The warship had guns, armor, and crews trained to fight. None of it could make the river deeper. In the spring of 1864, Union vessels lay trapped above the rapids at Alexandria, La. The Red River was falling, the army was…
The experimental Warner & Swasey scope was tested by the Ordnance Department and found to be satisfactory for service use. The very high price of the scope, about $80 per unit, was nearly double the cost of an ’03 rifle and was deemed…
Editor’s Note: The opening passage is excerpted from Sara Vladic’s The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America (HarperCollins, 2026). That night, snow falls in…
OverviewThe final chapter (Episodes 46-50) depicts the death of Hideyoshi, the 'Battle of Sekigahara' that divided the nation, and the 'ambition to conquer Kyushu' that Kuroda Josui (Kanbei) showed at the very end.After Hideyoshi's passing, as the conflict between Tokugawa…
A German man was arrested following a fire at the mountaintop complex famously captured by the ‘Band of Brothers’ troops in WWII. Top leaders from the defense industry share their ideas on how to scale up production and integrate AI…
US Army General George S. Patton never ran a company. However, he wrote one of the best management rules ever put on paper. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with…
Amid the fanfare surrounding the country’s 250th anniversary, Americans have celebrated as only Americans can: with spectacles — parades, concerts and, for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear, an MMA fight on the White House lawn. The past several months have also…
Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public…
My sister lives not too far from the Old Stone Fort in Schoharie, and whenever I visit her and drive past it, I think about all the family trips we took there as kids. My mom wanted us to soak…
The letters reveal the work that went into turning Chartwell into the Churchill family home. Caspar San Giorgio, 39, is found not guilty of criminal damage following a trial at Southwark Crown Court. The National Trust says Hibbert is the last…
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