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The Modoc War of 1872
By Kurt R. NelsonMost Indian battles were small affairs, often company-sized engagements. Many were fought between equally numbered forces, or if disproportional, the U.S. Read more
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The Sam Browne Belt Assembly
By Robert H. WhiterAnd here we have the Sam Browne belt assembly,” explained the sergeant who was showing us around the Police Academy. Read more
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Easy Company Mortarman in Bastogne
By Kevin HymelWhen word reached 21-year-old Private Bradford “Brad” Freeman in Mourmelon-le-Grand, France, that the entire 101st Airborne Division was being put on 24-hour alert for movement to the front, he was neither surprised nor shocked. Read more
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Hero with a Horn
By Michael D. HullOne of the best known and most effective champions of the Allied cause in World War II was a dour, slightly built Iowa native wearing rimless glasses who never fired a shot in anger and collected no ribbons for gallantry. Read more
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The Saga of Piyamaradu
By Steven WeingartnerWestern Anatolia in the 13th century bc was the main arena for a protracted trial of strength between two vital and aggressive empires, Hatti and Ahhiyawa. Read more
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General Garnet Wolseley & The First War Correspondents
By Harold E. Raugh, Jr.War correspondents are relatively new to history. The Crimean War (1854-1856), pitting Great Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia against Russia, was the first conflict in which an organized effort was made for civilian correspondents reporting news directly to the civilian population of the home country. Read more
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How The RAF’s Eagle Squadrons Joined the Eighth Air Force
By David Alan Johnson“We went to London in ones and twos during our precious 24-hour passes to transfer and pick up our U.S. Read more
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What Made the B-25 Mitchell Bomber so Legendary
By Michael D. HullLittle more than four months after the disastrous attack on Pearl Harbor, America went on the offensive against Japan with one of the boldest and best remembered bomber raids of World War II. Read more
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Napoleon Bonaparte & The 1812 Battle of Borodino
By Jonathan NorthAt 11 o’clock on the evening of June 23, 1812, the first elements of Napoleon’s mighty army marched on three pontoon bridges over the river Niemen and set foot on Russian soil; the epic invasion of Russia had begun. Read more
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Henry Shrapnel & The Battle of Waterloo
by Robert Whiter“And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air …”
That, as most people know, is a line from the American national anthem, words by Francis Scott Key, to the tune of Anacreon in Heaven by John Stafford Smith. Read more
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Daring British Attack on Meiktila
By Mike PhiferWhile the soldiers and officers of the Japanese 15th Army fought fiercely to defend Mandalay in central Burma, they were alarmed to discover that British and Indian troops were dangerously close to attacking their supply depot at Meiktila, 90 miles to their rear. Read more
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The M50 Reising Submachine Gun
By Patrick J. ChaissonOn paper, the Reising submachine gun appeared to be an ideal close-combat weapon. Accurate, lightweight, and inexpensive to manufacture, it was selected by the U.S. Read more
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The Battle of Al Mansourah and the Seventh Crusade, 1251
By Douglas SterlingAfter a century and a half of efforts—with mixed success—by Western Europe to seize control of the Holy Land, the Seventh Crusade of 1250 led by Louis IX of France was the last best chance to change the political and military situation in the Eastern world before the Reformation. Read more
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Soldier Profiles: General William C. Westmoreland
By Blaine TaylorIn 1989, this writer had occasion to interview four-star General William Childs Westmoreland, now 86, formerly U.S. military commander in South Vietnam and at the time of the interview a retired Chief of Staff of the Army. Read more
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From Bavaria to the Philippines
By Kevin M. HymelPrivate First Class Bob Wolf rode in a jeep along an exposed hill in Germany’s Ruhr Valley when he heard an enemy artillery round screeching toward him. Read more
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Operation Paperclip
By Don SmithAt first, Major Robert Staver seemed to have plenty of time. An Army Ordnance officer with a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford, he had been sent to Germany as part of the Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee. Read more
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British Paratrooper at Arnhem: An Interview With James Sims
By Eric NiderostQ: Could you give us a little personal background before we talk about your war experiences?
SIMS: I was born on April 29, 1925, at Sheffield in Yorkshire. Read more
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Military Films
By Blaine TaylorFrom earliest recorded history to yesterday, it is now possible to trace virtually all major human conflicts on videotapes and DVDs through both rental and purchase. Read more
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84th Infantry: From Training to Trial
By James G. BilderAs casualties mounted in the fall of 1944, the U.S. Army began experiencing a problematic manpower shortage in the ranks of its infantry. Read more
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Finnish Sniper Simo Häyhä
By Ronald AndersonThe 1939 war between Finland and Soviet Russia has been a minor inclusion in most histories of World War II. Read more
