Category: Wars You Never Knew About
Lebanon, 1958 — Inside America’s Forgotten Middle East Military Adventure
“Operation Bluebat, the codename for the landings at Beirut, marked America’s first military campaign in the Middle East.” By Bruce Riedel JULY 15, 1958 was a typical beautiful summer day in the eastern Mediterranean. Yet…
The Battle of ‘Negro Fort’ – Inside America’s Forgotten Slave Rebellion
“The Battle of the ‘Negro Fort,’ marks a critical moment when the federal government took a decisive stance in support of slavery and its expansion.” By Matt Clavin THE TIDAL MARSHES of Florida’s Apalachicola River…
The Football War — How a Soccer Game Led to Armed Conflict Between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969
“Tensions finally boiled over into full-scale war on July 14 when Salvadorian troops crossed the border into Honduran territory.” EUROPEAN SOCCER fans often let their enthusiasm for the game get the better of them. But…
Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1941 – Inside the Strange South American Conflict That Raged While Europe Burned
“The conflict, which had nothing to do with the war in Europe or the Pacific, was the result of a lasting border dispute between the neighbouring nations of Peru and Ecuador.” ON JULY 5, 1941, the…
The Fenian Raids — How an Army of Irish-American Civil War Vets Took On the British Empire
“These former foes marched side-by-side to undertake one of the most fantastical missions in military history—to hold the Britain’s Canadian colonies hostage.” By Christopher Klein THIRTEEN MONTHS AFTER Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court…
A Very Civil War – Inside Switzerland’s Astonishingly Polite Armed Conflict of 1847
“Although civil wars can be among the bloodiest and most acrimonious of all armed conflicts, this particular contest was utterly genteel by comparison.” THE TERM “civil war” is something of an oxymoron. Just like “jumbo…
