The Ill-Fated Goettge Patrol
•April 18, 2018 • 1 Comment
Unprepared, a group of 25 American Marines fell victim to one of the first publicized atrocities committed by the Japanese in the South Pacific. More »
•April 18, 2018 • 1 Comment
Unprepared, a group of 25 American Marines fell victim to one of the first publicized atrocities committed by the Japanese in the South Pacific. More »
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Dismounted knights clad in full suits of armor took the field during the Wars of the Roses, forcing dramatic changes in battlefield weapons. More »
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The Poles and Lithuanians invaded the lands of the Teutonic Order in 1410 in a bid to gain regional dominance. More »
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Two great generals faced off at Zama in 202 BC during the Second Punic War. At stake was control of the Mediterranean and the border lands. More »
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Janos Hunyadi showed tactical genius in safeguarding Hungary against the Ottoman tide in the 15th century. More »
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Saxon leader Widukind outsmarted a Frankish force at the Battle of Suntel in 782. Charlemagne made the Saxons pay for their treachery. More »
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The armies of Asia relied on a menacing curved sword for close-quarter combat that went by many different names. More »
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Kansas Brigadier James Henry Lane’s zealous prosecution of the Union cause made him a marked man in the western theater. More »
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Using speed and daring, Panzer leader Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz achieved multiple victories on the Eastern Front in World War II. More »
•December 8, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
By Tim Miller
On October 28, ad 312, a Roman emperor was drowning. The sight must have amazed his soldiers. All summer Rome had been filled with rumors of the western emperor, Constantine, and the ease with which he and his army had crossed the Alps and, once on Italian soil, More »