On November 24th, 1941, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto sent a radio message to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, Commander of the Pacific Striking Fleet, which read in part, …
Modern History Project Editor’s Preface The famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, Jr. made this speech on September 11, 1941 to the America First Committee of Des Moines, …
Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed sacrificing 6 cruisers and 2 carriers at Manila to get into war. Navy Chief Stark objected: “I have previously opposed this …
Timely Comics and National Allied Publications became involved in the U.S. war effort during World War II. In propagating the collaborative wartime message of WWII, many superheroes entered …
On October 7, 1940, Lieutenant Commander Arthur McCollum of the Office of Naval Intelligence submitted a memo to Navy Captains Walter Anderson and Dudley Knox …
In May 1927, a shy, handsome young man from Michigan named Charles Lindbergh suddenly became the idol of millions when he landed his small airplane …
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell The world view of Hitler and the events of …
British historian Nesta Webster’s pamphlet-sized booklet was first published in the Oct-Nov edition of The Patriot. The author argues that there is no reason for …
Smedley Butler became widely known for his outspoken lectures against war profiteering, U.S. military adventurism, and what he viewed as nascent fascism in the United …
Congress enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 on June 15, two months after the United States entered World War I. Just after the war, prosecutions under …
