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Brandy Station: The Largest American Civil War Cavalry Battle
By David A. NorrisMajor Henry B. McClellan should have had a quiet afternoon. At dawn on June 9, 1863, Union cavalry had launched a surprise attack on Maj. Read more
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Banzai
By Colonel Dick Camp (USMC, Ret.)In the summer of 1944, the 5th Amphibious Corps under Marine Lt. Gen. Holland M. Read more
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Bertrand du Guesclin
By William E. WelshOne month after the disastrous French defeat at Poitiers in September 1356, a large English army besieged Rennes in eastern Brittany. Read more
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Flaming Death in Tokyo
By Nathan N. Prefer
Despite his nickname, General Henry Harley (“Hap”) Arnold was unhappy. In early 1945 he was having major problems with one of his own special projects, the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber, for which he had often risked his career. Read more
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Peter SuciuAdmirers of arms and armor should at least make ONE pilgrimage to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Read more
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The British Liner Queen Mary
By Chuck LyonsNot all those who died in World War II died in combat. There were also illness, heart attacks, cancer, friendly fire … and accidents. Read more
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African-American Airmen Blasted Barriers
By Dante BrizillThe African American Tuskegee Airmen took the fight to a well-trained and deadly enemy with a ferocity and tenacity that World War II aerial combat required. Read more
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CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge: The Greatest High Seas Duel of the Civil War
By Don HollwayOn August 24, 1862, newly promoted Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate States Navy called his largely English crew to the quarterdeck of his new command, the 220-foot battle cruiser Alabama, lying off the coast of Terceira in the Azores. Read more
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Wildcats Ashore!
By Nathan N. PreferOn maps of the Pacific, it’s barely visible––a mere, seemingly insignificant speck in a vast ocean. Its name––unlike Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa––is virtually unknown today. Read more
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When Ivan Became Terrible
By Louis CiotolaIvan IV Vasilyevich, first czar of all the Russians, has gone down as one of history’s most notorious despots, infamous for the terrors he carried out among his subjects. Read more
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The Imperial War Museum
By Roy StevensonAlthough Britain has a number of war museums, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) is acknowledged as the Holy Grail of them all—the one you must visit when in London. Read more
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Oda Nobunaga: The Rise of One of Japan’s Earliest Unifiers
By Vince HawkinsBy the time of his death in 1582, he controlled 30 of Japan’s 68 provinces, was the commander of the greatest samurai army in his country’s history, and had earned the distinction of being the first of the three great unifiers of Japan. Read more
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Poulin Antiques & Auctions to Host Monumental Midwinter Premier Firearms and Militaria Event
This winter, the eyes of the global collecting community will turn to Maine as Poulin Antiques & Auctions prepares for its highly anticipated four-day Midwinter Premier Auction. Read more
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Riding the German Rail
By Richard A. BerantyThe large number of Allied prisoners being funneled south to Rennes, France, following the D-Day invasion swelled the German transit camp to capacity so the decision was made to transport the men to permanent locations inside Germany. Read more
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Battle of New Market Heights
By David NorrisReports of a massive enemy force crossing the James River to assail the paper-thin Confederate lines defending Richmond reached Lt. Read more
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RMS Queen Mary’s War Service: Voyages to Victory
By Eric NiderostThe late summer of 1939 saw Great Britain teetering on the brink of war with Hitler’s Germany. The years of appeasement and vacillation, of meekly acquiescing to Hitler’s insatiable territorial demands, were over at last. Read more
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Athenian Glory at Marathon
By Erich B. AndersonIn 491 bc, heralds sent by Persian Emperor Darius I traveled throughout Greece with a message for each of the city-states of the Greek peninsula. Read more
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National Museum of the Pacific War
By Mason B. WebbThe small (population 12,000), central-Texas town of Fredericksburg, about an hour’s drive west of Austin and a little more than that northwest of San Antonio, may seem an odd location for the National Museum of the Pacific War until one realizes that Fredericksburg is the hometown of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz––the Eisenhower of the Pacific Theater. Read more
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The Politics of Military Heroes
by Roy Morris Jr.Defeat has a funny way of producing heroes.
The British lost an embarrassing battle to Zulu tribesmen at Isandhlwana, but the improbable defense of an insignificant river crossing 10 miles away by a handful of rear-echelon soldiers, overage officers, and civilians created a new crop of heroes for the public to idolize. Read more
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Conquering the Queen City
By Pedro GarciaThe victory at Manassas on July 21, 1861, had made the Rebels overconfident bordering on lethargic. As one observer noted, “It created a paralysis of enterprise that was more damaging than disaster was for the North.” Read more
