Military History
Roman Army Pluck at the Battle of Pydna
By Tim MillerWhat began as a polite truce between armies that allowed each to draw water from the same river turned into the battle that would give Greece to Rome. Read more
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Germany’s Bold Naval Raider
By Christopher MiskimonWorld War I was only a few days old when the German light cruiser SMS Emden, patrolling off the Korean Peninsula, spotted its first target. Read more
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Spain’s Invincible Admiral
By William E. WelshOn June 27, 1570, an Ottoman fleet sailed against Venetian-held Cyprus during the reign of Sultan Selim II. Read more
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Bloody Clash at the Battle of Ia Drang
By Christopher MiskimonSpecialist 4 George McDonald leaped out of a UH-1 helicopter on November 14, 1965, into a hellish firefight. Read more
Military History
Conspiracy: The Death of Stephen Decatur
By Mark CarlsonTo die for personal honor is a long-vanished custom of the pre-industrial age. But 200 years ago it still held great meaning for men, particularly in politics and the military. Read more
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Alexander Nevsky’s Glorious Victory
By John E. SpindlerThe mass of heavily armored crusader knights swept across the frozen surface of Lake Peipus toward the Novgorodian troops that waited anxiously on the eastern shore. Read more
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“Need reinforcements. Without them, kiss us goodbye.”
In April 1963 the U.S. Special Forces established a triangular-shaped fortified outpost at the southern end of the remote A Shau Valley in what was then the northern part of South Vietnam. Read more
Military History
Clash of Giants
By Eric Niderost
On the evening of July 4, 1809, Emperor Napoleon’s Grande Armee prepared to cross a narrow waterway from Lobau Island to Marchfelt, a large, flat plain that bordered the eastern banks of the sinuous Danube River. Read more
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“Italy Is Ours”
By David A. NorrisDeep in a brick-lined tunnel, grenadiers of the army of Louis XIV hacked at a sturdy wooden door. Read more
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Soldiers: Quanah Parker
By Mike PhiferSpread out and turn the horses north to the river,” Quanah Parker shouted to his fellow warriors. It was the late 1860s and Parker was part of a war party that had swooped down on isolated ranches and farms near Gainesville, Texas. Read more
Military History
Three Kingdoms Return With a New Romance
By Joseph LusterRomance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the most iconic franchises in the history of strategy gaming. Read more
Military History
The Fate of Rodes and His Brigade Leaders After Gettysburg
Major General Robert Rodes, as well as three of his five brigade commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg, did not survive the American Civil War. Read more
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Lost Opportunity Along the North Anna River
The dirt roads leading from Spotsylvania toward the North Anna River 20 miles to the south were choked with blue-uniformed Union troops and gray-clad Confederate troops on May 21, 1864. Read more
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Sam Houston’s Stunning Victory at San Jacinto
By Eric NiderostOn March 11, 1836, General Sam Houston rode into Gonzales, a small town near the Guadalupe River in Texas. Read more
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Russia’s Time of Troubles
The Varangians founded a number of fortified towns in Slavic Russia in the 9th century that would become seats of Eastern Christian principalities. Read more
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Bloody Clash on the Tiber
By Tim MillerOn October 28, ad 312, a Roman emperor was drowning. The sight must have amazed his soldiers. All summer Rome had been filled with rumors of the western emperor, Constantine, and the ease with which he and his army had crossed the Alps and, once on Italian soil, strung together a handful of victories in the north. Read more
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Cannon Thunder at the Battle of Valmy
By David A. NorrisWind lifted away the fog sheltering the French lines. Atop a low ridge where the French army was deployed, a lone windmill provided a vivid range marker for 58 Prussian cannons on the neighboring hills. Read more
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Prisoner of the Gestapo: Freed by Words
By Susan ZimmermanWith war comes untold stories of unbroken spirits. These are universal stories without bounds and sides, some of which remain buried deep in psyches. Read more
Military History
Frederick the Great at Torgau: “A Picture of Hell”
By Eric Niderost
King Frederick II of Prussia was busy writing dispatches, his face a study of grim determination as he scribbled out the words by the light of a guttering candle. Read more
Military History
Celebrating U.S. Army History
By Mason B. Webb
In the heart of Pennsylvania, not far from the Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg, stands the U.S. Read more
