By May 1940 nearly 400 French Char B1 bis heavy tanks were ready to meet the Nazi invasion
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Hallowed Ground: Bois des Caures, Verdun, France
At 0715 on Feb. 21, 1916, German artillery started a nine-hour preparatory bombardment of […]
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On Removing Seminoles
Andrew Jackson’s policy of ‘Indian Removal’ ran into trouble in Florida—his name was Osceola.
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The Persian Fallacy
In the hit fantasy action film 300 the valiant Greeks defending the pass at […]
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Grant: What Made Him Great?
A reluctant soldier, the Union general was a study in contrasts.
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Decisions: Crossing the Andes
Feats of brilliance and finesse have distinguished military history’s finest commanders and inspired many […]
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What We Learned: from the Kasserine Pass
The February 1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass marked the first serious confrontation between […]
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Valor: A Multitude of Heroes
Lieutenant John Chard Royal Engineers Victoria Cross Rorke’s Drift, Natal January 22 and 23, […]
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Hallowed Ground: Balaklava, Ukraine
I had read accounts of the October 1854 Battle of Balaklava— the most famous […]
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Zhukov: What Made Him Great?
Tough, tenacious and a master of combined-arms warfare, he was also adept at politics […]