With Syrian tanks overrunning the Golan Heights’ southern sector, only selfless acts of bravery by the 188th Barak Brigade prevented the Syrians from capturing the heights and threatening the entire north of Israel.
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Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian ‘Hill of Death’
Rival Italian political factions and families collided in the 13th century at Montaperti, the ‘hill of death.’
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Interview: Jack Adam / WWII U.S. Navy Yeoman
U.S. Navy yeoman Jack Adams witnessed the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown.
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Mongol Invasions: Battle of Liegnitz
Poles still celebrate April 9 as the day they repulsed an Asiatic invasion of Europe in 1241. Their Mongol enemies saw things differently–at Liegnitz, they won their third victory in a row over a European army, all with a diversionary force of 20,000 warriors.
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Interview: First Lieutenant Charles Schneider / Under shot and shell
When 1st Lt. Charles Schneider joined a general hospital unit, he expected to spend the war behind the lines. Instead, he would perform his duties under shot and shell.
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Wars of Alexander the Great: Battle of Issus
King Darius III had cut off the Macedonian upstart who had dared invade his mighty empire-but then Alexander moved to slash his way out of the trap.
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Interview: Lieutenant Colonel McClernand Butler / The German Ardennes offensive
While the German Ardennes offensive pushed forward all around it, the 3rd Battalion of the 395th Infantry Regiment stubbornly held its ground.
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Great Northern War: Swedish King Charles XII’s Campaigns
Young Charles XII was the driving force of the Great Northern War.
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Suez Crisis: Operation Musketeer
When Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, Britain, France and Israel conspired to seize it by force. The result was a fleeting military victory–and a lasting political disaster.
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Second Boer War
Although not regular soldiers, Australian Lancers, Mounted Rifles, Bushmen and other colonials from Down Under gave the Boers reason to worry.