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Vincent L. Burns’ ‘Voices of the Army of the Potomac’
By Christopher MiskimonNew York-born Colonel Thomas C. Devin wanted to encourage Brig. Gen. John Buford that the First Division of the U.S. Read more
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New York-born Colonel Thomas C. Devin wanted to encourage Brig. Gen. John Buford that the First Division of the U.S. Read more
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Alexander the Great was a commander without equal in the annals of military history. He not only excelled in both strategy and tactics, but also mastered irregular warfare in the rugged lands southwestern Asia. Read more
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During summer 2014 Iraqi insurgents from the Islamic State seized the city of Mosul, proclaimed a new caliphate, and began to launch attacks in Iraq and abroad. Read more
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U.S. Air Force involvement in Vietnam began with the training of Vietnamese pilots to operate over the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia. Read more
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During the mid-19th century, the English Royal Navy waged a successful campaign against African piracy. On the West African coast, they killed Bartholomew Roberts, known as ‘The King of the Pirates,” captured his fleet, and sent many of his men to the gallows. Read more
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Whether you aim to oppress, liberate, innovate or exploit, there’s a path just for you somewhere within the winding world of Anno 1800. Read more
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One of the most hard-fighting divisions in the Army of the Cumberland, the one led by Maj. Read more
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At 12:30 PM, June 19, 1944, two vast fleets hundreds of miles apart faced off amid cobalt skies and burning seas. Read more
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Duke Henry the Lion, the ruler of Saxony and Bavaria, seethed with rage. The pagan Wends had rebelled once more against their Saxon overlords. Read more
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The evolution of the Nazi-era military wardrobe followed from a long history of European uniforms in general and Imperial German uniforms in particular. Read more
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While lightly armed cavalry already seemed anachronistic by the time of the Napoleonic Wars, the success of the Polish lancers in that conflict convinced many nations to adopt a similar fighting force. Read more
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Most histories of the American Revolution give the fledgling Patriot navy only one hero: John Paul Jones. While not begrudging Jones’s recognition, it seems unfair to represent the Continental Navy with a single fighting captain. Read more
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Norway had been able to avoid the massive bloodletting of World War I entirely and fervently hoped to steer clear of World War II as well through a policy of strict neutrality. Read more
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On August 3, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia, Captain Henry Lawton of Indiana led a group of Union skirmishers in a charge against Confederate rifle pits. Read more
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The Battle of Savo Island, August 8-9, 1942, was the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal Campaign. Read more
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In the fall of 1447, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was not a happy man. He was lieutenant general of France and Guyenne, a kind of viceroy who oversaw English possessions in France, and he was also a powerful and rapacious feudal magnate in his own right. Read more
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On D-day, June 6, 1944, the British 3rd Infantry Division was the first to land on Sword Beach. Read more
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Famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle reported in August 1944, that one of his favorite U.S. Army officers was a regimental colonel who shared Lt. Read more
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The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal (Eric Hammel and John McKelvey Cleaver, Osprey Books, Oxford UK, 2022, 336 pp., Read more
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Players interested in the upcoming Men of War II have likely kept their ears close to the ground in the period of time leading up to its eventual 2023 release, and we recently got more information thanks to a new series of developer diaries that shed some light on the progress. Read more