The Duke of Marlborough’s victory at the Battle of Ramillies turned the War of Spanish Succession, and transformed the major powers of Europe.   More »

By Kevin M. Hymel
“Bombs away!”called out the bombardier of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber Great Speckled Bird, signaling the release of a full bombload over an enemy target. He was wrong. Two stubborn bombs refused to fall, remaining in their bomb bay racks.
The bomber’s radioman, Technical Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick,   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 »

The Romans refined and improved the gladius in their quest for the optimum weapon for close-quarter combat.   More »

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

Bravery was not enough to overcome uninspired tactics in a bloody clash between Marshal Massena and Viscount Wellington during the Peninsular War.   More »

When Louis XIV’s generals achieved success in Flanders in the war of Spanish succession in 1708 it fell on The Duke of Marlborough to even the score.   More »

One of the earliest multi-role aircraft of World War II, the Bristol Beaufighter was always dependable.   More »

The British defeated a larger Spanish fleet in February 1797 in the battle of Cape St. Vincent. The victory confirmed the Royal Navy’s superiority.   More »

The 1940 exodus from Paris as the German Army approached choked the roads from the city with refugee traffic.   More »