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In April 1754 the French sent an impressive host down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers. Six hundred men with artillery and supplies set out in canoes and bateaux. Read more
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With another year we have another Call of Duty, this time in the form of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Read more
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While many Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians threw in their lot with the Confederacy, fighting alongside southern troops at the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, a more northern-based tribe—the Ottawa—chose to remain loyal to the Union, in the forlorn hope that its willingness to fight for the white men’s country would help preserve its increasingly imperiled way of life. Read more
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The gray-clad Virginia infantry marched quickly through the woods. In the distance they could hear the familiar rattle of musketry signaling an encounter with the enemy. Read more
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The New Englanders crept forward through the thick woods toward the Rebel position at mid-afternoon. Trading volleys with the Confederates behind the natural trench afforded by the unfinished railroad line during the Battle of Second Manassas in summer 1862 had so far proved unsuccessful throughout the scorching hot summer day. Read more
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On February 19, 1945, thousands of American Marines hit the beaches on the Volcano Islands in the Pacific, starting what we call today the Battle of Iwo Jima. Read more
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Options for World War II-related gaming run pretty thick if you do the majority of it on PC. Read more
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When the Huns swept through the plains of northern Europe in spring 451 on their way to what would become one of the decisive battles of Late Antiquity, the Frankish peoples could do little to resist the swarming bands of horsemen who showed no mercy to anyone in their path. Read more
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On Christmas day 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, Sergeant David Warman, a member of Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, wrote a letter home. Read more
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Like many true combat veterans, my father didn’t talk much about the war—in his case, World War II. Read more
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On the evening of April 14, 1865, noted actor John Wilkes Booth entered Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., Read more
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World of Tanks may be the most self-explanatory game title this side of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Read more
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Deep ranks of Federal troops moved steadily across the valley floor toward Missionary Ridge late in the afternoon on November 25, 1863. Read more
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Company of Heroes 2 players recently got a treat in the form of an update that adds in some oft-requested features. Read more
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After the U.S. victory at Midway in June 1942, the focus of the War in the Pacific moved south. Read more
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World War II games span a plethora of genres and sub-genres, but a recent content update for World of Diving might be one of the most unique. Read more
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World War II games span a plethora of genres and sub-genres, but a recent content update for World of Diving might be one of the most unique. Read more
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The American forces serving in World War II were composed primarily of citizen soldiers—people who had no notion of going to war until Pearl Harbor was attacked. Read more
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Kennesaw Mountain was an alluring sight to General Joseph E. Johnston as he fell back from Allatoona Pass in mid-June 1864 toward the Confederate supply hub of Atlanta. Read more
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The siege of the Alamo is one of the most celebrated military confrontations in American history. There have been other instances of American soldiers fighting against the odds, from Custer’s Last Stand in 1876 to the embattled Marines defending Wake Island against the Japanese in 1941. Read more
