Category: Wars You Never Knew About
A Distant Tempest – How Nazi Merchant Raiders Carried the War to the South Pacific
“Despite its ferocity, the Nazi’s Pacific campaign has been largely forgotten.” By Stephen Robinson BEFORE THE JAPANESE attack on Pearl Harbour, it was the German navy, or Kriegsmarine, that was turning the tranquil Pacific Ocean…
Constellation vs. L’Insurgent – How Commodore Truxtun Delivered the Fledgling U.S. Navy’s First Major Victory
“The battle of Feb. 9, 1799 was a significant accomplishment for the infant nation, and a major vindication for Truxtun as one of the foremost leaders of the U.S. Navy.” By Thomas Sheppard THE UNITED…
War Scares – Seven Conflicts That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
“Here are a few of history’s various military standoffs, diplomatic showdowns and international emergencies that might have led to war but didn’t.” REMEMBER THE 1907 war between Japan and the United States? How about the Franco-German Conflict…
The Other Norman Conquests – The Victors of 1066 Also Fought Wars in the Mediterranean and Middle East
“Whereas the Conquest of England was undertaken by the Duke of Normandy, his army and allied armies as a concerted operation, Norman activities in southern Europe were intermittent and piecemeal, often led by individual knights…
Dirty Little Wars – America’s Long History of Fighting Asymmetrical Conflicts
“If you look at the entirety of American military history, big battles like Gettysburg, the Meuse-Argonne, and Pearl Harbor have proven the exception rather than the rule.” By Wayne E. Lee, Anthony E. Carlson, David…
The Kaiser’s War in the Far East – Inside Imperial Germany’s Asia & Pacific Campaigns of 1914
“Despite the comparatively small scale of the conflict there and the speedy surrender of some outposts, the overseas dimension of World War One has unfairly been overlooked.” By Katja Hoyer ON DEC. 6, 1897, the…
