirkpatrick is an absolutely fascinating novel. It is the account of then Lieutenant Walter Horn, a German who managed to escape the Fatherland before Nazi occupation and found himself living in America. After World War II broke out, Horn joined the Army and was made an interrogator for Army Intelligence. … Read more
The Closing of the Curtain (15 August 1961)
Since 1945, two of the most powerful nations in the world had been in a constant state of tension. The Cold War between the United States and Russia was in full swing. But there was a problem that the USSR could not ignore. Following the fall of the Third Reich, Germany was divided into four … Read more
USA vs USSR: The Greatest War to Never Happen
Following the end of World War II, an odd thing happened. In the dawn of the nuclear age and the advent of a single bomb that could level entire cities, the great superpowers of the world could no longer afford to engage in combat against each other. After all, the policy of Assured Mutual Destruction … Read more
Roman loss at Adrianople (9 August 378 AD)
Well, as Indiana Jen beat me to the Battle of Thermopylae so for this week, we are going to talk about the Roman Empire and the Battle of Adrianople. The Roman Empire was in a state of decline. Rapid expansion coupled with years of hereditary leadership that often proved more incompetent with each successive Caesar … Read more
