Military History
The Troublesome Ross Rifle of WWI
By Jerome BaldwinAt the turn of the 20th century, Canada was dependent on Great Britain for rifles to equip her army. Read more
Military History
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The Siege of Shipka Pass
By Victor KamenirIn the summer of 1875, the Christian Slavic populations of Bosnia and Herzegovina rose up in rebellion against their Muslim Ottoman Turkish rulers in response to high taxes and depredations by the local Turkish administration. Read more
Military History
The Malayan Emergency: How to Fight a Counterinsurgency War
By David Fontaine MitchellFollowing World War II, the British returned to a much different Malaya than they had departed three years earlier. Read more
Military History
South Koreans in Vietnam: A Force to Be Reckoned With
By William StroockOn the night of February 13, 1967, the 11th Company of the 2nd South Korean Marine Brigade was occupying a position near the village of Trah Bin Dong in Quang Ngai province, South Vietnam. Read more
Military History
USS Midway: Floating Museum in San Diego Harbor
By Christopher MiskimonA boat trip through San Diego harbor provides visitors with tangible proof of America’s military might. San Diego is one of the U.S. Read more
Military History
Moses Yale Beach: Polk’s Secret Emissary to Mexico
By Peter KrossThe use of individuals unaffiliated with any intelligence organization is commonplace in the annals of espionage. Governments often use people who have certain skills or expertise to establish contact with other individuals who are believed to have influence with the nation they represent. Read more
Military History
Scottish Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo
By Eric NiderostIn the early morning of June 16, 1815, the city of Brussels awoke to the shriek of bagpipes and the throbbing tattoo of drums. Read more
Military History
Greene’s Gamble at Hobkirk’s Hill
By Daniel MurphyIn late March 1781, American Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene sought to make the best of a bad situation. Read more
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British Naval Disaster at Coronel
By John ProtasioWhen World War I broke out in August 1914, the captains of the various German warships called their men together to give three cheers for the Kaiser. Read more
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Tank Killers on the Western Front
By Arnold BlumbergThe Somme offensive, which began on July 1, 1916, had by late that month deteriorated into a series of small, costly actions. Read more
Military History
Charles II’s Great Escape from the Battle of Worcester
By Roy Morris jr.Knowing that Puritan pursuers would be hot on his trail as soon as they realized he was not in Worcester, the king and his advisers stopped briefly at an inn in Ombersley (inevitably renamed the King’s Arms) to discuss their plans. Read more
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Worcester: Last Battle of the English Civil War
By Roy Morris jr.Charles Stuart liked to gamble. The 21-year-old son of slain English King Charles I was a fixture at the gaming tables and boudoirs of Europe, where he had spent the last half decade in restless exile while his father unsuccessfully sought to hold onto both his crown and his head. Read more
Military History
Roman Legion: The Reforms of Marius
By Lindsay PowellThe basic unit of the Roman army of the late Republic was the legion, derived from the Latin word legio, meaning “military levy.” Read more
Military History
The Canadian Military Heritage Museum
By Jerome BaldwinThe Canadian Military Heritage Museum in Brantford, Ontario, has a four-part mission: to collect, preserve, and display artifacts pertaining to the military history of Canada; to maintain and manage a museum for the purpose of education; to display the artifacts at community events; and to honor the fallen and all veterans who have served and are still serving in the Canadian military. Read more
Military History
Able Archer 83: Did a NATO Exercise Almost Escalate to Nuclear War?
By Todd Avery RaffenspergerOn the night of November 20, 1983, Armageddon went prime time. Over 100 million Americans tuned in to the ABC television network to watch the two-hour drama The Day After. Read more
Military History
Fiasco at the Bay of Pigs
By Peter KrossOn the morning of April 18, 1961, readers of the New York Times awoke to a startling headline: “Anti-Castro Units Land in Cuba; Report Fighting at Beachhead; Rusk Says U.S. Read more
Military History
The “Pueblo Incident”: The U.S. Navy’s Grave Miscalculation
By John WalkerThe humiliating seizure of the American spy ship Pueblo on January 23, 1968, by North Korean gunboats proved both an enormous intelligence setback and a searing indictment of America’s Cold War policy. Read more
Military History
Spanish Disaster at Rocroi
By William WelshFive hundred Spanish musketeers filed into the dim forest on the southern edge of a wooded plain south of the border fort at Rocroi, France, at dusk on May 18, 1643. Read more
Military History
Bloodbath at Mukden: Imperial Russia and Japan Collide
By Louis CiotolaJanuary and February 1905 were critical months for both the Russian and Japanese empires, which were locked in a war over East Asia that neither of them could sustain. Read more
Military History
Mackenzie’s Rebellion
By Chuck LyonsIn December 1837, 400 men armed with muskets, pitchforks, and staves marched against the city of Toronto and the British government. Read more
