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By December 1943, the phrase “sunny Italy” had evolved from being a travel agent’s selling point to becoming an ugly joke for the British and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army, advancing north from Naples to Rome. Read more
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When Texas seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861, it did not take long for the new Confederate government to realize that the state’s 385-mile coastline was extremely vulnerable to enemy assaults. Read more
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A hard-hitting novel that inspired a classic war film, 12 O’Clock High was a very personal project for co-authors Beirne Lay, Jr., Read more
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Ever since Julius Caesar’s legions conquered Gaul, opposing armies have built temporary fortifications, or fieldworks, during campaigns in the open countryside. Read more
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Benito Mussolini dreamed of a new Roman Empire centered around the modern nation of Italy. “The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake,” he said. Read more
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In late 1776, the Continental Army was in a desperate position. In August, they retreated from Long Island to Manhattan; in November they withdrew into New Jersey and soon after into Pennsylvania. Read more
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Dr. Till Paasche and Shaun Murray were from different countries, but they came together in Syria. Shaun was just a child when the 9/11 attacks occurred, and by the time he was old enough to serve, the war in Iraq was winding down. Read more
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A group of Israeli divers quietly came ashore at an Egyptian-held island at the south entrance of the Suez Canal in 1969. Read more
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The American patrol had spent hours dismounted from their armored Humvees, walking along fields, canals and roads. They found two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), defused them and then decided to use their vehicles to get to the final patrol location. Read more
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By February 1945, the green Allied formations that landed on D-Day had become hard professional armies. Army, corps, and division commands had been shaken down and were operating efficiently. Read more
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A major dilemma confronted Alexander the Great and his 35,000-man Macedonian army in the summer of 334 bc, as they moved to secure the northwestern corner of Asia Minor. Read more
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On the night of November 13, 1941, the British submarine Torbay, accompanied by the Talisman, broke the surface of the Mediterranean off the Cyrenaican coast of Libya and rolled violently in the running seas. Read more
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To millions of people, the name Dracula is synonymous with horror. The mere mention of Dracula invokes terrifying images of bats, Gothic castles and, of course, vampires. Read more
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The Teutonic Knights were a military order dedicated to spreading Christendom into Russia and the Baltic region. Over time, they spread their span of control across the area–until they encountered the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a cohesive nation able to effectively resist the Teutonic Order. Read more
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Shivaji Bhonsle “The Great” was a warrior-lord of the Bhonsle Clan. Descended from a line of nobles, he founded the Maratha Empire in 1674. Read more
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The entry of Chinese troops into the Korean War took UN forces by surprise. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers attacked American units, pushing them back and in some cases encircling them. Read more
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A battalion of North Vietnamese troops attacked the Marines of 1st Platoon, Company A, 1/9 Marines in their section of the Khe Sanh defenses on February 8, 1968. Read more
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On May 11, 1745, 15,000 British troops marched into battle at Fontenot in two lines and reportedly in perfect order. Read more
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The end of World War I did not mean the end of fighting for Russia. The communist Bolsheviks vied for control against the Royalist “White” Russians, leading to brutal conflict. Read more
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Following its swift advance to the Rhine, the American 100th (Century) Infantry Division resumed its pursuit of retreating German forces. Read more
