Britain’s Forgotten War — 10 Surprising Facts About the 1918 Russia Intervention
“The campaign remains virtually unknown in Britain today.” By Damien Wright AFTER THREE YEARS of loss and suffering on the Eastern Front, Imperial Russia descended into revolution. In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin‘s Bolsheviks (later known…
Cavalry at Waterloo – How Mounted Troops Made History in the Napoleonic Wars’ Final Battle
“Cavalrymen and their mounts tended to get caught up in the excitement of a charge and often overran the enemy lines significantly reducing their effectiveness on the field of battle.” By Tom Williams BY THE…
Going Berserk – Eight Wild Facts About the Viking Age’s Most Fearsome Warriors
“Despite their reputation as terrifying and unkempt wild men, they were actually among the elites of their society and the finest warriors the Viking world had to offer” By Noah Tetzner SHIELD BITING, SWORD-wielding, frenzied,…
Bringing Out the Dead – Who Cleared the Corpses from Napoleonic Battlefields?
“After they had been stripped, the bodies were either burned, buried, or left in the open to decompose, a process aided by vultures, wolves and other scavengers.” By Shannon Selin SOMEWHERE IN THE range of 3.5…
“Big Wisky” – 12 Amazing Facts About the Battleship USS Wisconsin
“Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched.” By Amy Waters Yarsinske BERTHED TODAY AT Nauticus, the national maritime…
Landsknechts – Meet the Most Infamous Mercenaries of the Renaissance
“One chronicler remarked that the devil refused to let landsknechts into hell because he was so afraid of them.” By Richard Anderton DURING THE 16th Century the most feared soldiers on Europe’s battlefields were the…
