Military History
The Nightmare Mission Into Laos: Operation Lam Son 719
By William E. WelshThe South Vietnamese raid into the Laotian panhandle in February 1971 only confirmed what everyone already knew. Read more
Military History
Military History
An American Legend: The 1903 Springfield Rifle
By Arnold BlumbergIn 1896, the .30-40 “Model 1896 Krag Rifle” became the standard United States Army’s first bolt-action, magazine, smokeless-powder service rifle. Read more
Military History
Famous Navy Ships: The USS Pueblo & the “Pueblo Incident”
by Brad ReynoldsIn the midst of the Vietnam War, one of the most famous ships of the era was an electronic and signal intelligence ship posted off the east coast of North Korea. Read more
Military History
Famous Navy Ships: USS Olympia, Flagship of Unexpected Imperialism
by Brad ReynoldsThe later half of the 19th Century was a defining time for the American Navy as it began to modernize its ship design and tactical thinking. Read more
Military History
The French and Indian War: Duquesne to Louisbourg
by Michael HaskewFrom 1756 to 1763, the armies of Great Britain and France fought the French and Indian War for preeminence in North America. Read more
Military History
Naval History: The Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War
by Brad ReynoldsAt the turn of the 19th Century, Japanese incursions into Korea forced Russia to fortify her ports at Vladivostok and Port Arthur. Read more
Military History
“To the Shores of Tripoli…”: The Tripolitan War & Birth of the Navy
by Brad ReynoldsFollowing the exploits of John Paul Jones and the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. Read more
Military History
The Korean War: Invasion to Armistice
by Mike HaskewWith the end of World War II, the Korean peninsula was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet and U.S. Read more
Military History
The House of Plantagenet & The War of the Roses
by Michael HaskewFought between 1455 and 1487, the War of the Roses was prosecuted by the Houses of Lancaster and York, both branches of the Royal House of Plantagenet, which was of French origin and ruled England for more than 300 years. Read more
Military History
Emperor Julian “The Apostate”
By Kaveh Farrokh“[W]hen Emperor Julian had received the wound [in Persia], he filled his hand with blood, flung it into the air and cried, Thou hast won, O Galilean,” wrote Theodoret of Cyrus. Read more
Military History
The Worst Leaders in History: Igor I of Kiev
by Brad ReynoldsAs the Slavic people began to form what would eventually become the Russian Empire, there were inevitable missteps along the way. Read more
Military History
The Worst Leaders in History: General William H. Winder
by Brad ReynoldsDuring the War of 1812, General Winder would mount the last defense of Washington D.C. before it was ransacked by British forces in 1814. Read more
Military History
The Worst Leaders in History: ‘Pecos Bill’ (William Rufus Shafter)
By Brad ReynoldsThough William Rufus Shafter (a.k.a. “Pecos Bill”) had been awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War, he was known for crippling the careers of officers he did not like as he rose through the ranks. Read more
Military History
The Rise and Fall of the German U-Boat
By William F. Floyd, Jr.On the evening of October 13, 1939, the German submarine surfaced off the Orkney Islands in the North Sea. Read more
Military History
A Pictorial History of Camouflage
Inspired by the principles of camouflage in nature, creativity in the military art of disguise was spurred in World War I by threats of aerial reconnaissance and long-range enemy fire. Read more
Military History
Burgundian Massacre: the Story of the Nibelungenlied
by William E. WelshWhen the Huns swept through the plains of northern Europe in spring 451 on their way to what would become one of the decisive battles of Late Antiquity, the Frankish peoples could do little to resist the swarming bands of horsemen who showed no mercy to anyone in their path. Read more
Military History
The Reel Life Alamo
By Eric NiderostThe siege of the Alamo is one of the most celebrated military confrontations in American history. There have been other instances of American soldiers fighting against the odds, from Custer’s Last Stand in 1876 to the embattled Marines defending Wake Island against the Japanese in 1941. Read more
Military History
Guerra de las Malvinas: The 1982 Falklands War
By William E. WelshThe British vessel with its bright red hull seemed out of place in the waters of Stromness Bay off the east coast of South Georgia Island on March 23, 1982. Read more
Military History
How World War 1 Reshaped The Course of Europe
by Mike HaskewOn June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, visited the city of Sarajevo and were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a 20-year-old Yugoslav nationalist. Read more
Military History
2014 Marks the 60th Anniversary of Veterans Day
Today marks the 60th Anniversary of Veterans Day in the United States. Originally called “Armistice Day,” commemorating the end of World War I, it was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 by President Eisenhower to acknowledge veterans of the Second World War and Korea. Read more
