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Immortal Charge of the Light Brigade
By Christopher MiskimonSix battalions of Russian infantry, 30 cannons, and a cavalry force deployed in the North Valley east of Sevastopol near the town of Balaclava. Read more
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A Good Samaritan
By Jon DiamondThe iconic photograph the Blinded Soldier, New Guinea taken on Christmas Day 1942, reveals a wounded and barefoot Australian soldier, Private George “Dick” Whittington of the 2/10th Battalion, being led down a path through a surrounding field of tall kunai grass to an Allied field hospital at Dobodura in Papua, the eastern third of the world’s second largest island, New Guinea. Read more
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Katana Handguards
By Peter SuciuThe swords of the samurai have long been desirable to collectors. Now, even their parts have become prized. Read more
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From the Luftwaffe: Joachim Benz on the Eastern Front
By Joachim Benz, as told to Peter D. Fyfe and Ward CarrFollowing service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery during the early 1970s, Ward Carr decided to remain in Germany, residing in Frankfurt. Read more
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Lee’s Hard Fighter
By William E. WelshTwo men rode forward from Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the morning of September 17, 1862. The one in front was of slight build with a scraggly beard, scrawny neck, sunken cheeks, and a high forehead. Read more
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A Son’s Memoir: Surviving The CBI’s ‘Aluminum Trail’
By Fred T. MartinWinston Churchill called it, “An immense laborious task, unlikely to be completed until the need for it has passed.” Read more
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Teutoburgerwald Avenged
By Michael D. GreaneyArminius, war leader of the Cherusci, a powerful German tribe on the east bank of the Rhine, was livid. Read more
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The P38 Can Opener: WWII’s “Other” P-38
By Richard A. BerantyFar down on the list of important inventions essential to victory in World War II is a modest gadget built of stamped metal called the GI Pocket Can Opener—commonly known as the P-38 can opener—which was used by American troops in the field to sever the lids off combat rations. Read more
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An Acre of Massacre: The Second Boer War’s Battle of Spion Kop
By Herman T. VoelknerThe century of conflict that would introduce the concept of total war to the world had its bloody roots on an obscure hilltop in the remote South African veldt. Read more
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Deadly Drive to Bastogne
By Christopher MiskimonPrivate Bruce Fenchel was writing a letter home when his first sergeant burst into the barracks room. “Pack your duffel bags and get ready to roll,” the NCO said ominously. Read more
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Siege of Port Hudson: Last Bastion on the Mississippi
By Pedro GarciaNot long after Union Flag Officer David Farragut of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron received the surrender of New Orleans on April 29, 1862, he began pondering his next move. Read more
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Hell on Hacksaw Ridge
By Nathan N. PreferIt was called the Maeda Escarpment, after the nearest native village. An escarpment, according to the dictionary, is “a steep slope in front of a fortification” or “a long cliff.” Read more
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Undisputed King: The Battle of Tewkesbury
By David Alan JohnsonKing Edward IV could not have asked for better news. On the evening of May 3, 1471, his scouts reported that the army of his Lancastrian archrival, Queen Margaret of Anjou, was camped a few miles south of the abbey town of Tewkesbury with its back to the River Severn. Read more
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Collecting War Comics
By Peter SuciuFor the brave soldiers of Easy Company, it must have seemed as though World War II would never end. Read more
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Preparing for D-Day
By Kevin M. HymelThe American Army that stormed the beaches of Normandy was mostly green but well trained. For months men practiced climbing down rope ladders into landing craft, exiting in columns of threes, racing across a beach, assaulting pillboxes, storming bluffs, and digging foxholes. Read more
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Forrest’s Finest Hour
By Mike PhiferConfederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s fighting blood was up. It was mid-morning on June 10, 1864, and the Tennessean cavalry commander had just hurried Colonel Hylan Lyon’s brigade of Kentuckians from along the muddy Baldwyn road toward Brice’s Crossroads in northern Mississippi. Read more
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Imbroglio at Brolo
By Eric EthierFresh off a tense telephone conversation with Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., climbed into a jeep and rumbled over to Truscott’s 3rd Infantry Division headquarters east of Terranova, on Sicily’s northeastern coast. Read more
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Cannonballs, Grapeshot, and Profanity
By David A. NorrisFor nearly a month, 4,000 New England militia aided by the Royal Navy had surrounded the great fortress of Louisbourg, the key to French Canada. Read more
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The M-3 Stuart Light Tank Series
By Christopher Miskimon
Thirteen Panzerkampfwagen IV tanks advanced down the Chouigui-Mateur road in an attack against the newly arrived American First Armored Division. Read more
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Military Board Games
By Peter SuciuThe debate over the outcome of famous battles, or how aspects of them might have happened differently, often begins almost before the wounded have healed or the long-lasting results have been understood. Read more
