Following his campaign in Western Europe, George S. Patton had difficulty adjusting to peacetime and was fatally injured in an automobile accident.   More »

More than a century of American military history.   More »

A group of Parisian scholars and museum workers were among the first to challenge the Nazis with propaganda and covert operations in occupied France.   More »

French Emperor Napoleon III leda Franco-Sardinian army into northern Italy in the summer of 1859 determined to smite the Austrians.   More »

For the first time, bestselling author Patrick K. O’Donnell provides a narrative history of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the battlefield exploits of the hand-selected Body Bearers who laid him to rest in THE UNKNOWNS: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who   More »

Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet faced a daunting task trying to dislodge Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Federals from Knoxville, Tennessee.   More »

In the Albigensian Crusade of the early 13th century, thousands perished in a bloody conflict that pitted Western Europeans against each other.   More »

Spaniard Bernardo de Galvez besieged British-held Pensacola in 1781. It fell to Scotsman John Campbell to defend the remote outpost.   More »

Ethan Allen’s capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 was little more than a sharp skirmish, but it had strategic consequences on Revolutionary War.   More »

The Vicomte de Turenne served France admirably, leading its armies to victory in many of the great wars of the 17th century.   More »