The Crime At Pickett’s Mill
By Roy Morris, Jr.Peering through the thick underbrush west of Little Pumpkin Vine Creek, 30 miles northwest of Atlanta, on the afternoon of May 27, 1864, Ambrose Bierce had a bad feeling. Read more
Lightnings on the Deck
By Patrick J. ChaissonSecond Lieutenant William Capron first saw the attacking Messerschmitts as black dots descending rapidly to ambush his squadron of American fighter-bombers. Read more
Napoleon’s Last Great Victory: The Battle of Dresden
By Eric NiderostMarshal Gouvion Saint-Cyr was in a tight spot, and he knew it. It was the morning of August 26, 1813, and Saint-Cyr and his French XIV Corps were defending Dresden, the capital of Saxony, from a large and menacing Allied army that outnumbered his own by at least four to one. Read more
Saga of the Cactus
By Christopher MiskimonThe messenger arrived as U.S. Navy Lt. James “Pug” Southerland tore into a sandwich and coffee in the wardroom of the carrier USS Saratoga. Read more
Andy Andrews Jr.’s ‘A Machine Gunner’s War’
By Christopher Miskimon“Andy” Andrews served as a machine gunner in Company H, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division. Read more
John Grehan’s ‘Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War’
By Christopher MiskimonModern readers benefit from decades of research, interviews, and information on the various battles of the Pacific War. Read more
David Greentree’s ‘Narvik 1940’
By Christopher MiskimonThe fighting for Narvik in 1940 was a combined naval and air campaign involving soldiers and sailors from Great Britain, France, Norway, Poland and Germany. Read more
Trent Hone’s ‘Mastering the Art of Command’
By Christopher MiskimonBefore World War II, the U.S. Navy developed a culture that purposely created leadership opportunities. An emphasis on decentralized authority gave direction to junior leaders while encouraging them to use their own initiative to achieve results. Read more
Jonathan Trigg’s ‘Barbarossa Through German Eyes’
By Christopher MiskimonHans Roth, Frankfurt native and army reservist in his 30s, looked across the fields in front of his position the night before Operation Barbarossa was to begin. Read more
David and Margaret White’s ‘Wings of War’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen the North American P-51B Mustang arrived in Europe in 1943, it was the U.S. Army Air Force’s fastest and most maneuverable fighter. Read more
Walt Larimore and Mike Yorkey’s ‘At First Light’
By Christopher MiskimonPhil Larimore grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. A Boy Scout, he learned a lot of outdoor skills, including horsemanship. Read more
Bernice Lerner’s ‘To Meet in Hell: Bergen-Belsen’
By Christopher MiskimonWhen Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes entered the Bergen Belsen concentration camp on April 15, 1945, 60,000 starving, abused prisoners greeted him; 10,000 more lay dead and decaying, unburied. Read more
Cowboy of the Royal Air Force
By Neil TaylorIn the six weeks since Britain’s formal declaration of war against Germany on September 3, 1939, the Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots of No. Read more
Siege of Port Hudson: Last Bastion on the Mississippi
By Pedro GarciaNot long after Union Flag Officer David Farragut of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron received the surrender of New Orleans on April 29, 1862, he began pondering his next move. Read more
Off Duty, German Style
By G. Paul GarsonWar has been described as long periods of extreme boredom punctuated by brief moments of extreme terror. Read more
General Iphracates: Innovative Commander of Ancient Greece
By Charles HilbertThe 3rd century BC in Greece was an age of military innovation. The lessons learned in the Peloponnesian War (431-404) led to the increased use of lightly armed troops and cavalry. Read more
The Death of a Legend: The Battle of Yellow Tavern
By Arnold Blumberg“We have been badly used up,” a sergeant in the 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment complained in a letter to his wife on May 8, 1864, four days before J.E.B. Read more
Cockleshell Heroes: Courageous Commandos in Canoes
By Michael D. HullEarly in World War II, the British War Office and the Admiralty were shocked by daring small boat attacks, some of them suicidal, on Allied shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more
Death of the Fox: Battle of Ravenna (1512)
By William E. WelshAs the first rays of sunlight chased away the shadows from the base of the high walls surrounding the village of Ravenna in northern Italy on Easter Sunday, April 11, 1512, the French army besieging the town began to form into columns. Read more
Donald Malarkey: The Story of Easy Company’s Brother from Astoria
By Kevin M. HymelDonald Malarkey’s comrades thought highly of him as a warrior and as a man. Staff Sergeant William “Wild Bill” Guarnere considered him his hero. Read more
