Military History
Who Was Benedict Arnold, Before He Became America’s Most Notorious Traitor
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The sudden arrival of a horseman on a Friday afternoon electrified New Haven. Israel Bissell leapt from his saddle and shouted for the village selectmen. His eyes bulged with news. Citizens came rushing to the green at the center of the prosperous Connecticut seaport. Bissell, his face strained with fatigue, rattled off his brief, shocking…
How a German Spy Chief Built a Smuggling Network out of a Mission to Install a Nazi King in Britain
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Walter Schellenberg had few redeeming personal attributes and could easily be characterized as just another career Nazi. He owed his lofty position as head of German intelligence to the patronage of Heinrich Himmler, and he remained personally loyal to the Reichsführer until the end. Schellenberg was not a thinker. He was an enforcer, career gossip,…