In coming issues Military History will look at the key battlefields, call them “bloodlands,” that have hosted repeated conflicts throughout human history.
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2012 Western Heritage Award: When Wynkoop Was Sheriff
The Army officer best known for his vocal criticism of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre was once a ‘wildcat sort of fellow’ who dished out his own brand of frontier justice in Kansas Territory
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Daily Quiz for March 1, 2012
Anti-conscription riots in this region of France led to a prolonged rebellion against the Revolution.
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Daily Quiz for February 29, 2012
This English missionary to India waged a 25-year campaign to end suttee, which required widows to be burned alive on their husbands’ funeral pyres.
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2012 Spur Award Finalist: Walter Noble Burns / The Wild West’s Premier Mythmaker
Walter Noble Burns wrote a trilogy that made household names of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Joaquín Murrieta. But the author’s own story is little known.
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‘D-Day: The Campaign Across France’ – A New Book Captures Veterans’ Stories
“On our way to the beach my boat got hit twice. We landed. The […]
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The Dangers of Going Deep: Where Do You Stop?
Deep Battle wasn’t perfect, as the Red Army learned the hard way
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Daily Quiz for February 28, 2012
Pope Leo I talked to this barbarian ruler in 452, convincing him to abandon his invasion of Italy.
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Daily Quiz for February 27, 2012
This weapon was proposed as a substitute during the French Revolution when the supply of muskets proved inadequate.
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Daily Quiz for February 26, 2012
General George S. Patton used this US Armored Division to break through to the encircled units at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.