Military History
The Devil Must Have Brought Them: The Battle of Oudenarde
By David A. NorrisLieutenant General Armand-Charles de Gontaut, Marquis de Biron, led a party of foragers ahead of the French Army. Read more
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Battle for Tolvarjarvi
By David H. LippmanFrom Leningrad to Murmansk, columns of Soviet Red Army troops stormed down roads and trails into Finland’s dense forests, lakes, and swamps, seeking to cut Finland in half. Read more
Military History
The Mystery of the Amber Room
By Chuck LyonsIn September 1941, during the siege of Leningrad, as the Soviets then called St. Petersburg, Nazi troops overran the Tsarskoye Selo Palace, the former summer residence of the czars in the suburban town of Pushkin. Read more
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Sinking the Bismarck Myth
By Mark CarlsonIn 1960 Twentieth Century Fox released the film Sink the Bismarck! Based on C.S. Forrester’s bestselling book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, the documentary-style film tells a gripping and reasonably factual account of the most famous sea chase in history. Read more
Military History
Deliverance on the Delaware
By Robert HeegeThe grim-faced men waiting to take their places in the boats were already chilled to the bone, the winter winds whipping mercilessly through their makeshift, threadbare uniforms as they silently formed up along the icy Pennsylvania riverbank. Read more
Military History
Alexander’s Triumph at Granicus
In the spring of 334 bc, Alexander of Macedon paused with his army on the western side of the Granicus River. Read more
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Army Infantry at Chosin: The Fate of Task Force MacLean/Faith
By Kevin M. HymelThe U.S. Marine Corps was not the only group of Americans facing off against the Chinese at the Chosin Reservoir. Read more
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Marine Colonel David Lownds at Khe Sanh
By William E. WelshThe Marines patrolling outside Khe Sanh Combat Base watched three enemy soldiers dart across an access road and dive into the protective edge of a tract of woods. Read more
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The Swiss Army Knife is Headed For the U.S. Army
By Nicholas VarangisVictorinox, manufacturers of the world-famous Swiss Army knife, made a recent announcement that the Victorinox soldier knife is on the official order list of the U.S. Read more
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Jim McCloughan received the Medal of Honor for service during the Vietnam War
By Nicholas VarangisThe Vietnam War ended in 1975, yet it has taken decades for the heroism and sacrifices of many of the men who fought and served to be recognized. Read more
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Bold Stand at Rorke’s Drift
By Arnold BlumbergFrom atop the bluff overlooking a ford on the Buffalo River, Captain Alan Gardner, a staff officer in the British Army’s 24th Regiment of Foot, looked down at the chaos and carnage being played out below him. Read more
Military History
The History of The Hand Grenade
By William F. Floyd, Jr.During the five-month Japanese siege of Russian-held Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 both sides employed hand grenades. Read more
Military History
Weighing the Odds of Crusader Success
The christian crusaders that marched south into Ottoman Rumelia in 1444 bet heavily that the combined power of Poland, Hungary, and Wallachia would prove sufficient to break the iron grip the Ottoman Porte had on the southern Balkans. Read more
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Britain’s “Light Bobs” in the French and Indian Wars
by James L. KochanProvisional light infantry units were first formed in the British Army during the French and Indian Wars to deal with the French irregulars and their Indian allies. Read more
Military History
Conquest of Constantinople
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckIn the late evening of March 29, 1432, Murad II, sultan of the Ottoman Turks, awaited the imminent birth of his child to one of his harem wives. Read more
Military History
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
By Edmond HolcombeWright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, is home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force––the oldest and largest aviation museum in the world. Read more
Military History
The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center
By Borden BlackThe American Infantry’s illustrious history, which is older than that of the country, comes alive in an impressive, $100,000,000, 190,000-square-foot museum located just outside Fort Benning, Georgia. Read more
Military History
Intelligence: Confederate Spies Used Newspapers to Communicate
By David A. NorrisThe Herald, like other major New York newspapers, was packed with classified ads on November 1, 1863. Read more
Military History
Sailing Ships and Artillery
By Eric NiderostThe Battle of the Nile, August 1-3, 1798, represents the apogee of the Age of Fighting Sail, a peak that was confirmed at Trafalgar seven years later. Read more
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Geronimo: Ruthless Apache Chief
By John WalkerOn March 5, 1851, a group of Mexican soldiers from Sonora plundered a lightly guarded Apache camp outside the village of Janos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua 75 miles south of the U.S.-Mexican Read more
