During the Battle of Vienna, Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg was outnumbered 5 to 1 against a sea of Turkish soldiers, led by the swarthy Kara Mustafa.   More »

The Scots relied on a crushing charge during The Battle of the Standard that pit them against the English.   More »

The American long rifle was a legendarily accurate weapon in the hands of dead-eye frontier marksmen during the Revolutionary War.   More »

The New York Grenadier Company performed a crucial role during the Brooklyn Campaign.   More »

Shawnee Indians and Virginians waged a thunderous and bloody battle at Point Pleasant during the conflict now known as Lord Dunmore’s War.   More »

General Henry H. Sibley’s strategy for seizing the Southwest for the Confederacy worked initially, but it unraveled at the Battle of Glorieta Pass.   More »

The Battle of Buna during the defense of Australia in New Guinea saw both sides battle stubborn resistance, harsh jungle, and treacherous mountains.   More »

By Michael Hull
As powerful, fast-moving German panzer and infantry columnsrampaged across Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and into northern France early in May 1940, the British held their breath and watched apprehensively from across the narrow English Channel.
The lightning “blitzkrieg” advance split the retreating French and British armies, and the outlook was   More »

Pride and discipline went up against Andrew Jackson and the American frontiersmen in the Battle of New Orleans.   More »

By Don Hollway
In he face of disaster, few military commanders in history maintained the British stiff upper lip as well as Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. In mid-June 1815 he attended a ball given by Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, in her Brussels home. Her guest list included all   More »