The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold storms the Swiss garrison at Grandson in February 1476. Only two defenders survived the fight and the slaughter of prisoners that followed.

Charles the Bold

By Jonathan North

On Monday, February 19, 1476 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (much of what is now eastern France), joined his army beneath the gray ramparts of Grandson. Read more

‘Old Ironsides’ fires off a signal gun during the War of 1812. She never lost an engage- ment during her long ser- vice to the United States.

The USS Constitution

By John D. Gresham

Today restored to museum quality and lovingly cared for by a U.S. Navy crew, the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” is the living symbol of America’s first generation of warships, built in response to external threats that a young United States would have preferred to ignore. Read more

Hell at 21,000 Feet

By Patrick J. Chaisson

Four miles above the snow-covered city of Steyr, Captain Jack Horner peered down through his Norden bombsight in a desperate attempt to identify the target. Read more

World War Armies

By Joseph Luster

In the realm of competitive World War II games, there are plenty of options out there for folks who want to go head-to-head against like-minded wargamers. Read more

Mick Ryan’s ‘The War for Ukraine’

By Christopher Miskimon

The war in Ukraine is a mix of the old and new. Both sides fight with a combination of weapons that date back to the Soviet Union and which were created after the war began and are still being refined. Read more

Mark Galeotti’s ‘Forged in War’

By Christopher Miskimon

When the Battle of Austerlitz turned against the Alliance of which Russia was part, it was the cavalry of the Russian Imperial Guard who managed to capture the only French regimental eagle of the day from the 4th Line Regiment. Read more

Andrew Long’s ‘BRIXMIS’

By Christopher Miskimon

The British Commander in Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany, abbreviated as BRIXMIS, resulted from a little-known agreement allowing liaison missions where British observers could move freely in the Soviet/East German Zone. Read more

Big Black River

By Kirk Freeman

Big battles make the history books. But for the soldiers, it was often the smaller, fiercer fights they remembered most keenly later in their lives. Read more

The Iron Cross

By Stephen Thomas Previtera

In most people’s mind the Iron Cross is inescapably linked to the Third Reich. Indeed, Adolf Hitler was responsible for adding a “marching swastika” front and center, to the decoration’s black core in 1939. Read more

Andrews Raiders

By Kevin Seabrooke

A little more than 162 years after they were executed as spies in Georgia, privates Philip G. Shadrach and George D, Wilson of the 2nd Ohio Infantry were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Biden in a ceremony at the White House on July 4, 2024. Read more

From Around the Network

  • Book Reviews

    Lt. Col., Ret., Timothy R. Stoy’s ‘Sharpen Your Bayonets’
    Read More

  • WWII

    German Military’s Emissary for Peace
    Read More