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Medieval Weapons: The English Longbow
by Al HemingwayThe English longbow’s first recorded use was in South Wales in 1188, during a battle between the English and Welsh. Read more
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The Conscription Act and Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War Substitute
By Roy Morris Jr.When Abraham Lincoln signed into law the first conscription act in American history in March 1863, one of the most unpopular parts of the widely unpopular act was the provision allowing draft-eligible males to hire substitutes to take their place in the army. Read more
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Muhammad Ali’s Draft Controversy
By Mike HaskewThree-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali reigns as one of the most colorful sports figures of the 20th century. Read more
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Inkerman: The Soldiers’ Battle
By Victor KamenirWhen armed hostilities flared up between the Russian and Ottoman Empires in 1853 over control of holy places in Turkish-ruled Jerusalem, Great Britain was quick to throw its weight behind the Ottomans. Read more
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Captain Minié’s Deadly Invention at Inkerman
By Victor KamenirThe force multiplier that allowed the outnumbered British to stand up to the overwhelming numbers of Russian attackers at Inkerman was the Minié bullet (not ball). Read more
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Leo Tolstoy & The Siege of Sevastopol
by Roy Morris Jr.Of the thousands of Russian soldiers and civilians pinned down by Allied forces during the 11-month-long siege of Sevastopol, one in particular chafed at the monotonous, mind-numbing routine. Read more
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King Billy at the Boyne River
By Eric NiderostOn March 12, 1689, James II, recently deposed king of England, landed in Ireland in a last-ditch attempt to regain his throne. Read more
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How Assassins Got Their Name
by Mark S. LongoHow the Nizari Ismailis came to be known as the Assassins is still the subject of much debate. Read more
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World of Tanks on PS4
By Joseph LusterEvery time a new version of World of Tanks is released I get the opportunity to remind myself that I’m really bad at World of Tanks. Read more
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The Death of Benito Mussolini
by Michael HaskewDuring the last days of World War II in Italy, former Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was a hunted man. Read more
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William T. Sherman: A Hard Lesson in War
By Arnold BlumbergWith the fall of Vicksburg in the first week of July 1863, the strongest remaining Confederate presence in Mississippi was a recently thrown together force of 26,000 soldiers under General Joseph E. Read more
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Theodore Roosevelt, the Monroe Doctrine & the U.S. Navy
By. Roy Morris, Jr.Never was Theodore Roosevelt’s famous dictum, “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” used to greater effect than in the high-stakes standoff between the American president and prickly, pugnacious Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany over the debt crisis in Venezuela in December 1902. Read more
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Operation Greif and Otto “Scarface” Skorzeny
By Don HollwayWith a quarter of a million German troops pouring through the Ardennes Forest, three Americans fleeing in a jeep should have raised no alarm. Read more
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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
