Military History
The Fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE: A Story of Roman Revenge
By Tim MillerAfter a summer of starvation and siege had been imposed on the city’s people during the fall of Jerusalem, the great Second Temple was finally on fire. Read more
Military History
Military History
Broadside Off San Domingo
By David A. NorrisSmoke from hundreds of cannon muzzles fueled an ever thickening fog hovering over the Caribbean Sea south of the French-occupied colony of San Domingo on February 6, 1806. Read more
Military History
Soldiers: Casimir Pulaski
By Joshua ShepherdA major fight was in the offing when the first streaks of dawn appeared over Savannah, Georgia, on the morning of October 9, 1779. Read more
Military History
Charlemagne: Warlord of the Franks
By Ludwig DyckOn Christmas morning, 800 ad, a tall, powerfully built man walked up the steps of Saint Peter’s basilica in Rome. Read more
Military History
The Duke of Monmouth vs. King James II
By William WelshThe Duke of Monmouth’s rebel army marched briskly out of Bridgwater into the dark of night on July 6, 1685. Read more
Military History
Prince Eugene of Savoy & the Turks at the Battle of Peterwardein
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckThousands of dead Turkish soldiers choked the river and littered its bank. It was the fall of 1697 and the young Imperial Field Marshall, Prince Eugene of Savoy, had just vanquished the Ottoman army at Zenta (or Senta), on Hungary’s River Tiza. Read more
Military History
Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens
By James K. SwisherAt last, students of American military history have recently been accorded some measure of respect to the tactical genius of Daniel Morgan. Read more
Military History
The War of 1812: Joseph Willocks and the Canadian Volunteers
by Mike PhiferDuring the last two years of the War of 1812, the Americans had a unit serving with them that knew well the people and country they were invading. Read more
Military History
Santa Anna at the Alamo & the Battle of San Jacinto
By Brooke StoddardOne of the most decisive battles in American history is also one little discussed, the April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto. Read more
Military History
The Battle at Northallerton: Knights on Foot?
by Terry Gore“To be a knight was to be potentially a Lord or Lordling … and a fate worse than death, was to set one’s hand to the plow.” Read more
Military History
George A. Custer’s “Last Stand” at the Battle of Little Bighorn
by Mike HaskewDuring the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25-26, 1876, troopers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Read more
Military History
Severed Hands: Trophies of War in New Kingdom Egypt
by Robin NgoExcavations conducted in a Hyksos palace at Tell el-Daba (ancient Avaris) in Egypt have for the first time provided archaeological evidence for a gruesome practice previously known only from texts and temple reliefs, according to an article by the Biblical Archaeology Review. Read more
Military History
Benjamin Franklin in the American Revolution
by Mike HaskewBy the time the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, Benjamin Franklin was 70 years old. Read more
Military History
The Parchwitz Address: Frederick the Great’s Famous Speech at Leuthen
by Vince HawkinsOn the morning of December 3, 1757, Frederick the Great ordered all his generals and regimental and battalion commanders to his headquarters at Parchwitz. Read more
Military History
WWI Timeline: Sowing the Seeds of the Conflict
by Arnold BlumbergThis WWI Timeline covers the first decade of the 20th century, in which the so-called “Great Powers” of Europe attempted to advance their economic and technological prowess to out-do—or at worst, at least keep pace—with their neighbors and rivals. Read more
Military History
Medieval Knights: Arms and Armor at Northallerton
by Terry GoreNumerous pictorial representations show us the arms and armor of the 12th-century Anglo-Norman knight, the most famous being the Bayeux Tapestry. Read more
Military History
World War I Doughboys’ Bloody Baptism
As the fateful day drew to a close, the exhausted World War I soldiers of the German 25th and 82nd Reserve Divisions huddled in their trenches. Read more
Military History
Benedict Arnold: American Traitor and Patriot
By Brooke C. StoddardThe struggle of the Americans to free themselves of British rule and to establish self-government on their own continent was never in greater peril than in the year 1776, and it was still three years before Benedict Arnold would change sides. Read more
Military History
Japanese Castles of the 16th and 17th Century
by Eric NiderostThe castle (shiro) played an important role in 16th- and early 17th-century Japan. Like its medieval counterparts in Europe, the Japanese castle was a fortified building or series of buildings that had both defensive and offensive capabilities. Read more
Military History
Russian Earthworks at the Battle of Borodino
by Jonathan NorthAlthough the terrain around the Battle of Borodino presented the Russians with a number of good opportunities for a defensive battle, they further strengthened their positions with hastily constructed earthworks. Read more
