Bitter Lessons – What Can We Learn from the Allies’ Disastrous Norway Campaign of 1940?
“Today, few people outside Norway know much about the campaign. Yet it contains lessons that resonate strongly with more recent campaigns such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.” By John Kiszely CAMPAIGNS THAT END in…
Anatomy of Failure – Historian Explains Why America Loses Every War It Starts
“Every war the United States has started, and every time it employed military force without just cause, it has lost or failed.” By Dr. Harlan Ullman DOES HISTORY MATTER? If it does, why is it…
Showdown at Fallen Timbers – The Northwest Indian War & the Birth of the U.S. Army
By John Danielski NOVEMBER 4, 1791 — A tall Shawnee warrior smashes his tomahawk down on the skull of a half-awake American soldier cleaving his skull in two. The attacker unleashes a blood-curdling howl of…
Floating Purgatory – Life and Death Aboard an 18th Century British Prison Hulk
“The prison hulks of Portsmouth and Plymouth, England would become home to thousands of captured enemy soldiers and sailors.” By Chris Dickon “MAN TOOK ONE of the most beautiful objects of his handiwork and deformed…
The Medway Fiasco – How Dutch Raiders Dealt England One of Its Worst Naval Defeats in History
“The Medway Raid is the military apogee of the Netherland’s Golden Age.” By John Danielski IT IS THE greatest heist of the 17th Century, but does not involve gold, jewels, or chests of treasure. It…
WW1 Doughboy Wishes Us All a Happy and Prosperous 1918
Some years back, Slate.com offered this charming New Years greeting – a 100-year-old water colour of a holiday season snow ball fight between American soldiers as they prepared to depart for the First World War. Painted…
