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Japanese submarine I-19 was the scourge of the Pacific.
By Glenn BarnettAfter the Great War, the leading naval powers met to try to avoid another ruinously expensive arms race and, hopefully, prevent future wars. Read more
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Famous Military Generals: Chabrias the Athenian
By Charles HilbertOn a warm summer day in the year 378 BC, a large Spartan army stood baffled on the plain of Boeotia in central Greece. Read more
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The Battle of Garfagnana: Italy’s ‘Battle of the Bulge’
By James BilderThere are important similarities between Hitler’s final great push into Belgium and Luxembourg and Mussolini’s drive south of Garfagnana. Read more
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The Rockets’ Red Glare: The Story of Fort McHenry
By Blaine TaylorBy the late summer of 1814, the invading British Army had routed the entire American Army—both federal and state troops—on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Read more
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As a teen, she worked at a concentration camp in Poland. At 97, she went on trial for her Nazi past.
German prosecutors continue to go after anyone associated with the Third Reich’s concentration and death camps with a tenacity that would make Hitler’s victims proud. Read more
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Famous Military Spies: Ralph Van Deman
By Peter KrossIn the long history of American military intelligence, the names that come to mind most often are those of Nathan Hale, Benedict Arnold, Herbert Yardley, and William Donovan. Read more
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Inside the OSS: An Interview With Elizabeth P. McIntosh
By Bob BerginThe Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was America’s first strategic intelligence organization. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized its establishment on June 13, 1942, six months after World War II began, to collect and analyze strategic intelligence and to conduct special services, including subversion, sabotage, and psychological warfare. Read more
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Five Hills at Dien Bien Phu
By John WalkerIt began with the now-familiar sound, like thunder, coming from the hills to the northeast of the entrenched camp, as hidden Viet Minh mortar and artillery sites began raining destruction down upon the French fortifications in the Dien Bien Phu valley. Read more
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Franz von Papen: Vice Chancellor of Nazi Germany
By Scott A. BealOn May 31, 1932, Franz von Papen achieved the pinnacle of a long career serving his country when, in a surprising move, the aging President Paul von Hindenburg named him Chancellor of Germany. Read more
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The distinctive white helmets worn by guards during the Nuremberg trials became symbols of ultimate justice.
By Mark SkrzynskiOn October 16, 1946, between 1 and 3 AM, American military police escorted 10 condemned high-ranking Nazi prisoners to their execution by hanging. Read more
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Roman General Flavius Aetius
By Mark S. LongoIn many ways, Flavius Aetius personified the tumultuous changes that rocked the Western Roman Empire during its final years. Read more
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WWII Tanks: Italy’s Failed Iterations
By Arnold BlumbergAlthough it suffered, like all combatants, from the costly stalemate and horrendous casualties of trench warfare during World War I, Italy never used tanks during that conflict. Read more
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The History of the Sword
By William J. McPeakPerhaps no other weapon in human history has lent itself so well to so many combat adaptations as the sword. Read more
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The Siege of Leningrad: Debacle At Luban
By Edward ParaubekOn February 23, 1942, Red Army Day, the People’s Commissar of Defense, Josef Stalin, issued Order No. 55. Read more
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Trafalgar in Reverse: The Battle of Jutland
By James DunnIn the spring of 1916, as the result of intense international pressure, Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer called in all his submarines after Germany announced an end to unrestricted underwater attacks on transatlantic merchant ships. Read more
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How Franklin D. Roosevelt Prepared the U.S. for World War II
By Peter KrossBy June 1940, during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s seventh year in office, Europe was ablaze. In that month, France fell to the Nazi blitzkrieg that threatened to overtake the entire continent. Read more
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Famous Soldiers: Indian Army Veteran William Hicks
By Robert Barr SmithThe year 1883 was one of horror for the people of northern Africa. Grim tidings made their way down the Nile from the benighted wastes of the Sudan, ghastly tales of rebellion and massacre in the holy name of God. Read more
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Closing the Falaise Pocket
By Mike PhiferAfter almost two months of bloody and desperate fighting, the Allies had failed to break through the German defenses that had been limiting their hold on Normandy since D-Day. Read more
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Napoleon Bonaparte’s Unlikely Comeback at Lutzen
By Frank James RottmanAfter his disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte desperately needed to reassert his military dominance over Europe. Read more
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Saving Face After the Surrender of Japan
By Ulrich A. StrausIt will not come as a surprise to American readers that when the Japanese emperor delivered his surrender message on August 15, 1945, Allied forces led by the United States had thoroughly defeated Japan’s naval and air power in the Pacific. Read more
