Military History
Fighting for the Hook
By Al HemingwayPeering intently through a telescope, General Lemuel C. Shepherd, the commandant of the Marine Corps, scanned the shell-pocked Korean terrain in front of his position. Read more
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The Battle of Corinth
By Robert L. DurhamIn the fall of 1862, Confederate armies were making their first and only coordinated effort to carry the war into the North. Read more
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Bloody Revenge at Sluys
By Eric NiderostIt was late afternoon on June 24, 1340, when the English fleet arrived off the Flanders coast, just short of the Zwin estuary, reputed to be the finest harbor in Europe. Read more
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Fortunino Matania and the Art of War
By Robert WhiterThe short, slim man strove to keep still despite the stifling heat and the perspiration trickling down his face and neck. Read more
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Clawed by the Austrian Eagle at the Battle of Custoza
By Robert HeegeIt was June 24, 1866, late in the afternoon of a northern Italian summer, and Venice, the jewel of the Adriatic, was bleeding again. Read more
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Captain Minié’s Deadly Invention at Inkerman
By Victor KamenirThe force multiplier that allowed the outnumbered British to stand up to the overwhelming numbers of Russian attackers at Inkerman was the Minié bullet (not ball). Read more
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The National Museum of the Marine Corps
By Al HemingwayTwenty miles outside Washington, D.C., at Quantico, Virginia, motorists traveling on Interstate 95 will come upon an unusual building that is clearly visible, day or night. Read more
Military History
Streets Sewn with Bodies: Wellington at Fuentes de Onoro
By Mike PhiferIt had been a brutal winter for the French Army of Portugal. War and hunger had haunted the occupiers, causing their number to dwindle by the thousands. Read more
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The History of the Sword
By William J. McPeakPerhaps no other weapon in human history has lent itself so well to so many combat adaptations as the sword. Read more
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The Redoubts At Yorktown
By Jessica J. SheetsAt nightfall on October 14, 1781, 150 British and Hessian soldiers sheltered in two small earthen fortifications at Yorktown, Virginia. Read more
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Lake Peipus: Battle on the Ice
By Terry GoreIn the early 13th century, the Baltic frontier in central Europe remained a hostile and uninviting place. Pagan Europeans far outnumbered Christians, and the area was a focal point for constant conflict between mutually exploitive neighbors slavering to carve out new territorial holdings at the expense of anyone who stood in their way. Read more
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The History of Mobile Artillery
By Arnold Blumberg“It is with artillery that one makes war.” So declared Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the Great Captains of military history and a born gunner himself. Read more
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Bold Stand at Rorke’s Drift
By Arnold BlumbergFrom atop the bluff overlooking a ford on the Buffalo River, Captain Alan Gardner, a staff officer in the British Army’s 24th Regiment of Foot, looked down at the chaos and carnage being played out below him. Read more
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Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens
By James K. SwisherAt last, students of American military history have recently been accorded some measure of respect to the tactical genius of Daniel Morgan. Read more
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William Bligh’s Mutiny on the Bounty
By Roy Morris Jr.William Bligh, like the title character in Woody Allen’s 1983 movie Zelig, seemed to turn up everywhere history was being made in the latter decades of the 18th century. Read more
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The Ambitious Vietnam Operation
By Victor KamenirBy January 1967, the buildup of Communist forces in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) convinced Gen. William Westmoreland that a large-scale incursion by North Vietnam’s People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) was only a matter of time. Read more
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Seaplane Striking Force
By William H. LangenbergThe first few years after World War II were challenging ones for the U.S. Navy. Massive demobilization of personnel and rapid scrapping or retirement of ships created internal disruptions. Read more
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Bunker Hill: “Lick Them Once More Boys!”
By Arnold BlumbergA stark dichotomy was evident among the Americans defending Breed’s Hill on June 17, 1775. One type of provincial soldier stood ready to give his life in defense of liberty that day. Read more
Military History
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
By Peter SuciuDuring World War II, the American aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) was known as “the Ghost Ship” to the Japanese Imperial Navy because every time they thought they had sunk her, “the Fighting I” came back for more. Read more
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Dismal British Retreat to Corunna
By Eric NiderostIt was December 1808, and the French Army was struggling though the 4,500-foot Sierra de Guadarrama Mountains in central Spain. Read more
