Category: Wars You Never Knew About
The Puppet Masters – How Japan’s Military Established a Vassal State in Inner Mongolia
“Japan propped up the region’s fledgling nationalist movement as a means to to further destabilize China, as well as to provide a strategic glacis in the event of a larger war with the Soviet Union.”…
The War of Snails – 10 Curious Facts About the German Peasants’ Revolt
“So what was this bloody conflict that claimed the lives of 100,000 German peasants?” By Richard Anderton THOUGH IT LASTED less than two years, the German Peasants’ War has had a lasting influence on history. The…
Baked Goods To Die For — The Ridiculous Pasty War of 1838
“Known as Guerra de los pasteles to the Mexicans or Guerre des Pâtisseries to the French, the origins of the little-known 1838 dust-up go back to the previous decade.” IF ANY NATION in the world would pick a fight on…
The Attack on Monterey – Meet the Argentine Privateer Who Captured Spain’s California Capital
“Rather than being immortalized as a champion of freedom and liberty, Bouchard is remembered in California as a pirate.” By George Yagi Jr. AS THE AGE of revolution swept across 19th Century Latin America, and…
Debacle at Tapae – A Crushing Defeat for Rome at the Peak of Imperial Power
“It was an utter disaster for Rome and one that seems to have been almost ignored by the historians of the day.” By David Adkins AMONG THE ROMAN Emperor Trajan’s greatest (and possibly most infamous)…
The Samoan Crisis – How Germany and America Nearly Came to Blows Decades Before WW1
“For several months, the two opposing fleets would face off in a tense game of brinksmanship. The standoff became known as the Samoan Crisis.” GERMANY WAS A LATE BLOOMER among Europe’s imperial powers. After attaining nation-state…
