Ulysses S. Grant’s human battering ram assaults failed to break Robert E. Lee’s position at the Muleshoe despite twenty hours of fighting at the Bloody Angle.
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The Day of Doom: The Battle of Gravelotte/Saint-Privat
On a single day of the Franco-Prussian War, the armies of Helmuth von Moltke and François Achille Bazaine nearly annihilated each other in an epic slaughter at Gravelotte/Saint-Privat that would not be matched until World War I.
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Adrianople: Last Great Battle of Antiquity
Although it was fought in the East, Emperor Valens’ defeat at the Battle of Adrianople had its most direct effect on the affairs of Rome’s western provinces. A Roman historian wrote, “No battle in our history except Cannae involved such a massacre.”
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Hessians: The Best Armies Money Could Buy
No account of the American Revolution is complete without reference to the Hessians, but soldiers of the German mercenary state Hesse fought many wars under many flags.
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Unraveling the Myths of Burnside Bridge
It is clear that Union general Ambrose Burnside’s failures at Antietam cannot be written off to ineptness or petty insubordination, but what really did happen at “Burnside’s Bridge?”
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The Battle of Chippewa
Winfield Scott’s unlikely victory on the Canadian side of the Niagara River during the War of 1812 helped transform the motley U.S. Army into a professional fighting force.
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The Tragic Pursuit of Total Victory: Germany’s Unrelenting Offensive That Lost WWI
Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff’s blind pursuit of total victory in World War I depleted Germany’s army and civilian resources. Their post-war justifications for defeat set the stage for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
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Heinrich Himmler: The Nazi Leader’s Master Plan
Extermination of the Jews was just the first step in the Nazi SS leader’s quest to purify the human race.
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Survivors Who Escaped From Pearl Harbor
Firsthand accounts from the crew of a destroyer that survived the surprise Japanese attack.
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Frederick The Great: The First Modern Military Celebrity
The monarch who initially sought a state and an army in which charismatic leadership was superfluous ultimately became the center of the first modern cult of personality. To a degree, Frederick the Great was the creation of his soldiers and subjects.