Aviatrix Mary Jayne Gold came from a prominent Chicago family. Under the Gestapo’s nose in Marseilles, she helped save thousands from Hitler’s concentration camps, all while carrying out a brazen l’affaire de guerre with a cutthroat French-American commando. Timothy M. Gay explains.

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed to spread their influence and ideologies. During the 3rd century BC, there was a similar power struggle between an economic superpower and a military giant. The struggle was for control over the Mediterranean, which was during ancient times and still is today the highway for trade. Whoever controls the M...

Among the many distinguished soldiers produced by the British Army in the twentieth century, few lives were as remarkable—or as unusual—as that of Philip Neame. An accomplished engineering officer, decorated combat leader in two world wars, and later a colonial governor, Neame occupies a unique place in British military history. He remains one of the very few recipients o...

On March 25, 2021, the Modern Greek State celebrated the 200th anniversary of the War of Independence, which ultimately led to its establishment. It is thus an excellent opportunity to reconsider some of the main events of Greek history over these 200 years and how they shaped the character of modern Greece.

This series of articles on the history of modern ...

Just after 9pm on a cool September evening in 1943, a large group of soldiers calmly walked the mile home to camp where they armed themselves with tommy guns, ammunition and bayonets. Putting themselves into formation, they marched back into town, three-a-breast. The sound of their army-issue boots striking the road for nearly a mile echoed heavily in the pitchy-ink of th...