The Shetland Bus
In order to rally the conquered peoples of occupied Europe in a guerrilla war against Nazi Germany until such time …
International Militaries
Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition
In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense
Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his …
Canada Restores Historic Identities of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force
Peter MacKay, Canada’s Minister of National Defense, announced Aug. 16, 2011 that the government of Canada had restored the use …
China Takes Race for Resources to Oceans, Moon
China’s decision to launch a deep-sea submersible that beats current U.S. capabilities and its plan for a lunar landing illustrate …
High Flight: The Most Famous Aviation Poem Is Born
“An aeroplane is not to us a weapon of war, but a flash of silver slanting the skies; the hum …
Special Air Service Is Formed
“The boy Stirling is mad. Quite, quite mad. However in war there is often a place for mad people.”
—Lt. …
Death Decree
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, he attained the power to turn his anti-Semitic “Jewish Question” (Judenfrage) …
Churchill’s Deal With the Devil: The Anglo-Soviet Agreement of 1941
When John Colville, Churchill’s private secretary, told the prime minister on the morning of Sunday, June 22,1941, that Germany had …
South Africa Enters Global Rare Earth Fray
A Canadian rare-earth company’s aggressive move to reopen a South African mine it recently acquired underscores how the international industry …
Canadian Rare Earth Firms Seek U.S. Investors
As part of a trend affecting the finances of the rare-earth industry, a Canadian exploration company with one of North …