Military History
Warrior Queen’s Revenge
By Eric NiderostIn the spring of ad 60 Gaius Suetonius Paulinus could look back on the last three or four years with a mixture of pride and satisfaction. Read more
Military History
Military History
Mata Hari: The Dancing Spy
By Robert HeegeJust before six o’clock on the morning of October 15, 1917, a caravan of five rickety automobiles departed the prison at Saint-Lazare and proceeded to make its way post-haste through the gaslit streets of Paris. Read more
Military History
Deus le Veult! The Siege of Antioch
By John Murphy, Jr.Shortly before dawn on June 3, 1098, Bohemund of Taranto, one of the leaders of the First Crusade and the survivor of many campaigns, stood in the shadow of the Tower of the Two Sisters, one of the strongest points in the defenses of the ancient city of Antioch. Read more
Military History
Defending the Pass at the Battle of Thermopylae
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckWhat nation of Asia, did not Xerxes lead against Hellas? —Herodotus
On the Doricus, the vast Thracian plain and beach on the Aegean coast, rose a stronghold. Read more
Military History
Famous Fighter Aces: Edward Mannock
By Mauriel P. JoslynThe agent from the American consul followed a Turkish guard through the prisoner compound. It was early 1915, and he had come on behalf of the Red Cross seeking prisoner exchange for the worst cases in this miserable, disease-ridden place. Read more
Military History
Fortunino Matania and the Art of War
By Robert WhiterThe short, slim man strove to keep still despite the stifling heat and the perspiration trickling down his face and neck. Read more
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Mirrors on the Mountains
By Miles Hood SwarthoutWhen Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles finally met Geronimo in Skeleton Canyon, four miles above the Mexican border in southeastern Arizona Territory on September 3, 1886, the U.S. Read more
Military History
If Lessons are Learned, ‘Fighting the Last War’ can Yield a Positive Result
An astounding range of human capacities can be found throughout military heritage—bravery, fortitude and sacrifice of ordinary men and women engaged in the often heartbreaking act of making history. Read more
Military History
The War Chariots of the Celtic Elite
By Andrew M. ScottTo the Latins they were Gauls; to the Greeks they were the keatoi (Keltoi), or Celts. A warrior people who at one time roamed Europe from Britain to the Black Sea, Celts reached the height of their power and cultural influence around the 2nd century bc. Read more
Military History
Death on the Hill of Doves: The Battle of Majuba Hill
By Vince HawkinsIn 1814, as a consequence of her victory in the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain was formally ceded the Dutch South African territory of Cape Colony. Read more
Military History
Helmets of the Superpowers—Soviet and American— attract collectors.
By Peter SuciuThe basic shape of the American M1 helmet and the Soviet M40 helmets became iconic symbols of the Cold War and remain popular with collectors today. Read more
Military History
Frederick the Great & the Battle of Rossbach
By Vince HawkinsThe evening of June 18, 1757, found the remnants of Frederick the Great’s Prussian army in full flight toward the Kaiser-Strasse (Imperial Road) in Bohemia. Read more
Military History
A Sunlit Picture of Hell: Battle of the Somme
By O’Brien BrownEarly in the morning of July 1, 1916, a mist blanketed the lolling hills of the Somme region of northwestern France. Read more
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Philip vs Edward at the Battle of Crécy
By Robert SuhrPhilip of Valois, for long have we made suit before you by embassies and all other ways which we knew to be reasonable, to the end that you should be willing to have restored unto us our right, our heritage of France, which you have long kept back and most wrongfully occupied.” Read more
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Byzantine Spies in the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars
By Arnold BlumbergByzantium, the successor state to ancient Rome, lasted over a thousand years. But it all could have been different because its first major enemy—Persia—was a fierce and determined competitor bent on the Empire’s demise. Read more
Military History
Rogers’ Rangers and the Battle of LaBarbue Creek
By John ManciniIn the fall of 1755, England and France were again at war for control of North America. The French believed that New France extended from Canada to Louisiana. Read more
Military History
Bartolomeo Colleoni’s Art of War
By Jonathan NorthBartolomeo Colleoni was a Renaissance success story. A simple mercenary, he rose from obscurity to the most important position on the Italian peninsula: commander-in-chief of the armies of Venice. Read more
Military History
Philadelphia Military Artifacts
By Eric NiderostPhiladelphia is an historic city, rich in monuments dating from America’s colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods. As every schoolchild knows, the Declaration of Independence was approved in Philadephia, and the city served as the nation’s capital from 1790 to 1800. Read more
Military History
The Spencer Carbine
By Kelly BellConfederate soldiers bitterly called it “that damned Yankee carbine they load on Sunday, and then fire all week.” Read more
Military History
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Battle of Marengo
By Eric NiderostOn March 17, 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte closeted himself in his study at the Tuileries Palace in Paris and ordered his private secretary, Louis Fauvelet de Bourrienne, to unroll a large map of Italy and lay it on the floor. Read more
