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Building an English Electric Canberra
Add to your collection of early jet aircraft with Classic Airframes' 1/48th- scale multi-media kit.
How ‘Gatling Gun’ Parker Earned Four Distinguished Service Crosses
It was Parker’s actions that enabled Theodore Roosevelt’s victory at San Juan Hill.
How the Union Tried and Failed to Capture John Singleton Mosby
The Union attempted to track down the "Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy. It led to a comedy of errors.
Was the Trial of Billy the Kid Fair?
While the Kid’s activities during and after the Lincoln County War are well known, details of his murder trial in Mesilla, New Mexico Territory, have been overlooked
He Was Shot in the Face and Bayonetted by the British. But This 78-Year-Old Patriot Refused to Die.
Samuel Whittemore was shot in the face at point-blank range, bayoneted no less than six times and clubbed in the head with the butts of the British soldiers’ muskets.
Cold War Devices of Deception
Spies in the Cold War fought in a clandestine conflict with the aid of gear primed for stealth and trickery.
American History is Full of Controversial Drafts. The Union Civil War Draft Was No Exception.
The New York draft riot that burned half the city down.
Why Were These WWI Soldiers Executed by Their Own Country?
All soldiers in World War I had one thing in common: possible execution by their own country for alleged cowardice. How did this actually affect armies?