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The Pugnacious, Panicky Pachyderm

by David Lauterborn11/7/202311/7/2023

Photo of three American advisers, who had to abandon the Quang Tri base camp 19 miles south of the DMZ in face of enemy offensive, crouch in ditch for protection against incoming North Vietnamese Artillery. The soldiers were making their way to nearby city of Quang tri, South Vietnam on April 3, 1972.

As US Troops Withdrew From Vietnam in 1972, This City Refused to Surrender to Communist Invaders

by John D. Howard10/9/202310/9/2023

Photo of the Clan Leslie British Mark tank at the battle of Flers-Courcelette, France.

Did Churchill Redeem His Reputation After Gallipoli With the Invention of the Tank?

by John Miles10/6/20238/2/2023

Painting of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo Colombian Navy Bombarding Castle, 1823.

Amid the Spanish American Wars of Independence, These Rival Naval Commanders Met to Decide Venezuela’s Fate

by Jerome Long9/29/20238/2/2023

Photo of the 8,500-plus British and Italian soldiers captured after the Nov. 16, 1943, surrender of Leros, Greece, were these British troops marching to waiting POW ships for transport to mainland Europe.

In 1943 Britain and Germany Raced to Control Islands in the Southeastern Aegean. But Why?

by Anthony Rogers9/22/20238/2/2023

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Did the Medieval Flail Actually Exist?

by Chris McNab9/21/20239/21/2023

When Communist Forces Turned to Tank Warfare to Seize South Vietnam

by Jon Guttman9/20/20239/20/2023

Learn How the Romans Wielded the Gladius in Battle

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher9/20/20239/20/2023

Photo of U.S Soldiers from the 101st cavalry division have set up these 105mm howitzers in a sand bagged fire-base at an elevated site in the center of the a Shau Valley in South Vietnam, August 12, 1968. From this position, gunners can give excellent fire support to men operating in the valley below.

What Are the Limits of Firepower? Maj. Gen. Robert Scales Speaks About America’s Way of War in Vietnam

by Warren Wilkins9/18/20239/18/2023

Photo of a Pashtun soldier guarding the Khyber Pass road from Pakistan to the Afghanistan border. | Location: Khyber Pass Valley, NW Frontier, Pakistan.

How This Subterranean Logistics Base in Afghanistan Bedeviled Soviet Invaders

by Michael G. Stroud9/15/202311/8/2023