Through German Eyes, Part II: The Eastern Front
This is the second in a monthly series about Wolfram Aichele, who was nine years old when Hitler came to power. He and his parents—free-thinking artists—experienced life under one of the most brutal...
View ArticleJuly 21, 1861: First Major Battle of the Civil War
For the first time, the Confederates screamed wildly as they launched a furious counterattack: the "rebel yell" was born. The tide of the battle turned as thousands of Union troops retreated in total...
View ArticleTelegram from Jefferson Davis to General S. Cooper Announcing the Confederate...
Telegram from Jefferson Davis to General S. Cooper Announcing the Confederate Victory at First Bull Run, 07/21/1861.
View Article1965: Pentagon Paper Build-Up
July 29, 1965: 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division arrived in Vietnam. The Pentagon Papers (Part IV.C.5) offer a view of the build-up that year: In the history of the Vietnam War, the Year 1965 is...
View ArticleThrough German Eyes, Part III: D-Day
(CP Note: This is the third in a monthly series about Wolfram Aichele, who was nine years old when Hitler came to power. He and his parents—free-thinking artists—experienced life under one of the most...
View ArticleSiege of Leningrad: Deadliest City Blockade In Human History
This is the story of the siege of Leningrad, the deadliest blockade of a city in human history. Other modern sieges – those of Madrid and Sarajevo – lasted longer, but none killed even a tenth as many...
View ArticleOctober 7, 2001: President Bush Announces Strikes Against Al Qaida Training...
CP Note: October 7, 2001, President George W. Bush gave his address to the nation, announcing strikes against Al Qaida training camps and Taliban military installations in Afghanistan. President George...
View ArticleMarshall, Eisenhower, Operation Torch, and Unified Command
For Eisenhower, the invasion was his first venture in commanding troops in combat. For Franklin D. Roosevelt, the objective of the landings in North Africa had been as much political as military,...
View ArticleLincoln and McClellan: Variations on Victory and Failure
Darkness fell all along the bloody battle line. The fighting was done. It had been one of the longest sustained days of battle so far in the war, and it had been a standoff. Nearly 125,000 men and 500...
View ArticleMarch 6, 1836: Davy Crockett and the Fall of the Alamo
Santa Anna's plan called for the assault on the Alamo to begin at 4:30 A.M., March 6, but the complexity of moving, positioning, and coordinating an attack of nearly fifteen hundred men caused a delay....
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