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Civil War Cavalry Units: Worth the Cost?
by Don RobertsDuring the Mexican-American War, the great distances between objectives had dictated a need for highly mobile cavalry troops. Read more
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Bicycle Infantry: Still a Tool of Modern Warfare?
by Peter Suicu
Ironically, two nations that used bikes in the greatest numbers have never actually used them in anger. Read more
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How the Cannon Marked the End of the Knight’s Suit of Armor
By David Alan JohnsonBy the latter part of the 15th century, armor worn by knights in the field had reached its pinnacle. Read more
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General Howe and General Burgoyne’s Two-Pronged Attack in 1777
by Donald Roberts IIThe year 1776 ended on a high note for George Washington’s Continental Army despite its earlier devastating defeats on Long Island and Manhattan. Read more
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Brutal Battle for a Normandy Hill
By Mark Simmons“At Tarnopol we endured heavy Russian fire but in Normandy we were hit again and again, day after day by British artillery that was so heavy the Frundsberg [10th SS Panzer Division “Frundsberg,” named after 16th-century German knight and general Georg Von Frundsberg] bled to death before our eyes. Read more
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The 1650 Battle of Dunbar: Thunder on the Broxburn
By Don HollwayIn July 1637 few Scots or English would have guessed the result when Edinburgh minister James Hannay preached from the Book of Common Prayer, and street merchant Jenny Geddes threw her footstool at his head. Read more
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The German and Austrian Jews of the Allied Armies
By Steven Karras Prologue:Once they escaped from Nazi-dominated Europe, hundreds of German and Austrian Jews joined the American and British military to help bring an end to the Nazis’ reign of terror. Read more
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1st Infantry Division Museum
By Steve HawkinsOne of America’s finest military museums, the 1st Division Museum near Chicago, presents the history of America’s oldest division––from its inception in World War I, through World War II, the Cold War, the jungles of Vietnam, and Desert Storm. Read more
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From 747 to B-17: An Interview With Airline Pilot Robert Trammell
By William CaverleeDelta Air Lines and former Northwest pilot Robert Trammell, 45, has made numerous 747 flights on Asian routes across the Pacific. Read more
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The Rise of Ike: Supreme Allied Commander in the Making
By Eric HammelDwight David Eisenhower began life as David Dwight Eisenhower in Abilene, Kansas, on October 14, 1890, the third of five sons. Read more
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Race to the Meuse
By William E. WelshThe American airborne troops shivered in their foxholes as temperatures plummeted on Christmas Eve 1944. Behind them to the east lay the beleaguered town of Bastogne. Read more
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Villers-Bocage: Wittmann’s Tigers, the Desert Rats, and Allied Disaster
By Major General Michael ReynoldsBritish General Sir Bernard Montgomery was given command of two Allied armies for the invasion of Normandy: Lt. Read more
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USS Hugh W. Hadley: Surviving the Kamikazes of Okinawa
By Michael E. HaskewOnly 340 miles from the home island of Kyushu, the final objective of the American military surge across the Pacific during World War II, short of an invasion of Japan itself, was Okinawa in the Ryukyu archipelago. Read more
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With the “Ragtag Circus” Across Europe: The Story of Frank Fauver
By Susan ZimmermanThe 83rd U.S. Infantry Division had been mobilized for World War I in September 1917. Its unit patch was a downward-pointing black triangle with the letters O-H-I-O stitched as an abstract gold monogram in the center. Read more
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New Mexico: Atomic Spy Capital
By Richard HigginsNew Mexico and its capital of Santa Fe bring to mind some beautiful images. Stunning sunsets, unlimited vistas, a plethora of art galleries, the spectacular food enlivened with the local green chile, an ancient Native American culture that still thrives, and a Spanish heritage tradition going back to within 50 years of Columbus’s arrival all make for a unique cultural and physical environment. Read more
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The History of Third Reich Uniforms
By G. Paul GarsonThe evolution of Third Reich uniforms followed from a long history of European uniforms in general and Imperial German uniforms in particular. Read more
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Takeo Yoshikawa and the Spies Behind the Pearl Harbor Attack
By Phil Zimmer“You are probably the nearest to war that you’ll ever be without actually being in it,” said Commander Harold M. Read more
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“I Survived the USS Franklin Inferno”
By George F. Black, as told to Howard DunbarOn March 19, 1945, the Essex-class carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), dubbed “Big Ben,” lay 50 miles off Honshu, one of Japan’s Home Islands. Read more
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SCR-300 WW2 Radio Backpack: The “Walkie Talkie” That Shaped the War
By John NieselEarly in 1945, in the Northern Appenine mountains of Italy, T/5 Harvey, a radioman with the 10th Mountain Division, is carrying his WW2 radio backpack, the ever-handy SCR-300, into combat for the first time. Read more
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Bridge House Hotel: Crimes of the Kempeitai in Shanghai
By Eric NiderostBy the 1930s, Shanghai was already a legend in its own time––the most modern, populous, and decadent city in China. Read more
