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The Freckleton Air Disaster: The Story Behind the Tragedy in Lancashire
By James R. HedtkeWednesday, August 23, 1944, was a day of triumph for the Allies in their struggle against the Axis powers. Read more
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The Army of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckThe kapu kulu, made up of the regularly paid troops, provided the backbone of the Ottoman Empire army. Read more
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The Likable, Inept Ambrose Burnside
By Roy Morris Jr.Nothing in Ambrose Burnside’s pre-Civil War career indicated that he would be anything but a successful and energetic general. Read more
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Grand Ages: Medieval
The Grand Ages series of city-building strategy games can be traced back to 2006’s Glory of the Roman Empire, which was developed by Haemimont Games. Read more
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War Machines: The Failure of German Mechanization in WWII
By Allyn Vannoy“Hitler’s generals, raised on the dogma of Clausewitz and Moltke, could not understand that war is won in the factory.” Read more
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The Battle of the Bulge: An Allied Logistic Victory
by Michael D. HullWhen Adolf Hitler’s last major World War II offensive burst through the chill Ardennes Forest early on December 16, 1944, it scattered American frontline units and caused many anxious hours in the Allied high command. Read more
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The British Cromwell Tank: What Made it Such a Success
By Arnold BlumbergAt the outbreak of World War II, the British War Office assumed that conditions on the Western Front in France would be the same as those experienced in the Great War of 1914-1918. Read more
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Fire Control at the Battle of Surigao Strait
by David Alan JohnsonOne of the main reasons for the success of the battleships West Virginia, Tennessee, and California at Surigao Strait was their Mk 8 fire control radar, which was used in conjunction with the Mk 8 rangekeeper computer. Read more
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Famous Military Commanders: Fernando de Avolos, Marquis of Pescara
by William WelchAlthough Charles de Lannoy, the viceroy of Naples, was the nominal commander of the Imperial forces in the battle, Fernando de Avolos, Marquis of Pescara, controlled the army’s real muscle, its arquebusiers. Read more
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The Chateau de Castelnaud’s Museum of Medieval Warfare
By Susan Ludmer-GliebeFor the last eight centuries, the Chateau de Castelnaud has stood sentinel on a great limestone outcropping 525 feet above the Dordogne River in southwestern France. Read more
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The Army Air Corps at the Battle of the Bulge
by Michael D. HullAt daybreak on December 16, 1944, three senior officers in the Army Air Corps and a Royal Air Force air vice marshal arrived at an elegant chateau near the town of Spa in southeastern Belgium that was the headquarters of Lt. Read more
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Game Reviews: World War Toons
by Joseph LusterIf there’s one place that hasn’t had much opportunity to spread its wings in the world of World War II-related games, it’s virtual reality. Read more
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John Griffen’s Ordnance Rifle at the Battle of Gettysburg
By William E. WelshTeams of horses from four Confederate batteries churned the ground with their hooves as they pulled artillery onto the southern crest of Benner’s Hill just east of Gettysburg at 4 pm, July 2, 1863. Read more
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Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
By Joseph LusterIf Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers sounds familiar, that’s because it was originally released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC back in December 2012. Read more
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The Airborne Infantry “Cricket”: Dime Store Toy Becomes D-Day Legend
By Richard A. BerantyMade popular by the Band of Brothers portrayal of Easy Company, the U.S. paratrooper “cricket” was in fact used to identify each other in the predawn hours of the D-Day invasion. Read more
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Japan’s Vast War
By Christopher MiskimonOn April 12, 1942, thunder sounded across the waters surrounding the island of Corregidor. It was not a natural storm, however, but a conflagration of steel. Read more
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USS Lexington’s Legacy of Service
By Christopher MiskimonLieutenant Commander Kakuishi Takahashi looked down on his targets from 14,000 feet. They were long, narrow forms with flat decks and large funnel stacks, the American aircraft carriers USS Lexington and Yorktown. Read more
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Why Study Military History?
By Roy Morris Jr.As a writer and editor, it’s been my privilege to spend a great deal of time in the company of my betters: ordinary men and women engaged in the often heartbreaking act of making history. Read more
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Recreating David Bushnell’s Turtle, the World’s First Submarine
By C.R. D’AmoreAfter locating and analyzing original letters and written accounts from the American Revolution, and investigating period technologies and materials, they began reconstructing the Turtle as late 18th-century craftsmen might have. Read more
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Frederick the Great: Early Years
By Roy Morris Jr.Befitting his grandiose nickname, Frederick the Great was a living embodiment of the old axiom that some people are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Read more
