Military Heritage October 2018

Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans

By Don Hollway

In November 1455 a most extraordinary ecclesiastical court convened in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris at the behest of the French Inquisition. Read more

From Around the Network

  • George Rogers Clark and his men trekked nearly 200 miles across what is now Illinois in February 1779. Creeks and rivers flooded by heavy winter rains ranged far beyond their banks, covering open grasslands with several inches of water. On the final push to Vincennes to capture Fort Sackville on the morning of February 22, they faced a vast chest-deep floodplain. Second-in-command, Captain Joseph Bowman kept a detailed journal of the campaign, detailing the difficult surprise march on the British outpost.

    Military Museums

    ‘A Few Men Well Conducted’
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  • The armies that gathered on June 18, 1053 for the Battle of Civitate, or Civitella del Fortore, were not so disparate as the numbers might indicate.

    Military History

    The Battle of Civitate (Civitella del Fortore)
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  • Australian troops on a narrow mountain road west of Jezzine, Lebanon, come under fire from Vichy French artillery and mortars. The Aussies fought the German-aligned Vichy forces for possession of the town over the course of several weeks, finally capturing it on June 28, 1941.

    WWII

    Fighting The War in the Middle East
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    The Japanese Raid on Sydney Harbor: “One in a Thousand Chance”
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