Military History
Charles The Hammer At Tours
By William E. WelshIn the late spring of ad 732, an 80,000-man-strong Muslim army spilled northward through gaps in the western Pyrenees onto the verdant, gently rolling landscape of Gascony. Read more
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Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, the Duke of Alva
By Matthew PeszekThe Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the Netherlands, which lasted from 1568 to 1648, developed not only from economic difficulties but also from religious tensions that eventually resulted in several Dutch riots in 1566. Read more
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The Great Baltimore Riot of 1812
By Blaine TaylorOne of Baltimore’s less flattering nicknames is “Mob Town,” and there have been several notable riots in the city’s history. Read more
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Liberating Slaves in the U.S. Sloop of War Constellation
By Eric NiderostThe U.S. sloop of war Constellation was sailing off the coast of Africa, not far from the Congo River, and both officers and crew were enjoying a night so beautiful it seemed almost like a dream. Read more
Military History
Lust for Glory: Napoleon’s Egypt Campaigns Helped With Invading Europe
By Don HollwayIn May 1798 English spies in Toulon, on the French Mediterranean coast, stood aghast at the gathering of an invasion fleet three times the size of the Spanish Armada: 13 ships of the line, 40 frigates and smaller warships, and 130 cargo vessels bearing more than 17,000 troops, 700 horses, and 1,000 cannons. Read more
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Shootout At Rubio Ranch
By Kevin M. HymelWhen Brig. Gen. John S. Pershing began assembling a force of 10,000 infantry and cavalry for a punitive incursion into Mexico in the spring of 1916, almost every soldier in the U.S. Read more
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Gallant Charge at Antietam
By William E. WelshThe Union soldiers of Colonel Harrison Fairchild’s brigade prepared to attack uphill against a key Rebel position on the outskirts of Sharpsburg at 3 pm on September 17, 1862. Read more
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Fight in the Fog: The Battle of Vercellae on the Raudine Plain
By Lindsay PowellIn 102 bc, a disturbing report circulated through Rome that the people they called Cimbri and Teutones had crossed the Alps. Read more
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Passenger Liners in the Great War
By John ProtasioWorld War I was a total war; Nearly every person and resource was caught up in the conflict. Read more
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Furious Charge Against Malakoff
By Charles HilbertThe Ottoman Empire of Sultan Abd al-Majid I was in decline. Less than 200 years before, it had reached its high water mark in 1683 when Ottoman armies surrounded the walls of Vienna, only to be beaten back by the forces of Jan Sobieski, King of Poland, and Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, who were bankrolled by Pope Innocent XI and the Holy League. Read more
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Weapons of War: the War Hammer
By William McPeakNot to be confused with Mjollnir, the mythical Norse god Thor’s fabled hammer, the real-life war hammer was a brutal and effective weapon. Read more
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Streets Sewn with Bodies: Wellington at Fuentes de Onoro
By Mike PhiferIt had been a brutal winter for the French Army of Portugal. War and hunger had haunted the occupiers, causing their number to dwindle by the thousands. Read more
Military History
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
By Eric NiderostThe name Gaius Suetonius Paulinus doesn’t ring across the centuries from the annals of Roman military history like the names of Julius Caesar, Tiberius Nero, or Scipio Africanus. Read more
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Revenge at Falkirk
By Charles HilberStanding 6 feet 2 inches tall with a fiery temper, English King Edward I was an imposing and intimidating figure. Read more
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Spartacus: Freedom by the Sword
By Eric NiderostIn the spring of 73 bc, Thracian gladiator Spartacus decided that the time was right to attempt an escape. Read more
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The Siege of Paris
By Louis CiotolaThe final outcome of the Franco-Prussian War was decided on September 2, 1870. On that day, more than 100,000 French troops, including Emperor Napoleon III, surrendered to the Prussian Army at Sedan. Read more
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Grant’s Army of the Tennesee overcame adversity on the roundabout road to Vicksburg.
Major General Ulysses S. Grant sat on his horse in late April 1863 next to a narrow bridge over a wide marsh on the west bank of the Mississippi River in northeastern Louisiana. Read more
Military History
Wartales
By Joseph LusterWartales is a medieval-themed open-world tactical RPG from Shiro Unlimited, and it’s been doing pretty well for itself since its initial launch. Read more
Military History
Hannibal And The Failure Of Success
By Steven WeingartnerAlthough Hannibal Barca has rightly been hailed as one of history’s greatest military commanders, his reputation for greatness is based largely on his performance in the first three years (218-202 bc) of the 16-year conflict known as the Second Punic War. Read more
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Germany’s Rebel Duke Henry the Lion
By William E. WelshDuke Henry the Lion, the ruler of Saxony and Bavaria, seethed with rage. The pagan Wends had rebelled once more against their Saxon overlords. Read more
