Parliament’s modern army faces off against the Royalists at Naseby in 1645. The English […]
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The War-Torn History of the Bayeux Tapestry
A timeless tale of William the Conqueror’s Norman invasion of England, in colored yarn. […]
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Getting Away With Murder
Lost in the political scheming and gamesmanship that characterized the Union’s war in the […]
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Steuben Comes to America
A Prussian captain’s discipline and vast military experience have had a lasting influence on the army of the United States
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Dead on Arrival
While Hitler concluded that the airborne invasion of Crete was far too costly, it […]
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A ‘Band of Demons’ Fights for Texas
Using a brilliant artillery tactic, Zachary Taylor drove the Mexicans into the Rio Grande […]
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What We Think About When We Think About Waterloo
A British military historian views the epic battle through the prisms of time and […]
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Mannerheim Draws Lines in the Snow
A former Russian cavalry officer helped Finland win independence, then saved it from Stalin […]
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1914: Marne in the Balance
France very nearly failed to repulse Germany’s mammoth initial invasion. But it did, leading […]
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Mr. Gatling’s Game-Changing Gun
Conceived as a peacemaker, the inventor’s weapon ushered in an era of mechanized killing. […]