It’s Deadly At the Top — The Age Old Tradition of Executing Generals

“More than 300 generals were executed in a single day in October 1941.” NORTH KOREA’S new leader, Kim Jong Un, is cleaning house in the upper echelons of his army. The 29-year-old dictator reportedly executed…

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Battle Called on Account of Rain — How Foul Weather Changed History

As Hurricane Sandy socks it to the eastern seaboard of North America, we put it to @ThisIsWarBlog Twitter followers to name some examples of instances in which severe weather changed the outcome of a battle….

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White House Warriors – Most Presidential Hopefuls Have Served in Uniform

With the results of Monday’s U.S. presidential debates still being parsed by the media, a San Diego-area newspaper has covered a little-reported aspect of the 2012 race for the Oval Office : This is the first…

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Fightin’ Irish – How America’s Fenian Brotherhood Waged War on the British Empire

“To the Fenian Brotherhood, the campaign to seize Canada seemed entirely plausible. Unfortunately for them, things just didn’t work out that way.” IN 1866, one of the strangest armies in American history marched off to war….

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Article Reveals Three Amazing Secrets About Cuban Missile Crisis

Fifty years ago this week, the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of war. At issue was a bold move by Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Cuba in the form…

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Eureka Moments — Seven Everyday Inventions That Came From Warfare

“An array of peacetime products, ideas and amenities that civilians now use on a daily basis, were all pioneered during the major wars of the past 200 years.” HUMAN CONFLICT has driven innovation. All manner of…

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