Military History
Operation Gold: The CIA’s Berlin Tunnel
By Peter KrossNo sooner had the last shot of World War II been fired than a new, different kind of conflict began. Read more
Military History
Military History
The National Museum of the Marine Corps
By Al HemingwayTwenty miles outside Washington, D.C., at Quantico, Virginia, motorists traveling on Interstate 95 will come upon an unusual building that is clearly visible, day or night. Read more
Military History
The Christmas Truce of 1914: Fact and Fiction
The German offensive into France and Belgium had ground to a halt as armies on both sides constructed sophisticated trenches to escape the murderous artillery and machine guns of a 20th c. Read more
Military History
Roman Disaster at Adrianople
By Alex ZakrzewskiAfter five hours of continuous slaughter, an eerie calm descended on the blood-soaked plain near the Roman city of Adrianople. Read more
Military History
Archduke Charles: Napoleon’s Worthy Opponent
To say the Austrians despised the French after they were vanquished by them in 1805 at Ulm and Austerlitz is an understatement. Read more
Military History
King John the Tyrant
The tension between the king and his barons always seemed to be ready to explode into civil war during the reign of the three Angevin kings of England. Read more
Military History
Bunker Hill: “Lick Them Once More Boys!”
By Arnold BlumbergA stark dichotomy was evident among the Americans defending Breed’s Hill on June 17, 1775. One type of provincial soldier stood ready to give his life in defense of liberty that day. Read more
Military History
Japanese Ashigaru: The “Samurai of the Land”
By Eric NiderostIn the 17th century samurai were elite warriors, members of Japan’s ruling class. They were born, not made; you had to come from a samurai family to be considered samurai. Read more
Military History
The Citizen-Soldier: Militia in Early America
by Donald Roberts IIBritish colonization of the New World transplanted many British institutions to America. Besides the political and social beliefs seeded in the colonies, military ideals were also implemented. Read more
Military History
Frederick the Great at Leuthen: The Oblique Order
by Vince HawkinsUsually considered to be a single maneuver, Frederick the Great’s “oblique attack” or “oblique order” was in fact two distinct grand tactical maneuvers, each of which could be executed separately or in combination as demonstrated at Leuthen. Read more
Military History
African American Revolutionary War Heroes: Boston to Yorktown
by Mike HaskewAlthough a large number of colonial slaves fled their condition of involuntary servitude seeking freedom through service to the British Army, an estimated 5,000 African Americans served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Read more
Military History
The History of Swiss Pikemen
By Jonathan NorthFighting mainly as pikemen, the Swiss of the 15th Century used their iconic 10-foot pikes in an offensive capacity. Read more
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Hasan ibn al-Sabbah and the Assassins of the Middle East
by Robert SuhrSaladin was one of the few leaders in the Mideast during the Crusades to incur the wrath of the infamous cult of Assassins, and survive. Read more
Military History
The Battle of White Mountain, 1620
By William E. WelshIn the valley south of the hill known in Czech as Bitna Hora, a vast host assembled by the Austrian Hapsburgs advanced toward the ranks of the Protestant rebels blocking the path to Prague, the capital of Bohemia. Read more
Military History
Capturing Louisbourg: How British Firepower Prevailed
by William WelshThe crews of the British longboats had to fight the elements as much as the French to get ashore at Cormorandiere Cove a short distance southwest of the fortress of Louisbourg on June 8, 1758, but somehow they completed their mission, thanks to the gifted leadership of Brig. Read more
Military History
Three Key Battles Before the Siege of Orleans
Following English King Henry V’s decisive victory over the French at Agincourt in 1415, the tide of the Hundred Years War in France remained in England’s favor until the Siege of Orleans. Read more
Military History
What Happened at the Devil’s Den at the Battle of Gettysburg
By Don WilliamsThe struggle for the Devil’s Den at Gettysburg occurred on July 2, 1863, under a hot and cloudless afternoon. Read more
Military History
Frederick the Great’s Recipe for Success
Prussian King Frederick II “The Great” inherited from his father an army ready for war. Frederick William I had entrusted the training of his infantry to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau. Read more
Military History
Inside Washington’s Battle Tactics
By Christopher MiskimonThe fate of the American Revolution seemed bleak indeed in December 1776. New Jersey was on the verge of collapse with many of its residents swearing new oaths of loyalty to Great Britain. Read more
Military History
John Hunt Morgan delighted in dangerous missions.
The degree to which Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan set Northern soldiers on edge is seen by a story that appeared in southern newspapers in April 1862. Read more
