These four commanders of international renown led their troops to victory, earning in the process the respect of their people and adversaries alike.   More »

These 6 armies were some of the most feared on planet Earth.   More »

U.S. Marine infantrymen engaged Chinese forces who were unsuccessful in trapping the Marines at the Chosin Reservoir.   More »

While ghouls prowled the streets feasting on the dead, an army of Goths waited for their kinsmen to open the gates. The 410 Sack of Rome soon began.   More »

With war looming again with France, Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov had to end quickly the ongoing conflict with Turkey.   More »

Following an amphibious landing on the Crimean Peninsula, the allied army of France and Great Britain marched on Sevastopol.   More »

Turkish troops made repeated attempts to recapture vital Shipka Pass through the Balkan Mountains. The five-day fight for the 4,500-foot-high pass would be the turning point of the Russo-Turkish War.   More »

The Battle of Dorylaeum would influence the tactics, strategy, and mystique of the many Crusades to follow.   More »

For the pagan Wends living along the Baltic Sea, the Second Crusade quickly became a desperate struggle for tribal survival.   More »

Caliph Harun al-Rashid’s two sons carried on a fratricidal power struggle that devastated Baghdad in the ninth century.   More »