American secret agents completed rigorous training during the course of World War II.   More »

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 »

While the British defense of Crete in May 1941 was considered a military failure, it altered Hitler’s future tactics.   More »

In August 1944, the Allies followed up the massive Normandy Invasion with another in southern France known as Operation Dragoon.   More »

A Crusader army marched into Bulgaria in September 1396 to rid Europe of the Ottomans. The Crusaders had little idea of what lay in store for them.   More »

The seizure of Cisterna was a prerequisite to the eventual Allied capture of Rome.   More »

German forces overran Yugoslavia rapidly in the Spring of 1941.   More »

Hitler’s elite bodyguard and other SS units were transformed during the Polish campaign into real fighting men and became responsible for atrocities.   More »

Hoping to expel the French, a host of Italians sound the charge at Fornovo, only to confront a result they had not expected.   More »

That Winston Churchill tried to entice Turkey into the war is common knowledge. His secret motivation for doing so is much less well known.   More »