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People Archives:Military Leaders

Photo of German offensive at Riga.

As Russia Tottered on the Brink of Collapse in WWI, Germany Debuted Fire-Support Tactics That Still Inform Warfare

by David T. Zabecki6/9/20235/2/2023
A 1873 photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan captures the fortresslike canyon from the ground as both Spanish and American invaders would have seen it.

Attacked by Both Spanish and American Invaders, This Sandstone Navajo Stronghold Was Built for Defense

by David T. Zabecki6/2/20236/9/2023

Graphic Novel Tells Story of World War I’s ‘most outstanding soldier’

by Sarah Sicard6/1/20236/1/2023
Photo of Marine commando forces of the French Expeditionary Corps wading ashore from a landing craft, in the Annam region in central Vietnam, as war operations against the Communist Viet Minh continue, on July 27, 1950.

How France’s “Black Tigers” Used WWII Resistance Tactics in Vietnam

by Andrew McGregor5/31/20239/11/2023
Cavalry battle at Yellow Tavern

At Yellow Tavern, Phil Sheridan Finally Made Good on His Promise to ‘whip’ J.E.B. Stuart

by Adolfo Ovies5/29/20235/24/2023
Louisiana Native Guards near railroad

Coerced into Serving for the Confederacy, These Black Soldiers Ultimately Served Under Custer

by Edward Windsor5/15/20235/16/2023
George Custer and Alfred Pleasonton on horseback

Joe Hooker Was an Ineffectual General, But Does He Deserve Credit for Transforming the Union Cavalry?

by D. Scott Hartwig5/8/20232/7/2024

Day One at Chancellorsville—Hooker’s Big Mistake

by Al Hemingway5/1/20234/26/2024
Battle of Aldie, Va.

Revisiting the ‘Small but Important Riots’ between Brandy Station and Gettysburg

by James R. Jewell4/27/20233/21/2023
ww2-manila-parachute-infantry

Why Did This American General Call His Command Task Force Shoestring?

by James M. Fenelon4/25/20234/25/2023

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