Year: 2013
The Tlingit War — Inside Imperial Russia’s Forgotten Conflict With Alaska’s Indigenous Peoples
“Troops from the Russian America Company and the Imperial Russian Navy, along with their Aleutian tribal allies, fought an intermittent campaign against several hundred warriors from the Tlingit Nation.” FEW MIGHT imagine Russia as a…
Modern Day Pilots To Refly Secret Wartime Mission
Last week, we shared the story of the joint Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation of Iran in 1941. The operation, which was planned just weeks after the Nazi invasion of Russia, was intended to open a…
Disputed Islands — The Many Battles for the Falklands
“After years of laying empty, the British military re-occupied the islands in 1840, establishing a port facility for trans-oceanic shipping. It would become a vital waypoint for the Royal Navy for the next several decades.”…
U.K. Museum Lists 20 Greatest Battles in British History
Question: What do Naseby, Quebec City and the Imjin River have in common? Answer: Each one was the setting for a landmark battle from British history. These three famous dust-ups are included in a recently…
Guerrillas in the Mist — Historian Clears Up Our Misconceptions of Partisan Armies
“Guerrilla” is a term that was coined by the Spaniards in the 18th Century. The word means “little war”. Guerrilla warfare typically involves groups of non-uniformed armed civilians organizing to fight for some sort of…
Big Bangs — Some of the Largest Wartime Explosions in History
At precisely 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 27, 1944, the relative quiet of RAF Fauld near Staffordshire, England was shattered in a split second when a 4,000-lb. bomb in the base’s 1,700 sq. ft. underground munitions…
