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General Mikhail Kutuzov and the Battle of the Danube
By Victor KamenirOn April 1, 1811, one-eyed General Mikhail Kutuzov arrived in the Romanian capital of Bucharest to take command of Russia’s Moldavian army. Read more
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Hurricanes in the Arctic Skies
By Neil TaylorNestled among patches of dwarf birch trees on the side of a hill gently rising above the dockyard of the Russian Northern Fleet in Severomorsk (formerly known as Vaenga) lies a nondescript cemetery bearing witness to the savage conflict that engulfed the Soviet Union’s northern frontiers during the latter half of 1941. Read more
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Grit & Valor: 1949 (VR)
By Joseph LusterWe previously covered developer Milky Tea’s Grit & Valor: 1949, which recently made its way to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC. Read more
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Blitzkrieg Express
By Joseph LusterTaking a break from intense strategy games, which tend to dominate the World War II gaming landscape, we have something completely different but no less engaging in Blitzkrieg Express. Read more
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The War of the Roses: A Red Storm Rising
By William E. WelshIndolent, weak-willed, and prone to periodic fits of madness, King Henry VI had let England slide downhill since coming of age in 1437. Read more
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Embattled Marines At Air Station Ewa
By Joshua DonohueLieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya eased the throttle lever forward in the cockpit of his Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter as it left the deck of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) carrier Akagi just after 6 a.m. Read more
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The Atomic Bomb Ended World War II and Changed Mankind’s Future
The events of early August 1945 brought World War II in the Pacific to an end and ushered in a new era of warfare, one with the potential for apocalyptic annihilation. Read more
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Avoiding the Nameless Grave—Civil War ID Tags
By Don TroianiThe American Civil War may well have been the first major conflict in which soldiers felt the need to wear some sort of a personal identification badge in the event that they were killed or wounded in battle. Read more
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The Incessant Rains of the Green Inferno
By Al HemingwayAs dawn broke on December 26, 1943, the unmistakable silhouettes of American warships could be easily seen by the Japanese defenders on New Britain Island. Read more
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Cockleshell Heroes: Courageous Commandos in Canoes
By Michael D. HullEarly in World War II, the British War Office and the Admiralty were shocked by daring small boat attacks, some of them suicidal, on Allied shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more
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Texan Victory at San Jacinto: Eighteen Minutes to Freedom
By John WalkerAs long afternoon shadows rolled across the prairie near the confluence of the Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River in eastern Texas on April 21, 1836, two armed camps—one a small Texan force, the other a 1,400-man-strong Mexican army—lay within a scant 1,000 yards of each another. Read more
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Samuel White Baker: British Explorer and Abolitionist
By Gregory PedutoThe men of the expeditionary force beat a hasty retreat through the seven-foot-tall African grasses. Poison-tipped arrows let loose by pursuing Bunyoro warriors rained down upon them in deadly torrents. Read more
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Ten Days at Aschaffenburg
By Christopher MiskimonAs the winter of 1944-1945 slowly gave way to spring, the combined Allied armies ground their way into Germany. Read more
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U.S. Divisions of World War II
By Colonel James W. Hammond, Jr. USMC (Ret.)The definitive combat unit of comparable strength among the forces of the world during the 20th century was the division. Read more
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Elite Units of the Civil War
By Christopher MiskimonThe Civil War came at a crossroads moment in world history. New weapons made possible by industrialization were putting paid to old techniques of warfare that had endured since the Napoleonic Era. Read more
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Union General Joseph Mansfield
By Steven L. OssadFor more than 45 years, Joseph Mansfield prepared himself for the ultimate test of a soldier—high command in time of war. Read more
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Flying Leathernecks
By Robert F. Dorr and Fred L. BorchMarine aviators of Fighter Squadron 211, or VMF-211, looked up in frustration as Japanese war planes thronged over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Read more
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The Norden Bombsight: Was it Truly Accurate Beyond Belief?
By Roaul DrapeauIn a 1921 bombing test, U.S. Army Air Corps General Billy Mitchell’s airmen sank the former German battleship Ostfriesland. Read more
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Unholy Sabbath in Flanders
By William E. WelshWith his one good eye, French King Philip II looked east down the straight line of an old Roman road in the disputed county of Flanders on Sunday, July 27, 1214. Read more
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Collecting Medieval Military Books
By William McPeakThe special packaging of the printed word between compact durable covers and a stitched spine—the book—is one of humanity’s greatest and most enduring achievements. Read more
